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"/out/ - Outdoors" is 4chan's imageboard for discussing survivalist skills and outdoor activities such as hiking.
We encourage you to have a look around the catalog first to see what we’re all about before posting your first thread. Topics typically posted here include:
>Outdoor recreational activities (Hiking, trail running, bushwhacking, camping, spelunking, geocaching, orienteering, expeditions, urban exploration, backpacking, etc.)
>Gardening, farming and related activities
>Hunting and fishing, and other activities involving the stalking or taking of game (including bird-watching)
>Outdoor survival, bushcraft, foraging, self-sustenance in nature, train-hopping, hoboism, etc.
>Outdoor destinations and exploration (specific trails, parks, regions, etc.)
>Water-related activities (boats, diving, etc.)
>Outdoor philosophy (conservation, Leave No Trace, protectionism, etc.)
>Outdoor building and living (cabins, huts, treehouses, etc.)
>Outdoor social activities and organizations (meet-ups, Scouts, NOLS, etc.)
>Gear related to any of the above topics
Most topics related to the outdoors are fine. Write properly, behave politely, encourage a respectful community, and most importantly, GO OUTSIDE!! My mom never let me go to Scout/summer camp because she was afraid that I might get raped.
What did I miss out on? Modernity is so goddamn gay, decades ago you could hitchhike easily and truckers would pick you up really fast, nowadays they aren't even legally allowed to pick you because laws, company policies and insurance garbage.
And this is just an example of many, as we move forward and as the population grows things get worse /out/ wise. Moving out to Oregon for a job: near the cesspool called Portland. Any suggestions on places to hike for someone who has never been in the NW. For all things fire lookout / fire tower!
Previous: >>2694387 Every girl has hiking in their tinder bio. How do you know if she's really into it or not? Topics include:
>soakers and how to avoid them, dude
>non-slip grips, kid
>clearance sales, chief
>cleaning and treatments, boss
>wellies, chauncy
>vintage gear, toots
>stay-aways and ripoffs, jack
>liners or wool socks, professor
>hunting boots and camo options, rambo
>handmade leather and bespoke examples, fabio
>ropers, riders, and cowboys, huck What did /out/ do to make women prefer to be in the woods with bears instead of bears. #503- “Not A ManAss” Edition
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janny pls…
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Fruit thinning allows your plant to allocate its resources more efficiently. Each leaf is a source, and each fruit is a sink. If you have too many sinks, the sources will not be able to provide. Currently assembling my at home and outdoors first aid kit. What is essential gear that I need to have? Or are there any preassembled kits that y'all reccomend that aren't just fancy band aid packs?
I'm already getting tourniquets and cpr masks (I know CPR doesn't use mouth to mouth but mouth to mouth is used after Heimmlich and other forms do respiratory arrest) and I'm also getting big ass scissors of course. I have only ever hiked in Europe but I'm interested in experiences other places when I take a sabbatical next year. Pic rel is the type of environments I have hiked.
Pictures please! Hello, I currently live for rent in Germany.
I lost my job last year and don't know if I should look for a new one right away.
I'm thinking about quitting my apartment and traveling for a few years. I can realistically generate 500-1000 US dollars per month with stocks.
Is that enough to travel full-time?
I don't have high standards and can settle for little.
I plan to travel mainly by bus and train.
I would theoretically be homeless and I am afraid of whether I will be able to find my way back into society after a few years of travelling. What are good countries for my project?
My plan is to camp a lot and find small rooms every now and then that I can rent for maybe $200 a month. Do you have any suggestions that might help me?
Are there communities or places where homeless backpackers can meet?
Thanks for any reply or suggestion Post your trailcam photos. This is the only thing I’ve captured in 4 months. Opinions and facts about cheap high quality forests to live near. What’s it going to take to stop this man? Morel edition
Found about a half pound over Easter weekend, upstate SC. My vote is the Catskills in NY. Hybrid cars parked all up and down every road. Thousands of fat guys in khaki shorts photographing trees. Loud black women chasing their screaming kids everywhere. Trail closure and no trespassing signs every 50 yards. Literal fucking security cameras at trailhead parking areas. I hope a fucking forest fire claims the whole region. You guys do mushroom and plant foraging/identifying?
You ever find anything cool or rare? I found these Datura plants recently and dug them up. Anyone ever found one of those plants that eat insects? wild animal feeding thread, here’s me feeding a deer britbong here. I'll save the details as they're quite mundane, though essentially I've lost my job and my place at university. I figure there's nothing tying me to this country anymore, so I've decided to go to America and be a travelling hobo/hiker. I'm somewhat an intermediate outdoorsman but wanted to ask for any suggestions from you guys on how to make my life easier/not get murdered.
