10 Classic Health and Safety Risks Among First-Time Campers

In April, cameras caught a Yellowstone visitor petting a bison. In May, news spread that tourists put a baby bison in the trunk of their car. In June, a selfie-taking woman got so close to an elk that it charged. While Marco Johnson, the field staffing director of the National Outdoor Leadership School, wishes the advice would go without saying, it apparently bears repeating: “Leave the animals alone,” he says. But not all tips for first-time campers are so obvious. Here’s what Johnson and other wilderness experts say out you as a novice – and, more importantly, put your health and safety at risk.

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