Board: /out/
"/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!! The majority of camping gear we buy is just Chinese imported gear with a couple assembled parts locally to slap on a Made In X country tag and mark up the price by 3 times.
What is some gear you've bought from Chinese websites that turned out to be the same thing you could find locally, just cheaper or Chinese gear that turned out better than expected?
Flashlights, tents, sleeping gear, backpacks, tools? My picks:
>dancer
https://www.youtube.com/@dancer1
>GIFGAS
https://www.youtube.com/@GIFGAS
>shiey
https://www.youtube.com/@shiey
>blank face
https://www.youtube.com/@blankface_
>Vagrant Holiday
https://www.youtube.com/@VagrantHoliday
>The Itinerant
https://www.youtube.com/@b-stoll
>vaga vagabond
https://www.youtube.com/@ivantrainsLIVE
>hobestobe (RIP)
https://www.youtube.com/@hobestobe
who'd I miss 
Start of summer edition. Some stuff is ready for harvest, some stuff is going turbo, some stuff is going dry.
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new seasons of Alone has started airing!
https://www.history.com/shows/alone/season-12 #525- “Fresh Skid DinkBread” Edition
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>>2823473
janny pls…
Thinking about picking up a new hobby? Want to get a memecaster? Haven't mastered the Palomar knot? Click here!
http://www.pastebin.com/u/fishingandtackle
https://imgur.com/a/1Xw3N
New Bong Fishin Guide
https://pastebin.com/sDB5SQTq
First for best telescopic rod is the one you exchanged for a 3pc.
Talk about fishin How important do you think a survival knife is?
Do you think it is a rather not needed item thats need can be superseded by a usual every day knife?
It is easier to just snap logs for a fire than to hack them with a survival knife.
This is of course not including raw survival where you are needing bushcraft and hunting skills to actually survive. Just general non normie tier camp holiday woodland camping. Can you even call yourself /out/ if you've never /out/ed in the alpine? How would you survive a Walking Dead apocalypse? What's the best merino wool sock brand? I want something i can wear 3 or four days without getting funky, durable and good for summer use. Post some of your favorite patches Trump wants to build 15-minute cities on public land. That's what this commotion is all about. Have you ever taken a gril /out/? Easily the best /out/ state in the lower 48.
>tallest mountain in lower 48
>best coasts in lower 48
>three of the biggest cities full of nightlife and other activities
>a shit ton of public land
>mountains
>desert
>you name it, we have it
>even has yearly fires for pyromaniacs
>some of the hottest women in the country
>most women are practically naked on the beaches
>can dress like a hobo and no one will judge you Tried to summit Mount Washington today. A group of, older men, completely cock blocked me while I was pretty far up. They told me I had no business being there alone with the gear I had. I'm so fucking fed up man. I ran into this same fucking issue earlier this year when trying to do Mount Katahdin via the Knife Edge and a fucking park ranger refused to let me continue up to it. I'm so fucking over hiking. This sport has been nothing but pain with all the fucking rich boomers gatekeeping everything cool. >Superintendent of Crater Lake National Park resigns due to untenable role and downsizing of the National Park Service
>says that he believes it's not possible to sustain the park at this rate
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/southern-oregon/crater-lake-superintendent-resigns-over-trump-admin-staffing-cuts/283-065723b6-1e60-409e-8a9d-bf8359b448f9
>Heatley criticized what he described as a systemic effort to shrink the Park Service workforce, pointing to early retirement incentives for veteran employees, and terminations of newer staff without clear cause. He said policies initiated under the Trump administration continue to erode the agency’s ability to function.
>“We’re being told, for instance, when people leave, they only want to replace 25% of those permanent positions,” he said. “You can’t run an organization like that.”
We are still going to have the parks after this, r-right bros? Haven't been on this board in like 4 years, is the guy who used to make these patches still around? Hey, Im a soldier and recently a jun ser said that we might be going on an expedition outside the base soon. I volunteered to be the cartographer. Not sure if anyone will be able to help me with this, but I really need to brush up on my skills for mapping mountainous terrain. #524- “Licenses Are For Chodes” Edition
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>>2820333
janny pls…
Thinking about picking up a new hobby? Want to get a memecaster? Haven't mastered the Palomar knot? Click here!
http://www.pastebin.com/u/fishingandtackle
https://imgur.com/a/1Xw3N
New Bong Fishin Guide
https://pastebin.com/sDB5SQTq
First for best telescopic rod is the one you exchanged for a 3pc.
