Campfire Chronicles - Ep. 109 of Intentionally Blank

[@trev2396]

My wife's uncle was one of Brandon's scout leaders, and says he remembers Brandon bringing a Gameboy camping. Gotta have some luxury away from home!

[@Levian-Durai]

That was absolutely me as a kid. LOVED camping, but it was an opportunity to read and play my gameboy in nature, eating roasted hotdogs and marshmallows, with some occasional hiking.

[@Levi_Zacharias]

"Thats one of the signs of maturity; When you're a kid you wanna grow up and be Luke Skywalker, when you're an adult, you want to be C-3PO" Absolute golden statement from our man Dan

[@philipbyers4903]

Goldenrod statement?

[@Duiker36]

For real. At my age, the only real thing I want from The Force is being able to telekinetically summon stuff from across the room so I don't have to get up. A couple hundred languages in my brain would be *amazing*, nevermind C-3P0's alleged millions.

[@Lionbug]

@@philipbyers4903 Vice Principal Goldenrod?

[@vampirelogan]

I mean I am already halfway there. Not for the languages but I often get told to shut up when stating unsolicited facts!

[@itsfuckinamrit]

(please read this in Dan's voice) ab-so-lutely delightful

[@jbjstyx]

Two things; One I would still love to be Luke Skywalker. Two I would LOVE to sit in on Brandon's Gospel Doctrine class

[@spencerurban1092]

I can’t imagine a teacher I’d be more interested in engaging with.

[@yakattack93]

D&D while camping hits wayyy different! It is awesome rolling for initiative while playing by campfire light.

[@LimegreenSnowstorm]

Okay but TRUTH.

[@landonmathews6111]

For half a second I thought the title was “Campfire Bionicles” and I became incredibly disappointed when I realized it wasn’t

[@kendalldoer5466]

Now I’m sad too…

[@maxoshiro]

Brandon acknowledging the existance of Poland and our community had me screaming from excitement.

[@paulbrooks4395]

When I was in Boy Scouts in the 90's, my troop seems to just have wanted us to suffer. I later asked other people what they did, and learned that they shot bows and arrows, played board games, could read books, watched movies, shot guns...basically did fun stuff. Meanwhile, our leaders made us work and get badges. Thus, I am with Brandon. Camping is when the hotel hasn't hosted royalty.

[@3choblast3r4]

I've only ever read part of the way of kings, and never read anything from Dan, but I love their podcast even if I don't agree with everything. It's kinda fun having two mormon dudes being wholesome in the background for a change while I slaughter demons in diablo 4

[@QueenSiv]

5:19 there was an episode in community where a character repeatedly stole flue shots because he believed that by taking more flu shots he would become unstoppable

[@Pen.N.PetalFantasy]

I challenge you to connect every Food Heist to the Groundskeeper lol

[@r17s67]

Oh man, I really enjoy this podcast. B&D always get me laughing at or learning some random stuff. Love it.

[@Xarfax321]

When I was a kid, I loved the idea of hunting. Not killing animals, but I loved the idea of going out into the woods and just see stuff. It wasn't until I was much older when a friend of mine suggested an idea that she loves to do: Nature photography! Like she goes out into the woods with a camera. Find a nice secluded spot and just snap photos of the wild bears and deers and all as they appear. I have seen photos, they look amazing! I haven't done it myself, but it would be a good alternative to hunting. :)

[@kath4240]

Listen, Brandon. My husband's job is about to be relocated to SLC. I will be your camping butler. I will learn to drive a camper. I can already camp cook. I'm even good at relocating wildlife!

[@SheWhoWalksSilently]

AHAhahahaha

[@reillyliner]

Fellow Eagle Scout, Brandon, glad we share the experience. We also had good camping in Tennessee.

[@davidarmstrong3302]

As a scout parent and former leader who also dislikes camping this has filled me with such glee. Thank you gentlemen.

