As a Norseman, the call of adventure is strong. Though for now I seek glory in building a business, someday I may roam. These are wise words I shall remember.
Rogue reader Clair wrote to ask me:
Did you do anything to prepare for sleeping outside, in unknown places, possibly getting noticed by police or property owners, on your adventure?
This is euphemistically called “stealth camping,” (translation: trespassing) and it’s a bad idea.
Stealth camping has an air of legitimacy among backpackers, primitivists and adventurers, not because it’s legitimate (it’s mostly illegal) but because it makes you feel legit: a true daredevil who bows to no ruler.
Adventurer Benjamin O. Jenks captures it well:
I could care less what the naysayers think, I love it. Every night is an adventure. What you sacrifice in hours of sleep, you make up for in feeling a pure injection of freedom.
I was thrilled to add stealth camping to my arsenal of tricks when I began my Great Adventure. After doing it eight times, I removed it from said arsenal, hoping never…
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Hmm.. haven’t anyone stateside heard of the Swedish concept of “Allemansrätt” which is mentioned in the National Constitution, as this legal practise is very old. Briefly put, it is the Norse version of the “freedom to roam” in other – notably Anglo-Saxon legal systems. See this link for further details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allemansr%C3%A4tt#Sweden
Under Allemansrätt or Every Man’s Right, you should – for reasons of basic courtesy – always ask permission from the landowner first, and never camp within sight or earshot of his “tomt” or yard, i e visibly or audibly close to buildings. On other private land, you do not need permission, strictly put, but you’re still required to ask, due to reasons cited above.
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