I have seen pictures taken in the early 1900's of people going camping in the first cars. I don't know that I would call it "invented" but it seems that at that point it moved out of the realms of cowboys moving cattle to people going to campsites for a weekend.
Thomas Hiram Holding did
To get away from the spouse.
You're in luck, it's the same word: camping. :-) "To go camping" is faire du camping.
Yes, the verb camping is the word for the act of camping.
Yes, the verb camping is the word for the act of camping.
You can find a list of camping locations around the world by checking on Local, World Campsites, Camping World, Camping and Camping Sites and Beach Camping Sites.
Harold Camping, who obviously knows nothing because I'm answering this question on May 25th.
Harold Camping's birth name is Harold Egbert Camping.
voyage de camping
Camping matériel
is camping an entry word
Go camping with him/her.
un camping (masc.)