[@nathanielhardman2730]

Enjoyed hearing Dan's Klondike experience. I too went to a couple of Klondikes ("Klondike Derbies", formally). I wrote an essay about it in high school that I titled, "Hell Frozen Over", which should give an idea about what a pleasant experience those campouts were. On one of them, I remember setting up my tent on the snow - there wasn't really a choice since it was a few feet deep and I couldn't set up on earth anywhere - and during the night, it rained, and also my body heat started melting the snow which then trickled into my tent and got half of my sleeping bag soaked. I moved over into a corner of the tent that was slightly higher than the rest (where my body heat hadn't melted the underlying snow yet) and tried to wrap the driest parts of my sleeping bag around me. After lying there shivering for hours, I finally gave up. I rebuilt the campfire and stood by it, shivering but somewhat less miserable from about 3:00 am until morning. Good times on the Klondike! I DO still like camping though. Just not in the snow.

[@Unalochy]

20:28 Wow, Dan, what a quote! That also would look fantastic on a t-shirt!

[@nprice2503]

Now I get to say I have cooked for one of my favorite authors! I work in the Tree Room at Sundance. Until this podcast though, I had no idea he came in. Glad you liked it and i hope you’ll come back soon!

[@masonwheeler6536]

Rule #1 of camping: No matter what the weather forecast predicted, you _will_ get rained on. Rule #2 of camping: Waterproof tents... aren't.

[@KantemirkO]

109th episode of not knowing what Ben thought of the previous one

[@billjensen51]

gold star awarded

[@stoneagehunter]

I can relate to your camping woes, as I have experienced my share of camping done wrong. However, once I discovered hammock camping, it became an absolute pleasure to go camping! As with all other forms of camping, hammock camping can be done wrong, but done right, it is wonderful. The gear is compact, lightweight, and comfortable. I have taken many scouts camping over the years, and converted many of them to hammocks.

[@DanEllingson23]

Just started reading the hero of ages and also just started listening to oathbringer. Been on a Sanderson kick for a while. Mostly scifi guy but love your fantasy series.

[@bigbadbooknerd6993]

Fellow recent Eagle Scout here Brandon who very much agrees with your take on camping. Nature is fun. Activities are fun. Sleeping outside without a shower is decidedly not fun.

[@BSm2919]

Considering Brandon's affinity to water, I think he would love an overnight on the San Juan. The upper canyon is so scenic, the guides do everything for you and you could totally set up and write for hours. I've had the opportunity to do the trip quite a few times and sitting at the banks is amazing.

[@mackdmara]

I come here for the small potato crimes. Lol

[@MikeC96]

The groundskeeper is basically Hoid of the food-heist extended universe at this point, very on brand

[@CheyenneSedai]

A lot of my favorite trips have been excursions with school, most of which had a strong camping part. We have so many diverse locations and climates here in Colombia, that it's great. One of my favorites was the trip to the nevados where we went from the Páramo, walked all the way to the snow border at the Santa Isabel, and then all the way down the mountain to about 2000m above sea level, so already hot climate. It was a very long walk on complicated terrain each day, but it was gorgeous.

[@nullvoid8]

Wow. Hearing Brandon describing Wood Badge in America. In the UK it's just... what you get when you finish Leader training. With exciting things like "how to plan a program", or "safeguarding". Also, I've never in 20 years camped somewhere that didn't have a shower. Because you're right, that's icky.

[@dougsundseth2303]

When I was in the Boy Scouts (and Civil Air Patrol) we used surplus Army shelter halves. For part of that time, I lived in Germany, so much of the time was camping in cold rain. Where we proved that canvas tents are, shall we say, "semi-permeable". They're also heavy to haul around and tiny for two people. But they're durable and they're warm(er) in the snow. When my son was in Boy Scouts (also an Eagle), they used more modern tents that were great in most weather, but they were fragile. And they didn't hold heat anywhere near as well. During that period, I used to tell him, "You'll either have a great time or you'll have stories you can tell for the rest of your life." He has a robust collection. 8-) After all of that, the only reason I would camp these days is if there were just no way to get to where I want to go on a day hike or by vehicle.