> planning to stay until deported/find meaning
> will start out with about $4000
> can't drive
> will likely stay on East Coast as I'm terrified of being eaten by a grizzly
> stealth camping the majority of the trip
I'm hoping to visit some cities/towns throughout the trip. how hard is it to find stealth spots? cities are quite small here, so I don't have a reference, but is it feasible to cover the span of most cities in a day? Where's best to stash my gear for a day or so? I plan to make my money busking as I'm a skilled musician, is this a good idea? Why does the North East have so much SOVL bros? Vermont and New Hampshire are the best states I've ever been to in this country. Are there ever rockhound threads on /out/? Found these in high desert colorado, curious if anyone knows what they are. They're part of a petrified wood collection I found in a washout (next pic) and I'm curious what the type is that gives this unique orange yellow hue. 
The purpose of this general is to encourage people to go /out/ and find cool fossils and artifacts. This thread is also a place to share our own collections and things we find when we are /out/ hunting.
Rules are as follows,
>To just post and discuss fossils and other related geological subjects.
>When you post about a fossil in your collection, please label it with what formation it is from, what it is, and where in the world it is from.
>If you don't know where it originated or the species that is ok, just label it as so
Helpful Links
https://paleobiodb.org/navigator/
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
https://zoom.earth/
Geologic maps of US states (usgs.gov)
A Beginner's Guide To Fossil Hunting - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum
classes have finished for the year and work has slowed down so hopefully I can keep this one alive. I've made some amazing fids in the past few months that I have been gone and I hope to see what all you have found since the last thread as well. First fossil of this thread is a Placcticeras sp. about 9.5 to 10 inches in diameter was super stoked when I found it. Upper Britton Formation of the Eagle Ford Group, Denton Co. Texas Magic mushrooms + hikes in nature
Best time ever Homestead General /hsg/
> Biochar Edition
> Thread #07
Talk gardening, farming, livestock, beekeeping, building, electricity and plumbing, earthworks, waterworks, permaculture, raising children, market gardening, selling produce, barter, home economics, composting, mulching, pest control, diet, health.
Anything relevant to living on site, making a home out of the land.
Old Thread: >>2676468 So my friend from uni who I used to do easy /out/ trips has invited me to come visit him (moved to USA) and go camping all over the mid west and Western US for a month. I recently got a job but told them about this plan and they okayed me starting later so I literally have a month straight of camping.
I am actually spooked about camping in dense woods in places like Pennsylvania (where we start), Michigan, Minnesota, even Black Hills in SD. I feel like out west it's more expansive and even if forested it's not as creepy (maybe I'm wrong).
But I legit think I might blow it because I'm creeped out by the woods. Is it actually that creepy? I've done camping in UK and France and wasn't really afraid but this is my first time doing backcountry camping. here's your ukrainian national park
>inb4 gateway arch I got bit by a fucking tick in april. >go /out/
>get mosquito bites on legs
>scratch em
OOOOOH AHHHHH MMMHHH I heard Europeans find our forests to be woefully underdeveloped, our grasslands astonishingly mundane, our swamps horrifically useless, our plains ridiculously boring, our badlands pitifully impractical, our deserts outlandishly dangerous, our mountains hilariously unusable, and our canyons disgustingly red. Is this true? McCandlessbros.. our response? Do you have an /out/ vehicle? I recently picked up a Coleman b200rsv and have found more trails and fishing spots and cool shit than I ever imagined was within driving distance of my house I'm thinking of walking the South Downs Way in June. I had a fun time with the Ridgeway last year wild camping. I was hoping for more of the same. But someone warned me South Downs was really popular with cycl*sts, and having thousands of the lycrafags whizz past me all day sounds shit.
What am I in for lads? Is it worth it? Hey /out/,
I'm planning to go on a bike trip with this girl I like. It'll be about 70km, so we'll be out for a while.
I bought >pic rel last year for my trips so I don't have to carry all the water I need with me from the start.
Would it be too autistic to bring the water filter on this bike trip date? I'm worried she'll think I'm weird. Why would you want other people to see you before you see them? That would make me very uncomfortable, like sitting at the very first table in the break room with your back to entrance. I don't own a single piece of clothing or gear that is any color except Earth brown, olive drab green, and stone grey. The whole point of going out in the woods is escaping humanity and becoming invisible and being left the fuck alone. MOST OF YOU DON'T EVEN GO OUTSIDE what is the point of these things? literally the worst of both worlds. I'd much rather be in the actual woods in my tent or be in actual suburbia in my comfy home. not an awful mishmash of the two.
t. begrudging camper owner due to wife I'm sick of rich faggots pretending to be farmers and attacking actual farmers.
