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Camping can be very intense from back country explorers to weekend getaways into the thicket of British Columbia. Some people don’t get why campers would willingly go out into the wilderness leaving behind the amenities of society, and those same campers may struggle why people don’t camp. The simple pleasures of being out in nature and not having to hear the hustle and bustle of somebody missing their bus. I myself am quite partial to camping here and there. However this isn’t just about camping as the cover image has a tent on the top of a car, or if you will a roof top tent.
What is a roof top tent? Good question, let’s start at the beginning. Camping in a modern sense was popularized in the 1900s. More precisely in 1908 as “The Camper’s Handbook” was released by Thomas Hiram Holding this book took off to a troubling degree as many people loved the idea of getting away from it all. As tents got set up in society as something you take with you when you go into the wild, not everyone was happy about walking, and not everyone had a horse on hand. However, something that we had a ton of was cars so people started to strap tents to the roofs of their cars.
In western Europe people started to strap their tents to the roof of their cars, expecting an intense weekend getaway in nature. Now however roof top tenting has been taking the market by storm as more campers are starting to see the reasoning behind bringing a massive four wheeled machine into the wild with them. But some people started out by bringing the car, truck, jeep or smart car into the wild with them. The off-road enthusiasts’ saw this idea and they loved it so now they can drive into the middle of nowhere and simply set up the tent that lives on their roof. Making off roaders all the more happy to be out in the wild.
With all this said, you can see the upsides to getting a rooftop tent. If you want to drive out into the wild and camp, now with this invention that is 90 years old. Not to mention that it is more popular than ever you too can go and get lost in the beautiful thicket of British Columbia.