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    Quote Originally Posted by Starchild View Post
    Stealth camping is to me trying to stay invisible to others, off trail, LNT, fluff the duff type of camping. It lends itself for the type of camping that one would do if they were camping illegally, but no I don't see stealth camping as illegal camping in itself.

    For the OP, those sites are just unmarked camping spots, not stealth spots, if they are so easy to find, and yes using symbols instead of words seems to be the way to go.
    This, Stealth doesn't mean illegal.

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    I always think of bivouac as emergency camping. You didn't pick the spot, but stopped because you had too (injury, weather, etc... )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Odd Man Out View Post
    I always think of bivouac as emergency camping. You didn't pick the spot, but stopped because you had too (injury, weather, etc... )
    Dictionary: a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers.

    As a mountaineer, it can mean the above. It can also mean an area where it is feasible to bivouac such as a ledge, or a small clearing.
    Traditionally, yes, without a tent.
    However, in recent decades, it has become commonly used more generally as a minimalist camp with few of no accommodations. . . for instance the "climbers bivouac area(s)" set up outside the main visitors areas of parks that don't otherwise allow camping, but want climbers to quit camping illegally. They often have a privy and sometimes a water spigot out in the woods or field.
    I'm not lost. I'm exploring.

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    I second the idea of RON. Applicable and easy.
    Termite fart so much they are responsible for 3% of global methane emissions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Odd Man Out View Post
    I always think of bivouac as emergency camping. You didn't pick the spot, but stopped because you had too (injury, weather, etc... )
    You guys got some learnin' to do.... "Bivouac" is French for "Dumb A$$". Every mountaineering knows that..... :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by colorado_rob View Post
    You guys got some learnin' to do.... "Bivouac" is French for "Dumb A$$". Every mountaineering knows that..... :-)
    We're not in France....

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    Trailside — not sure if one word or two.

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    "Primitive camp" is the proper terminology....
    Let's head for the roundhouse; they can't corner us there!

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