About a decade ago, after years spent enjoying the occasional day hike or weekend campout, I got into pretty serious mountaineering. With it came all the necessary outdoor gear — the recreational clothing and the camping gadgets and the family camping essentials. And it all accumulated fast. (At present, I own seven tents, which is a lot, to be sure…but they each serve a somewhat different purpose and I swear I needed them all.)
But for anyone who isn’t interested in filling their garage with camping gear or discovering their favorite tent for camping by trial and error, you’d