[@flameg6659]

One summer as a scout I went up to help run some of those teambuilding activities for woodbadge. It was very fun to be a 15 year old making adults struggle to do all the activities we often did as scouts. Unsure if they enjoyed the other end of that experience as much.

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

Oh my gosh that sounds amazing. As someone who is not an Eagle Scout, not much is more entertaining to me than watching non-scouts do scout stuff.

[@nonethelesszero7950]

Go to a mountain campground with an RV. Worlds different and wonderful! :)

[@SquallHart05]

I haven't been watching intentionally blank for a while now and just played this after like 20 eps. Damn Brandon looks good with a beard. Idk why but it makes him look more professional or smth 😂😅

[@ashertrades]

I’m now brainstorming evil genius plots to get Brando out in a fancy camper somewhere

[@gowzahr]

I think the story idea where your childhood imaginary friend helps protect your mind from invasion just needs a little Star Trek. For example, imagine Bing Bong from Inside Out showing up to help Captain Picard get off the Planet Kataan in the TNG episode, The Inner Light, or breaking O'Brian out of the prison on Argratha in the DS9 episode, Hard Time.

[@KatiePayneVlogs]

27:28 oh I would freaking love to hear “Brother Sanderson” teach Sunday School!!! And so cool of “Brother Wells” to be on the bishopric. Proud of these famous rich nerds being good guys lol

[@gavinmoss3653]

Spring bar tents are fantastic. but since they are tension based you have to be able to stake them down well. So are not good in the snow.

[@chrisashford3379]

Fellow Eagle Scout here, I'm actually going to Woodbage in September. I think of camping as reading time. I actually read John Scalzi's "Kaiju Preservation Society" at our last campout.

[@briandw979]

Yes! I get excited every time this pops up on my phone. Lol

[@LeaneNC1]

The links in the description do not match food heist choices. Just pointing out for anyone who can fix!

[@DraculDraconis]

Brandon is signing Way of Kings now, not words of Radiance anymore

[@deandonkin9926]

I wonder if this means WoKs Leatherbound will be restocked soon?🤞🏻

[@andrewberenson5717]

I like white river rafting as long as it is a one day trip and I can sleep in a lodge after the end of the day.

[@KatiePayneVlogs]

Brandon sounds just like my husband Andrew complaining about camping. He hate’s also an Eagle Scout who loathes camping. Lol

[@ThePhantomphan11]

My favorite camping story is we spent a week out in the blue mountains in eastern Oregon, then the last day is started to rain, so we tore down everything as fast as we could and only ended up very wet lol

[@sydeninsomniac7832]

Gasp! Lift is the unknowing founder of the groundskeepers with her fascination with food and a vast misunderstanding.

[@dylanhalifaux]

This is incredibly hilarious, considering I am preparing to do a 50 mile backpacking trip.

[@LoganKearsley]

I, too, am an Eagle Scout... and I may have been camping once, with a fancy camper trailer, once ever since I earned my Eagle.

[@___Goose]

gotta say the beard is looking better and better

[@StephanG007]

Camping is Type 2 fun. It's not fun when you're doing it. But is later when you think back on it.

[@grantstratton2239]

This reminds me of my definition of an adventure: An adventure is any horrible experience that makes a good story.

[@Blixthand]

I love being out in nature and I always think I'm going to enjoy camping. To some extent I do, but just driving to a campsite and pitching a tent has never been my style, hiking has always been part of the camping experience for me. But either I go alone, in which case I get bored because I'm alone, and because I'm alone I have to keep to easier trails closer to society and within cell service and stuff since I don't have any fancy red equipment. Or I go hiking with other people, in which case I'm mostly alone anyway, only then I'll have to hear people complaining about me moving to fast or too slow every time we stop.

