Not surprising coming from a liberal rag like outside. It reads like sour grapes that there are some people moving away from traditional camping and outside mag is just behind the times in covering such trends so they want to poo poo on something different.
Can only speak for myself but I had a bear within 5' of my RTT this weekend in the smokies. It seemed less interested in what was up in the air than what was in the cars it broke into, the cooler it drug away and shredded and the hipsters ground tenting with a site full of marshmallows, chips and other misc food laying around. Watching the flat brimmed hat crowd run screaming into the night was pretty amusing.
It had rained some on thurs and off and on fri 'till 2pm so the prints in the dirt/mud were very easily found Sat morning. It was within 5' of my ladder and never a step more. I like to think mr or mrs bear thought the low hanging fruit as it were was an easier target. Maybe it liked the smell of new skinny jeans and overpriced coffee combined with beard wax?
Also of note:
-my JKUHR that didn't cost 100k (4.10's/auto) was loaded with a three days of gear, 180 pound RTT, 6x8 ARB awning and room, fridge full of beer and food etc got 17.5 mpg doing 62/65 mph on 93 oct gas. I don't feel this number is horrible at all considering I get the same or less if I drive it during the week
-with a sub $500 investment I can dolly my RTT to a hoist system, raise it in the air, back the jeep under it, lower it down then fully secure and roll out in 45 min or less with no lifting or struggling on my part
-if I didn't want to climb down my ladder I can pee in a nalgene bottle but I have a nice comfy pair of teva's I slip on, climb down the ladder and have my luggable loo/doodie bag setup in my annex meaning I can be nice and dry/warm if nature calls during the night
-I have levels mouted inside and outside my jeep to see what adjustments I need to make so it's far from difficult
-when I arrived on fri it was raining and I set up my RTT in said rain and found it to be 100% dry inside. After waiting the rain out in my awning room watching a movie and drinking a beer I attached the annex
-my four person RTT fit's my 6'5 self just fine. I sleep just as soundly in it as I do at home in my cali king bed
-their reasoning for people not wanting to be on the ground due to bugs/animals in asinine. Guess where Wes lives they have no flying insects, raccoon, etc?
-I don't know anyone with a 100k suv so Wes must keep very affluent company
-and not everyone does the social media thing. I didn't know ****** instagram was until 6 mos ago. Maybe I will start one now so I can tag Wes with pictures of my RTT set up.
