There is also AWESOME outdoor equipment!
Modern technology in jackets, and especially sleeping sacks.. german military sleeping bags with a little biwaktent can keep you warm and dry even 1m under snow or in pure rain.. :) and noone sees you cuz the bushes are higher than you lying on the ground :)
they cost a bit but they're worth it. the quality and your good handling will keep em for ur life :)

I don't think I will find a spot of silence in germany..