Why a Camp Chair is a Time Machine: A Memoir of Gear, Adventuring, and Very Real Life
By Tony Piff
Prologue: Strangers in the Woods
Part I: A Theory of Gear
Chapter 1: Sad Sack
Chapter 2: Fresh Wheels
Chapter 3: Killing Everything
Chapter 4: The Power of Gear or Why a Camp Chair Is a Time Machine
Chapter 5: Religion, Sex and BMX
Chapter 6: The Rat Race of Upgrading
Chapter 7: Irreplaceable at Any Price
Part II: A Theory of Adventure
Chapter 8: The Freedom Lifestyle Fantasy
Chapter 9: The Divorce Gets Real
Chapter 10: Sacred Time
Chapter 11: Fucking Context
Chapter 12: From Zero Friends
Chapter 13: Precipice of Bliss
Chapter 14: Find Sky on a Map
Chapter 15: Sleeps of a Lifetime
Chapter 16: Career Change and Calamity
Chapter 17: Ride the Petri Dish
Chapter 18: The Joy of Pooping
Chapter 19: Bonded Like Cavemen
Chapter 20: Broke Up
Chapter 21: No One Gives a Shit About Your Amazing Vacation
Chapter 22: Roadtripping With the Homies
Chapter 23: Navigating Without Nav
Chapter 24: Pit Stops, Bald-Faced Trespassing and Escaping the Bubble
Part III: Adventure as Pilgrimage
Chapter 25: Concrete Destinies
Chapter 26: City of Gold
Chapter 27: The Impossible
Chapter 28: Dad’s Ditches
Chapter 29: Rhythm of the Road
Chapter 30: Confirming the Impossible
Fourteen Theses
Works Cited / Recommended Reading / Recommended Viewing
Appendix: What I Pack and Why I Pack It
List 1: Loaded Pockets
List 2: Living on the Trail
List 3: Car-Camping Like a Boss
List 4: The Ultimate Roadtripmobile?
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