One thing I also would like to add.
A lot of the discussion has centered around the option of being able to let the would be robbers 'get on with it' whilst standing by. I rather suspect that most people who might try and rob a motorcyclist camped up at night, are going to expect that person to try and defend their things and therefore going to act in a way that won't give them chance. IE They're going to hit first.
Just as you risk seriously injuring or even killing a camp intruder, they also risk doing the same to you, unintentionally or otherwise. I would rather the former than the latter. You may have to live with the consequences, but at least you'll live.
It seems to me that the best suggestion in this thread is from Tim himself: Cable ties. If you did get attacked and robbed whilst camped, but successfully defended yourself, then immobilising the attacker so you can escape and maybe even get across a border would be at the top of my priorities.
Don't some/most specialist police and military outfits use strong cable ties to secure the hands of captured terrorist suspects etc?
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