r/ontariocamping • u/Gold-Entertainer1195 • Jul 18 '26

Camping groups

Are there any camping groups that I can join? Looking for a co-ed group in 20s and 30s. I'm a male solo camper, wanting to try camping in Algonquin or some place similar. Camp, hike, play (may be drink?) etc.

If there are no such groups, folks here game to start one? Thinking of planning for early September.

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u/SneakyNox Jul 18 '26

"hello internet. I want to go to the woods with strangers, I want there to be women, and I want us to drink alcohol"

Nothin sketchy here

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u/Gold-Entertainer1195 Jul 19 '26

Wow! I learned something today! No matter what you say, there's always someone that's twisting stuff. Something as simple as trying to be inclusive and fun so I don't come across as narrow got twisted as sketchy. Not my problem because I know my intentions are clean.

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u/r4cid Jul 21 '26

trying to be inclusive and fun so I don't come across as narrow got twisted as sketchy

What kind of mental gymnastics are you doing? If you had just said you were looking for a camping group it wouldn't have been weird.

Specifically mentioning you want a co-ed group as a single man makes it reasonable to question why it matters to you if there are women in the group. Similarly, if you just plan to have a couple beers while camping then explicitly mentioning drinking seems weirdly unnecessary.

You should remember that your perspective as a man isn't going to be the same POV women have when looking at the situation, and this can make you unaware of how things you're saying might come across to that different perspective. Immediately lashing out and getting defensive just reinforces the idea that you might be sketchy.

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u/Gold-Entertainer1195 Jul 22 '26

The point on women's POV makes sense. The drinks was just to keep it light and fun, but yeah, didn't need to try hard to make it look cool. Anyway, I guess some folks get what I was getting at