The term organic is meaningless marketing shpiel, is arsenic organic? What about synthetic pyrethrum? None of these fackwits stand up to even ten minutes of questioning, they're technically illiterate.
And I'll swing this hammer at permaculture fags too, who broadly fall into the triangle of
>doesn't produce a surplus/ commercial quantity
>technically illiterate, unqualified, doesn't know shit about organic/ elemental chemistry
>ideologically motivated.
Fuck off back to the city For me:
>Tent: MSR Hubba Hubba 2
>Bag: Gregory Baltoro 65
>Sleeping bag: Marmot Sawtooth 15
>Sleeping pad: Zlite >west virginia
>3
Holy shit I share a board with plebs What are the best long distance walks in Europe? What is required to do activities like: rucking, climbing and swimming? I want to do physical activites /out/ but I usually dont do more than jogging Dudes I went to high school with now have house, wife kids truck dirt bikes side x sides and fuckhuge camper trailers
I'm fucking disgruntled Hy Ya'll
Currently preparing for my first camping trip,we gonna stay a couple days,in the wilderness.
there are three of us,none of us ever went camping,
We are planning on bringin our own food,and cooking on fire.
What are the most essential supplies and gear we gonna need?
We are planning on camping next to a huge river,but i think we need to bring our own water.
The other two guys are software engineers,i'm a ranchand,so planning the trip comes down to me because they have no idea what to bring but to be honest,i don't have much idea myself.
So far,i'm planning on bringing
Cookware(kettle,coffe pot, pans)
Metal grate for grilling
Spices,
Lots of smoked meat,salted beef,pork etc.
Knives,ropes,tarps,tents,blankets
a flashlight
matches
metal cups
Map and compass,
And around 10 gallons of water.
We gonna stay for four days. i would like to return very much alive.
What else should i bring? also,is my water calculations accurate?
Thanks now that the dust has settled, what EXACTLY did he do that was so wrong? Welcome to beekeeping general. Discuss apiary and bees.
Old thread: >>2577491 Homestead General /hsg/
> Woods Cabin Edition
> Thread #05
Talk gardening, farming, livestock, beekeeping, building, electricity and plumbing, earthworks, waterworks, permaculture, raising children, market gardening, selling produce, barter, home economics, composting, mulching, pest control, diet, health.
Anything relevant to living on site, making a home out of the land.
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/out/ings with a Pipe
Old thread: >>2684982
This is a thread for enjoying a pipe while doing outdoor activities. If you ask why this belongs on /out/, you've never spent an evening by the campfire with a pipe silently enjoying the nature around you, and you're missing out.
>how to get started
Purchase a Missouri Meerschaum Legend and a pouch of Half and Half or Captain Black tobacco, available at most smoke shops. You will need a lighter or match, and something to tamp it with--a large nail works well if you don't have a pipe tool. Fill the pipe with tobacco, pack it down halfway, top it off, pack it down to 3/4, top it off again, pack gently and enjoy. Smoke slower than you think you need to, the tobacco tastes best when it is burning cool. Tamp and re-light as needed. If you still have trouble, try different methods on YouTube until you find one that works for you.
>smoking a pipe will give you cancer
While any tobacco consumption comes with some risk, the cancer risks from occasional pipe use are pretty minimal. Educate yourself and make your own informed health decisions. Some info here https://aacrjournals.org/cancerpreventionresearch/article/10/12/704/46541/Association-between-Cigar-or-Pipe-Smoking-and
>muh weed
Not the time or place. Start your own thread 
Hey y'all I am a nature boy with very little camping experience however I am wise and smart enough to know how to not die. I wanted to come here for yalls advice on the following topics.
>What's the best brand of tent to get for 1-2 people
>what are some of the basic essentials for camping that you would bring.
>what are some of your favorite snacks / travel food. does any one know of a good jerky spot along my route to stop at.
>What are my best items for self defense from wildlife and people If I dont carry a gun.
The purpose of this journey is to go rock hounding in NC, Colorado, Utah and maybe push into nevada to find some opals.
my list of things to bring for my trip include the following: Tent, cook set, stove, chair, towels, head light, paracord, life straw, dish rack, neck guard, back pack, some good socks and underwear ( are the expensive brands for hiking worth getting?) multi tool, camp pad, first aid kit, battery fan, bunjie cords, hatchet / knife, bucket, cooler and all my other mining gear.