[@justcallmebard]

If you know what you are doing, those Springbar tents go up super quick and stay up really well, will admit there's a learning curve, but i've set up so many of those over the years. they are great tents. But i'm also one of those people who is spoiled by modern beds. I have not found a combination that lets me sleep through the night while camping. But i also have nearly as much trouble sleeping at hotels.

[@LadyValette]

We love out Kodiak canvas tent. Heavy but pretty easy to set up with 2 people once you know how

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

My wife chuckled at Brandon's line about not liking fish despite having it a lot over two years in Korea. Because same. Also holy crap, I did Klondike once! We were lucky enough to have a cabin but it was STILL not enough for me to come back lol

[@DivinePearl]

Just do day camping. Go out and hike in the morning. Do a lunch over a campfire and then go home. Or do cabin camping -air conditioned cabins.

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

No joke, I went along with my wife on a yurt trip and it was great! The only negative was that the yurts didn’t have bathrooms

[@Supaawesomeification]

Secret Project 3 might be my new favorite cosmere book. I didn’t expect it to be this good but I’m in love

[@GeorgeKinsill]

During my first camping trip as a boy scout, I received a tent that smelled of vomit and I was unable to use a chair that had a back to it, since it was against the rules for non-eagle scouts. That was also my last camping trip as a boy scout.

[@Pen.N.PetalFantasy]

The Order of the Groundskeepers 😂

[@Thelnquisitor]

I agree with Dan on this one. Privation is extremely good for you over and beyond appreciation of nature. Though Brandon is right in that sleeping outside isn’t fun.

[@again617]

It's bizarre (but mostly good) to hear them talk about their religious life experinces. As someone who grew up very religious with mostly bad memories of it all I guess I find it comforting that other people's experiences in that life aren't like mine.

[@Machtyn]

I enjoyed Wood Badge. But I also like camping and working with the Scouts.

[@DisneyBatchman]

I caught a bluegill once. Took it home and put it in my aquarium along with my goldfish. At least I was told it was a bluegill. I'm not sure, because it was very blue, and most the pictures of bluegills that I find aren't very blue.

[@SirKn1ght47]

I realize this might not be a discussion we get in today’s polarized atmosphere, but I’d love to hear Dan discuss that line about socialism further, particularly in light of a past church president’s admonitions against that and communism. But that delves deep into both religion and politics, which doesn’t tend to be this podcast’s vibe, so I’ll just leave it as a voiced wish. Great stuff as always guys 👍

[@andrzejukasz8774]

Can't wait for new subplot with new pov made only for food heists in new stormlight book

[@jacknixon2812]

and canadian here, never got past Beaver scouts,I hated the uniform lol

[@simonkern8116]

Hey all, there´s a new Wyrmwood product that´s called Groundskeeper. It´s a deck of cards that featuers a cute litte smoking frog. I wonder how Dan and Brandon will spin this guy into the narrative :)

[@IndiaTides]

Yumi and the nightmare painter. One of your best works. 4 out of 5 star.

[@TheJacknitro]

DUDE! SPOILER!

[@seringale]

It's not like he spoiled #4 The Truthless of Scadrial

[@IndiaTides]

@@TheJacknitro review with rating is not a spoiler.

[@Z1gged]

The true secret to comfortable sleeping in the woods is a diagonal lay hammock. If I'm going on a trip where it's going to be hot I'll also bring baby wipes to clean up a bit before bed.

[@jacknixon2812]

that's great analogy for life, except I wanna be R2D2

[@jacknixon2812]

gets way more done

[@iamdew802]

Feeding the fish and the “I don’t know how we got on that topic. The end.” Took me out 💀

[@arlissbunny]

The Spanish have figured it out! I want a Sanderson lectures book in English.

[@ChandrewsArt]

Agreed!

[@Cole_1]

Camping in north Wisconsin is really nice because its really cold out and tons of trees, not scary either because no wolves (kinda) and only black bear which are big dogs.

[@ThomasWarrenMusic]

Brandon Sanderson CAN TOUCH YOU!

[@agorarcadon]

Cool beard!