Talk about fishin I have a crippling fear of dogs. The idea that I walk alone in the forest or somewhere in the countryside paralyzes me when I get to think about the idea that there >might< be a stray or even a domesticated dog running free that wants to bite me to death. Yes I know I'm a pussy but it's a part of a childhood trauma where a dog severely bit me. The older I get, the more frustrating it gets. It literally makes all of my outdoor plans impossible. I'm desperate to have a nice, relaxing walk in the forest, but I avoid it with the feeling of paranoia about how many dogs there are inside ready to fucking maul me. Any ideas how to cope with aggressive stray dogs? Bear spray? Knife? Tear gas? How to survive an attack? why do asian carry an ungodly amount of stuff when hiking? Hey guys,
I live in germany and I'd really like to know if someone can Show me where to Look to find a map of lost places. The community does not really share their maps publicly. I started to Explore the local places but I am out of the ones I know. Its hard to find anyone even on reddit. They only Post their pics but not where it was. Thx This thread is a place to talk about outdoor climbing in any aspect (trad, sport, bouldering, aid, alpine, etc). Help out by sharing trip reports, photos, advice, etc.
Climbing is inherently dangerous but so are lots of things. Climb at your own risk.
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There is no such thing as A5: https://youtu.be/boQHYBhlOcs?si=y66caNWQeZoVn4Tv If you like the outdoors it's just because you're privileged to live somewhere the outdoors is pleasant How hard would it be to live off hunting your own food? Going there this summer for the first time, what am i in for? Im exploring backcountry montana this weekend and didnt plan on dying what gun should I bring? Wassup guys, I'm starting to get into frog hunting and I need some adivce. I know it's kind of niched, but I've figured that maybe someone on this mongolian basket weaving forum might know a thing or two about frogs.
I know when the season starts and what tools to hunt them with, but besides that, nothing.
Btw I'm planning to make a sauté with bacon grease and cajun spices. They're some delicious lil mfs What do you do if you're in a tent camping and some meth head swings at your tent with a baseball bat or machete Why does hiking attract so many trust fund kids? I can't tell you how many people i've met on trails that have told me they have no job and have a trust fund instead. I've never been apart of a hobby that had so many occurrences of this. This amuses me endlessly because there's zero evidence that Lyme disease exists, and I've personally been bitten by hundreds of ticks over 30 years with no issues. It's just like covid hysteria, retards freaking out over nothing because of something they heard on the internet. I have engaged in outdoor activities in New England every day since 1990 and I don't give one single fuck about ticks and barely even bother checking for them. 
Old thread: >>2774508
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
>I DON’T LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE REEEEEE
Then leave the thread. Pipes have been a part of outdoors culture for centuries. If you don’t like it, leave. >OMG DID YOU SEE THE LOCAL WILDLIFE
>HOLY HECK I SAW A FINCH!!!!
>OH MY GOD A SQUIRREL
>LOOK! A DEER!
>DID YOU SEE THAT COMMON HOUSE SPIDER!? Is it possible to access the overlook circled in red from yellow @ Laurel Snow in TN. It looks like private land and housing from the map, and they want you to access it all the way far away @ orange circled area, but it would be a heckuva shortcut if it works It's FEBRUARY!
Probably the best month we get for winter conditions
You have been out playing in the snow... right anon? How do i protect myself against Naegleria fowleri? iI’m going to take a 2 week roadtrip where I want to stop at various locations and spend a couple days backpacking or camping at each one, what’s a good idea of places to go or a route? Starting in TX For the 44 years I've been alive I've always thought shooting in a national forest was my God given right as an American. But today some democRAT Karen decided to snitch on me and it turns out you aren't supposed to shoot at other campgrounds. Just posting this in case you guys have to deal with the idiot FEDS. I am a /K/tard who looking for what types of knifes I should get to hike/hunt in pic releated.
The trees here are soft.
The forest is very dense.
The only animals I'd have to worry about are black bears, wolfs, lynxes and moose.
It is very likely that I'd need to clear up trails.
I won't have access to an ATV or side by side so I want to stay on the lighter side.
I am considering getting 2 knifes so I can have each be more specialized.
A machete/kukri and a "normal sized" knife is what I have in mind.
Are kukri a meme? Lets talk about minimalist camping.
Cowboy / Backpack / Minimalist / Bushcraft
Tools, bedrolls, bags, tents, clothing. 
Help me find a new backpack please!
My current pack is a 2018 design Camelbak Fourteener 20 liter pack.
The pack is to carry around all the time, as well as to take on longer hikes. The Camelbak is nice, I need a compartment that can hold a hydration bladder, I drink a lot of water. I am looking to carry more water and spare clothes than I can fit in the 20 liter pack. So maybe a 30 or 40 or even 45 liter pack?
I only do day hikes, so I don't need to carry anything overnight.
The shoulder straps on the Camelbak fall apart after a year (I've gone through three identical packs)
If the pack is sized for a bigger person, that's a plus, but I realize I'm not gonna find that.
I am looking to carry 6+ liters of water and 4-5 changes of clothes with me, so I guess I'd rather err on the side of slightly larger, I also keep my wallet/keys/charger in the pack.