Do you guys see me missing anything in that list or have any brand name reccomendations on the life straw. What's up with Krauts, specially boomers, and their kitted out rigs?
I'm in southern Europe and every time I go to the beach, no matter the time of the year, there's always many, many hundred thousand €€€ traveling/camping rigs there and 90% of the time they have German plates.
As I post this there are a couple 100K vans, mercs sprinters I think, fully prepared for world travel and parked on a gravel road right up to the beach. Does /out/ ever have those mancamp threads anymore?
It always seemed so comfy the idea of a bunch of us living in tiny houses in the woods .
Seems like now with starlink we could all have internet as well
Or would that ruin the whole idea? Bit of a stupid question. Are crampons sold as a set or individually? Id like to learn taxidermy to atleast have some use of the small game that i cant eat. Where should i start? What tools i need and are there any good textbooks on the subject?
Pic related i paid 150€ for this and wanted to share it with you guys. 
Current boat vessel is an intex sea hawk 3 inflatable which I have a 3 stroke honda gx35 air cooled motor mounted when going out. It works a dream on choppy and rough waters and its only 2HP, Its light and durable and fast.
The other day I took it out to a river where im from called the Hunter River an hour before sun set. The water was very choppy which then calmed as the tide start coming up. I went a little bit further out than usual. Whilst attempting to return I was unable to get back maybe 300 meters from the boat ramp,
I thought it may have been a the tide and my engine wasnt powerful enough, however I would float with the current and 20 meters down I could start the engine back up and power against the current then get stuck again at that certain spot and just not move. I attempted to row even with the motor going but the raft would not go any further. I tried different part of the water but it just would not let me through. I tried to for hours trying to get back. I put my oar into the water and it wasnt shallow, the engine would cut out after sitting in the sport for 10 seconds and just cut out when id slowly float with the current then Id start the engine and power back up
What cause this? I ended up having to get someone to meet me at a different point 600 meters away. What do you guys hunt with? Whether its small or big game
What kinds of guns/bows/knife equipment do you use/recommend Old one is about to 404 >>2639545
Last minute discussions and hopefully some sweet pics after the fact will go here. Fair warning to DFW area bros, there's some weather foretasted for the 8th so plan accordingly. what happened to them, /out/? Hello, I am looking to buy a bivy that I could sleep in and not worry about rain also one that I could get past airport security. I found pic related but that will likely not keep me dry, what worked for you? Man I liked his stuff but he really comes off as a prick And what do they do to protect the woods from weekend warrior citidiots? Can anyone suggest protection for someone is unable to have a firearm for protection for the subjects listed?
I am considering a Byrna pepperball pistol. Would that be an improper choice? I already have bear spray and a horn. Would a Byrne be the icing on the cake more effective of both?
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https://byrna.com/products/le-kit
And if not, are there any better alternatives? I don't know how to use a compass. I cannot read a paper map. I only use my phone. What's the longest you've been /out/ ?
I was away solo 3 weeks last summer wild camping, planning a 6 week trip this summer.
How do you cope with the fatigue and loneliness, I enjoy it but at the same time I find myself going a bit crazy, talking to myself etc.
Thinking of food and showers usually keeps me going.
What do you do to keep yourself sane? >Can I see your Angel's Landing® National Parks Trail Permit™ please?
>Oh you mean you don't have one?
>That'll be a $200 + tip fine then
What would you do, /out/? >get up at 6am
>get ready, pack water, snack, and gear
>cook up and eat a hearty breakfast
>drive 1 hour to trail head
>parking lot (there's 6 spots) is full
>go back home and play video games all day I really really like the way Slingbags look, but I hear they are bad for hiking since they distribute the load unevenly. How retarded would I be to get one as a daypack for 6-8h hikes with around 2500 feet elevation, hiking in the alps? So I inherited a weird bit of land.
8000sqft(~740m2), a bit of the way outside the city (or any other community), pure sand and rock, non-commercial area.
For legal reasons I won't get into... I can't ever sell it, only my kids can once they inherit it but I also don't have to pay property tax on it.
Also, can't expand it. The land all around is in a similar legal limbo so until it's inherited I can't buy anything around it.
What can I even with 0.18 acres of unarable land I can't sell in an unrentable area? I'm getting back into fly fishing after taking the merit badge years ago, I still have my rod but the flies themselves are destroyed after all this time.
Any suggestions for cheapish flys to get back into the swing of things? I've never used one of these
Are they really that useful? Are they a real game changer?
