Is exercise good for you? [was: Should the revolution be PROLETARIAN or MIDDLE CLASS? (was: Some cyclists are part of the solution, some part of the problem)]

On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 07:43:28 -0500, "Bertrand"
wrote:

Because without a chair with a seat and back, sitting is practically
impossible (pretty much all you can do is sit cross-legged on the ground
if you want your hands free, and you then get cold and wet): instead,
you squat, which is not the same thing,

When I go backpacking, I find sitting on a log or rock works pretty well.

But do you build your camp site amongst the rocks and fallen trees?

Cheers

John B.

When I go backpacking, I find sitting on a log or rock works pretty well.

But do you build your camp site amongst the rocks and fallen trees?

There are usually plenty of both within a few steps of where we're sleeping
or cooking.

On 08/02/12 12:22, wrote:
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 07:43:28 -0500, "Bertrand"
wrote:

Because without a chair with a seat and back, sitting is practically
impossible (pretty much all you can do is sit cross-legged on the ground
if you want your hands free, and you then get cold and wet): instead,
you squat, which is not the same thing,

When I go backpacking, I find sitting on a log or rock works pretty well.

But do you build your camp site amongst the rocks and fallen trees?

It can be preferable, to improve shelter in bad weather. Be careful
around trees that may drop limbs though. We camped in Tasmania next to
an enormous fallen tree, where the trunk diameter was a good 6' - nearly
as high as the tent!

If the rocks are big enough (boulders perhaps a better term), they can
provide good shelter also. And if there is a big hole in the rock,
called a cave, you can often find remnants of other humans having used
the cave for shelter.

Around the camp fire, if there are not enough seats, people often roll a
log over and sit on it. Big rocks are harder to move.

--
JS.