I wonder how much of our camping style and lore is really equipment based? What if all of your gear came from a pile and nothing cost over $10.? How much would that change say:
how you pack
what you take
how you use it
For instance I always try to take a half of a micro fiber "hair towel" which is very soft and absorbant. Its the only "sacrificial" piece of gear I have besides toilet paper. It becomes a hot pad, handkerchief, cooking towel, tent spill mopper upper, etc, etc I have several so I don't care if its destroyed, it almost acts like a fuse.

Would it make it any different if that sleeping bag cost $10, or your backpack? Would this lend its self to a different style? Of course I'm talking about my homeless buddies, but now I can tents sleepings packs or coats for next to nothing. All of this stuff is heavier than my fine gear, BUT maybe I'd enjoy myself more with it?
Jim
Jim