I see everyone using these but dunno... never felt the need Bought one of these recently. Used it hiking on flats and in mountains. Found the accuracy and route following to be excellent, however the learning curve is steep. The interface is like something out of the late 80's and it's complicated to program. If anyone's got any tips/shortcuts on general use they'd be much appreciated. 
I'm looking up maps of public national forests, to find nice land suitable for me to head out in and do recreation activities. Something that has been irking me, is that often the best access points and most convenient to public land for me are privately owned. I found a whole section of national forest essentially surrounded by private land, and for me to access it easily I'd have to cross through private land. Like why is this shit allowed for people to buy access points to public land, and then use it for their own purposes in addition to using the public land for their own purposes. Many of these people will have an effective monopoly of the public land, because they own the easiest access points and it's not easily available for anyone else. So they "control", or at the very least have a near monopoly use of the public land for their own purposes, a much greater amount of land than they actually own.
Is it a case of, they owned the land before the national forest existed, or these land are being traded privately to gain effective monopoly usage of a great amount of public land? What's good hammock brand?
I'm in Eu
Need one for 2 pers.
Must have mosquito net and detachable rain cover Any of you guys like kites? Started with a $20 dragon kite from costco, had a lot of fun and then went to REI and bought a Prism Zenith 5 for like $50 and I've really been enjoying it. I bought the Synapse 140 from the same brand, a dual-line parafoil, but that has been giving me a bit of trouble and I've only gotten it in the air a couple times; I'll likely need to wait for a better wind day to get a hang of that one.
Also any kite recommendations or tips? What brands should I look at? Do you guys bring any instruments with you when you go /out/? Im considering picking up a naf, harmonica, or small travel guitar to maybe jam a bit when im camping overnight. To keep it brief, I'm in my late 20s and my circle of friends have typically been indoor types that prefer to do things indoors, like watch movies, go out to eat, or play video games. Perhaps it's just my friend group, but I have this impression that people around my age can't be bothered to go /out/ beyond a mile or two long hike--and even then it's a struggle or just an excuse to smoke weed in a different setting. I can't imagine getting any of my friends to seriously gear up and go out on a camping trip where they have to carry their back to the campsite. Girls seem more into the idea, but in reality they'll just slow down my pace (well, a lot of guys would too).
Why do you guys think this is? We're in the best shape of our lives, somewhat, and it feels wasteful to spend it all indoors. whats your EDC?
for me its a sheffield 16 in 1 Just got an REI membership and all I want to do now is consooooom I want to go to either Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba OR Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.
I'd fly into either fargo or Winnipeg and plan to do two full days of hiking/camping (so not including the driving days which won't even be a full day of driving).
Theodore Roosevelt National Park has been on my list for a while since it seems so doable in two days to really see most of it. But I just found out about Riding Mountain National Park and how easy it is to see bears there and now I'm kind of tempted to go there.
Which is a better overall park for two days? 
> No car camping or overnight vehicle parking is allowed in pullouts, parking areas, picnic grounds, or any place other than a designated campground.
> All camp sites were booked as soon as they were put on sale
> All backcountry permits are only available to "lottery" winners
Is this the /out/ you guys speak of? Or is this Disney world?
In all seriousness, I know these are tourist destinations and they're just trying to keep scum like me out, but I have a truck camper and like a month off work (May, early June). I want to experience Yellowstone and the Cascades on a roadtrip from the Midwest. Do you all just give up on national park camping and camp in the surrounding areas then go in the park for the day? Can I count on doing a walk-up and asking for a backcountry permit and not being turned away? My original idea was to go without any reservations and split the time on my trip between car camping (no amenities needed) or tent camping in wherever I ended up, but now I see it could possibly lead to a shitty time without planning. What do you guys do if you're making a trip, plan ahead with the permits and pre-selected destinations or just wing it and do things that don't require permits? I just really wanna get out there this summer, it's my opportunity. Has anyone had an east European shepherd/VEO?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_European_Shepherd Looking for a good pair of lightweight 'noculars.
I bought a pair of carson 8x21 but the FOV is horrible and there's awful fringing and fisheyeing through the eyepieces. i'm heading for the Fontainebleau forest (France), with a bottle of water, 2 pizza slices and a croissant in my bag. im going for a short hike, you anons got any advice? How well are you prepared for zombie apocalypse and what are you going to do about them pesky perky drones? salut, romanon here
the fuck is this?
can any other romanon explain what is happening? is the media exaggerating this? is this real??
https://www.capital.ro/codul-silvic-interzicere-acces-turisti-paduri.html Seriously why tf are people like this on the LT and AT. I tell people my legitimate name and they always surprised when it’s my real name. Do they make bird traps that kill a bird like a mouse trap would?