[@dragoninwinterfell5213]

Does the Ken Haunted House story count as a food disaster?

[@masonwheeler6536]

In which Brandon and Dan discuss a food heist and quickly turn it into a bad story idea.

[@DisneyBatchman]

I did the scouting thing (though not with the BSA, interestingly enough) and for some reason I usually looked forward to the camping trips ... and then was always miserable during it. I, too, had a horrible time sleeping in a tent. Toss and turn for 4 or 5 hours, actually manage to sleep for maybe two hours. Camp food is often not the greatest. And then one time, finish breakfast, all pile into the leader's truck for the 1 1/2 hour drive back home ... and vomit all over it. Yuck! Loved the rest of the experience, really should not have been a fan of the camping, though.

[@zenthepoet.]

Adoooonalsium

[@johnkidd4605]

Brandon’s camper: Lair on Wheels

[@blessthegood1404]

Please mr. grounds keeper, don't steal King Cadbury's eggs. or Please Mr. Potatoehead, don't steal King Cadbury's eggs.

[@egymano5447]

Sp3 should fetch some awards, it is at least as good as Emperor's soul

[@Avid_Reader]

I'm waiting for my physical copy before I read it, but this is nice to hear, as I feel The Emperor's Soul is one of Brandon's strongest works.

[@egymano5447]

@@Avid_Reader yeah Tress was a very good book, Frugal wizard was rather funny, but this one come out great, one of BrandoSando's top work. I really like this new kind of story telling through Wit's "eyes"

[@FaceEatingOwl]

My caravan was £800. I live in it.

[@JEDSaje15]

where do we send food heists to, for Dan?

[@mndrew1]

Done a ton of camping in the scouts and church youth group; never will again. The outside is for the bugs and critters and glorious air conditioned inside is for me. Thus is the contract written; thus is the bargain made.

[@lukesteele4510]

Sorry Brandon hotels are not always an option, they certainly haven't been for me most of my life, but camping is. Cots when available are life savers. My dad always had korean era military cots to sleep on and a big military style canvase tent that he could set them up in when not using the homemade camper on the back of our love truck with matresses to sleep in. A great sleeping bag helps to especially during winter camp. I was almos always the one who got up early to start a fire also especially during winter camp in the mountains.

[@tanelsavin8008]

can you redo some of the outdated faq such as cosmer books in chronological order

[@jamcdonald120]

so brandon, in the update you said it was titanic 2 and peaches, but in the potcast you say luke and groundskeeper. did I mess a week somehow?

[@Paul_McSeol]

I really hope Brandon never shaves that beard. It’s amazing.

[@sampew1605]

Dan. A haunted house. Yeah, that tracks

[@yoanicozar1778]

COSMERE THE BESTTT 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@robinarmstrong685]

Just putting it out there: camping in an RV with water hookups?

[@bendoessometimes]

I love this podcast, but I have a question that I would love to hear you two answer. If you were to write a canon story, in the main series of another author, and they would do the same to you, which author/series would it be and why? This is excluding each other, anyone from your writing group, or writing excuses podcast. If you choose to answer this question I would be delighted! Thank you!

[@ErratumCDIV]

Camping (lowly).

[@jamcdonald120]

you know Brandon, you can RENT a $400000 camper for a weekend and hire a buttler to go with it

[@Philographicks]

Dolphins are so smart. They kill people and shift the blame on the cows. Works every time.

[@Catsushika]

What I wonder is, if These two goofs visit Clint's Reptiles down the road!?

[@AdamMartian]

Cool

[@johnleonard644]

I know I need to let this go but... Ground worker /= Grounds Keeper It gets to me every time

[@ItsAvarus]

Dan Wells is gonna be in the new barbie movie as Ken?

[@patrickterryjr4764]

I’m sorry Brandon. As much as I disliked Klondike and scouts, it’s the experience that makes it fun. I really love camping and hiking tho, just didn’t like scouts.

[@todd-bomb9853]

Whenever I camp, the morning sun will wake me up without any stress and always well rested