The practical skills and knowledge needed to camp outdoors, including shelter-building, fire-making, cooking, and survival techniques.
From 'camp' (from Latin 'campus' meaning field) plus 'craft' (from Old English 'cræft' meaning skill or strength), creating a compound word for camping expertise.
Campcraft became systematized in the early 1900s through the Scout movement, which turned centuries of frontier knowledge into merit badges—making wilderness survival teachable to children in cities.
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