This stupid bird comes knocking on my windows at 6am every day for at least 3 hours a day for 10 days now with no signs it'll stop and it needs to die.
I need something I can put on the window sill Why is /out/ such an expensive hobby? How the hell am I supposed to fit a sleeping bag in here? I got a 50L bag which seems too small now 
If you disagree you are wrong.
First it should have a blade between 6"-8" long. You need a long blade for a myriad of tasks, but primarily you need it for splitting, for rapid carving with the spine braced against your knee (critical for making things like wedges), and for combat effectiveness. This puts the overall length at 10"-14", which is the maximum length for concealment/EDC, which is the whole purpose of a survival knife.
The knife shouldn't weigh more than 16 ounces. More than that and it's probably just going to be clumsy for most tasks and too redundant with a hatchet. The knife should only have enough heft to easily cut down poles 1"-3" in diameter or cut someone's fingers off. If you don't have a saw for some unfortunate reason, the way you crosscut bigger trees with the knife is to baton it across the grain like a chisel, you shouldn't be relying on chopping heft for this. The point of balance should be around the index finger in a high grip.
It must be made of carbon steel or low alloy tool steel like 01, 52100, 5160, etc. Stainless steels, especially "super steels", are useless garbage that trade every single desirable quality of steel like impact resistance and sharpenability and fine grained edge just for slightly better edge retention, which is something only inexperienced people care about. The heat treatment should be rather soft. The knife should be indestructible and easy to sharpen with anything, with edge retention being a distant priority. How would you go about making a dugout shelter that isn't a complete clickbait "youtube-tier" meme?
Something that will last, not turn into a flooded hole in the ground, or rot quickly?
I've considered lots of materials and techniques, from using bricks and cement, to welding a metal arched frame, to just going primitive with burnt logs.
How would you do it? Want to make my outdoor retreat and cabin a reality, but don't want to impact the landscape by making a big building above ground. Looking to build small and cozy.
Want to bury it into the hillside like a nice Hobbit hole, and am willing to construct with quality materials and take my time. Hedge trimmer, propane weed torch, or both?
Before anyone says "use a brush hog", it's on a steep slope. I don't think I can get a brush hog up there. I met some frens while rock hunting today >permanently reduces your lifespan by a few months, because of extreme fear & strees
>haha, it‘s just a prank, relax dude
Pranking urban explorers in abandoned locations like that should result in the death penalty. I really like doing vie ferrate and I'm lucky to live in a place full of them. The problem is: I'm extremely scared of heights. As soon as I go above 5 meters of height my legs start shaking, my palms get sweaty, I start hyperventilating etc. It's always very tough to get it under control.
Any climbing anons out there scared of heights, how do you conquer it? I am thinking of ditching my tent and matress and sleeping bag for a tarp and a hammock.
Any experiences on this? starting this because i don't want to clutter the catalog with my dumb ass question. i am trying to plan an /out/ing, 4-day weekend type deal. i would ask my best friend who i usually camp with for advice but he's deployed. i'm planning on getting a tent, foam pad, sleeping bag, and solar phone charger. i already own clothes, lighter, water bottle, plenty of packed food, and a mora companion (it was on sale for like $14 and i like to get plant and mushroom cuttings) and flashlight. do i need anything else, or is it all just consumerist memes? forgive me if i forgot anything super crucial, i'm retarded (89 IQ). i don't plan on making fire. i just want to hike and sleep. it's a normie campground so i don't need water purifiers, i think. it'll be in southeast oklahoma, sunny and hitting 60F at night. good weather to not go missing? thanks in advance! :) >Has never been disproven in your path https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000204407
I'm someone who annually (or semi-annually, depending on a bunch of factors) hunts wild cervids, particularly caribou and moose, and I've been keeping a beady eye on the CWD epidemic in North America waiting for the day that zoonosis inevitably occurred. It seems that it may have happened.
It's over. It's never been more over. In fact, it's so over that I've been sitting here with my head in my hands uttering "It's over" in a very over-exaggerated French accent so that it sounds like "It is Auvergne."
But my question is: In /out/'s opinion, just how Auvergne is it? What do you all reckon is going to happen here? And will you change your hunting behaviour as a result? 
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Spring is here.
Hope you got to enjoy the eclipse. Hey there anons, I'm planning a trip to the southern region of France. I'm going to check out Marseille, Grenoble and maybe Lyon while I'm there for a week or so, and I'll be staying in youth hostels, though I've never stayed in one before.
