Be safe but don't be a pussy about it either.
This is the correct answer.
I have had people (on this forum and elsewhere) tell me how reckless I was, and was taking my life into my own hands because I don't carry all the luxuries that they seem to need.
I spike camp during hunting season all the time with just a sleeping bag and Walmart special tarp, and 1-2 times a year I spend the night hunkered underneath a tree without a sleeping bag at all. It isn't comfortable but my god, it isn't
that bad. I also next to never build a fire, for various reasons and usually don't carry any kind of a stove to make a hot meal.
If I do build a fire it usually is just to heat up a can of stew real quick and not to stay warm or dry anything out.