I've heard they can be a great place to meet new and interesting people but can also be dens of schizophrenic, meth-addicted debauchery depending on your luck - low level dealers strapped for cash stealing your shit, or mentally unwell freaks publicly masturbating in the dorms etc.
Any advice for a first-timer? Especially if it relates to staying in those cities ? Thought I'd make this thread for others to share their wisdom and hostel horror stories. i understand everyone on this board is TOTALLY EQUAL ORGANIC PERMACULTURE HOMESTEADERS, but i gotta water well nigga just to water my garden your water catchment aint shit your plants will be dieing when the soil harden. fuck now water fags
anyway no well having larpsteaders btfo, eternally I don't know why I never thought about it but "rugged smartphones" are objectively better than a conventional smartphone, it's more or less what you expect from a smartphone at the end of the day. An intelligent machine that helps you overcome most situations, instead of simply having the glass broken due to falling out of the pants of a 6' tall person. I'm just preparing myself for what's coming, and I don't feel safe having a Samsung or Apple phone. A 400 euro/dollar "rugged" smartphone can hold battery for up to 1 week or more with little use in cases of emergency. Times are a bit complicated and difficult, so I appeal to you to start thinking about what you do in cases of emergency. The smartphone is the most important "item" that the average person brings and with some type of distraction is only capable of getting damaged, falling into mud, water, getting broken, etc.
What do you think of "rugged" smartphones and if you happen to have any. do you recommend them? Virginia is beautiful, but some of this shit is annoying. I have a dream to see the Wollemi pines in the wild. But the actual location of the valley containing the trees within the national park is a closely guarded secret. Wollemi NP is massive and almost entirely wilderness; I'm pretty sure I could search for years without ever finding them.
Does anyone have any leads or know anything about this? I've been browing these boards for a while and I've never seen mention of blackout tents. You know where you can put a torch inside but he completely hidden from the outside at night?
Seems like a cosy idea for stealth camping, what do you guys think? What job should I work to have the time, money, and energy to go /out/? sup /out/ggers. i just filled my northeastern townships collection map and as (You) can see, it's embarassingly empty.
i know a lot of you are from the northeast or often travel to the northeast, so if you like blogposting about your trips and at the same time unlocking new subdivisions NEVER EVER travelled before, you may be very interested about joining the /extraflags/ general on /int/, aka >>>/int/extraflags/
if /out/ had flags such a general could be here, but unfortunately that's not the case. plus /out/ is not suited for blogposting, just discussions
this activity is not limited to the US of course, i have collection maps for multiple countries and i plan to make maps for as many countries as possible as detailed as possible. now i will dump here all of them 
surprised I haven't seen a thread based on this, but seeing as it's probably retarded in 95% of cases I concede that I may be stupid myself
I've taken quite a liking to night hikes. More specifically, nights with full/near full moons with minimal cloud cover. poorfag so no NVGs, but goddamn are the night skies bright when you catch them with good illumination. bright enough that you don't even need a headlamp depending on how thick the veg is.
reasons I enjoy them
>colder, less effort into layering/heat management when hoofing it hard
>quiet
>nobody to spook when I walk by in kit (I like the weight)
>that midnight-to-3AM atmosphere
>that beautiful stillness, the sky full of stars, and the grayscale palette
some hikes I frequent are near enough to town that even if the skies are cloudy, the light from the town is enough to hike without a headlamp. granted, I like these less as I feel less 'lost,' but when I'm needing to blow off some steam it's nice to be able to drive 15min to a trail any night of the week to fuck around a bit.
the one downside I genuinely consider is mountain lion, seeing as they are fairly common in my area. I've had a couple run ins, from being stalked by a mother and what I assume were her cubs, to spooking one on the trail (and damn near shitting my pants :) ). this, and the fact that if you don't plan correctly/plan too much, you'll end up with no sleep, as opposed to maybe 5h on a weeknight. What is your favorite color of Azalea?
Have you seen any wildflowers of note this Spring so far?
I personally love a deep dark purple Azalea but I haven't found one in bloom so far. This is Cinnabar and it caught my eye from 20 feet away. In America is it legal to start a makeshift mine in the woods? My city owns the land but they don’t do anything with it. >be dumb girl (pic related)
>get lost in the woods for 28 days
>somehow live
>lose 40 pounds and get more attractive
Is /out/ ketomaxing a valid weight loss strategy? I want to lose 20-30 lbs. Stop obsessing over gear and go outside #502- “Hands Off My Soft Plastics!” Edition
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Are there any FrenchAnon on this board? I live in Nantes (France) and would like to discover your /out/ destinations. I like visting places at nightfall, and finding myself in obfuscous and gloomy woodlands or river banks. I have been several times in Grand-Lieu natural reserve. I have camped in many places around the area and would like to discover other destination I may not be very familiar with. I intend to go in an hour or so. I may be heading north, following the Erdre river bank. Otherwise I'll be glad considering your suggestion. Is this a good water filter? Doing a camping trip in the next month or so and have been roped in as the camp cook. It's a three day trip, what would be good foods to bring given we're going to be camping out on public land in the western US? Was thinking eggs and corn beef hash for breakfast, something light for lunch, but drawing a blank on dinners. It'll be a three day trip, so will need foods that will stay well in a cooler. Have a double propane burner, and a single butane one. Is there any chinkgear out there that's actually a good value for the money? pls do not delete this thread it is to help the homeless gobless I don't know about my city and I want to find good wild places to camp in, how do I find them?
I don't want to go in places where many people go, I would love to have spaces for myself and my frens Monocular or binoculars, /out/?
Also, dedicated general questions thread. >be bong
>go on convoluted trip for meaningless glory
>fail
>get stuck on an ice pack for almost 2 years
>kill scores of animals
>ditch your men to try and rescue yourself
>by some miracle you survive and are forced to save the crew you deserted.
Are anglos stupid? All the stories of men dying for non existent glory seem to come from England. what's your gaymen/entertainment setup when backpacking, /out/? >america has no cultur-
America has a culture. And it's beautiful. i plan to go spend a week in the paris catacombs, 30 meters deep underground with no electricity, light or cell phone network. now, i suppose i need:
>food for a week
>water for a week (or a water purifier, theres plenty of flooded tunnels)
>something to charge my phone and flashlight
>some kind of potty
>some sleeping bag or matress
and a way to prevent passerbys from stealing all of the above. what do you recommend, /out/? You do use one of these, right anon? Im preparing to leave society and live in the temperate forests of Patagonia. I know my chance of survival is slim but on the odd chance I make it, I will finally be fulfilled. That said I consent to dying, doing what I love.
Skills:
>Trained botanist
>8/10 in foraging skill points
>Chemist by career, capable of producing rudimentary medicine (simple extraction and standardization) using plant and animal remains.
>Master gardener of both native and creole plants
>Able to track wild animals based on knowledge of plant communities
What are somethings I need to learn and train before going? Learn how to build a waterproof encampment under an hour? Learn how to trap? Learn how to spear fish? Etc.
What should be my overall goal other than surviving? Geocaching is what started making me go /out/side. Does anyone else still do it? I bring a mountain bike and head to trails. The property I own, has the edge of a natural pond on it. The pond used to not be on my property at all except during flooding. But the pond has gotten bigger and there's now a shallow cove that's formed on the edge of my property. I've been fishing it, just the issue is my boomer neighbour is claiming ownership over the entire pond and says I can't fish it and said he's given me a trespassing warning. What are my options? How do I get an /out/ gf? how do you deal with disabilities, thing wrong with you out of your control. bad eyes, joints, anything else that can hinder you? /k fag here. I just got this female German shepherd. She's a year old. I can tell her last owners didn't do much to stimulate her energy. She's already bonded to me as well. Having her makes me want to go do shit Innawoods. Took her on a 4 hour hike at a local lake the other day. Pic rel. Really wore her and myself /out. It was really fun. What other activities can I do with her innawoods? Also tell me about your trailbuddy if you'd like. >Ruins your expedition path
How do you solve this? Are there any tools to debranch dead/burned down trees? I’m covered in scratches from pushing through walking backwards because I ran out of water on my hike. What other knots should you know? Are these a meme? What's wrong with just tucking your pants into your socks? do you bring your guitar when backpacking, /out/? how do you bring water with you? i normally just toss a couple plastic water bottles in my bag, and fill them up when i fill them up.
useful because i don't have to clean them they just get thrown away, and you can pour them out on your hands or whatever if you need to wash shit off.
borrowed a friend's camelbak the other weekend, and i don't know if i get the appeal. it's more convenient i guess, but it takes like, a minute to pull a bottle of water out of your bag. How does one improve his odds of being abducted by the alien visitors while /out/ anons? I'm bored with life and want cool stories to sell, I mean tell, when I'm back, if I come back.
Should I sit in a meadow waiving a flashlight at night? Broadcast my willingness to be probed on cell or handheld radios? Where I am headed innawoods, UFOs are common.
Share your own experiences and wisdom in this thread. What can I expect? 
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