The big reason I'm asking here is I can't seem to find bags that have smaller individual exterior pockets that can be individually zipped open or closed without opening the main pack. I am used to being able to easy-access the front pockets to take things in and out without having to open up the whole pack - and most packs I find seem to be just one big compartment with maybe one accessory pouch on the outside, but I want 3-4 of those for different things.
random pack for pic related >fishing spot near my childhood home in upstate New York
>go back there at 26 while visiting the ‘rents
>fish for not even three hours
>get home
>NINE FUCKING TICKS ON ME
>it’s been days and I’ve taken antibiotics and yet I still have a huge red itchy bump from where I pulled one off. I thought my mom was crazy about her fear of Lyle’s disease but fuck this, unless drastic measures I will have to forgo my plans of buying a cabin in the Catskills and probably leave the east coast altogether. It’s actually over It's that type again to discuss your favorite mulch to use >go to camping spot
>set up camp
>eat some food
>maybe walk around a bit
>relax while I wait for night so I can go to sleep Does anyone have any idea how to find brown camphor oil with safrole levels above 1%? I live in the EU and it seems impossible Post your shelter-in-place or vehicle stored emergency kits
bug out bags are fun in Appalachia but I live in a town How do I build an off-grid homestead in Appalachia and live /out/side permanently? General thread for freediving and/or spearfishing, since I don't see one mentioning either.
My personal questions:
I've been thinking about taking a certification course so I can learn to do these things correctly and safely. I'm probably happy just doing the diving, but spearfishing seems like an easy and practical extension. I only casually skindive and rod-and-reel fish at the moment. Does anyone have experience taking such a course?
I know I'll need my own gear early on, but each instructor I can find seems to have their own equipment shops, so I imagine they wouldn't be impartial about the quality of other gear on the market. I live on the Pacific coast of the US, so I see that a 7 mm open cell wetsuit is strongly recommended. What good/bad features should I look out for on wetsuits and other equipment? For non-competitive diving, carbon fiber fins are almost certainly not worth the price, right? Hypothetically speaking, how would you fake your own death and go live in the woods? What gear would you take? Is catch&release fishing actually a morally acceptable hobby? both from humanitarian and enviromental perspective. Isn't it cruel to plunge a sharp hook into the mouth of a living creature just to play with it for a while, and then release it back into the water a few minutes later? Every minute out of the water is a huge stress for the fish and a chance to suffocate it to death, the hooks penetrate directly into the tissues, often piercing completely through the mouth. Someone might say that in a sense it is a form of torture/animal abuse and that if fish could scream, people would abhor fishing
Isn't ending their suffering and killing them on sight just better? At least morally acceptable? I will be following the footsteps of an older close friend of mine who went /out/ing in Africa in the 80s after he ran away from home at 17.
We met on similar desolate paths elsewhere and I learned much from him when it comes to approach and attitude to make a journey that doesn't rely on money to get you to your destinations. But, I had never dared to go to a place like Africa before talking to him.
But, I will need some modern preparations such as the ability to make e-Visas, what power plugs are used, where to avoid insurgent or militia ruled areas, etc.
Is there any better source than https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Main_Page
Any personal experiences and advice is also welcome.
>inb4 go /out/ing in your backyard like we always do
No I like to go nice scenic places with little to no people and take edibles or vape my dab pen and listen to music and take little walks. It's my way of escaping. I don't work Thursdays or Fridays so i go out on those days and avoid the hordes of normies you get on weekends and I can keep human interaction to a minimum. As I get older I realize it's people that hurt you more than anything else. It's peak morel season, post your hauls /out/ www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk60k8gp8jo
>3 days ago
>tourist decides to climb the mount rinjani (indonesia) trail
>strays from the trail and falls of a cliff
>indonesian authorities so far couldnt recue her
>without food, water and under very cold weather
>family blame de guide for not being with her when she felt and the indonesian government for not trying enough to rescue her
what to do in a situation like this? maybe try to climb down? and what the hell was she trying to do? take a selfie by the edge of the cliff? What do I need to know for tent camping at a festival? Cba to bring a trailer and I want to be laying in my tent looking up at the stars while some slag rolling on X sucks my weiner like it's a feed tube in a ER.
Any experience with this? What do I bring to make it easy on myself? Homesteading and prepping
With the way everything's going this is looking inevitable. What are you doing to prepare? Have you started a self reliant homestead? The leaves and stuff in my backyard just aren't decaying. They dry out, turn black, then winter comes and freezes the ground for 5 months. When spring rolls around again, everything is practically mummified. There has been a perfectly intact, unchanging, piece of banana peel sitting on the ground for 3 years! And no, I couldn't find any worms. Is it all the pine needles causing this? Why and how does this happen?? 26M Loc: Huntington Beach, CA
I'm interested in learning to surf. Any advice to not have the wave crash down on top of you and be pulled under?
I was wondering about swimming out past the break and just floating around. I'd guess so... But is this hard?
I've been bodyboarding first to get some experience. I also need to lose some weight before I can get myself to pop up Have you guys ever considered a career in conservation? It's a tempting prospect, and I don't really see a reason not to go into it. I feel like I'd enjoy the work, and I've always respected the guys who do it in one way or another--having grown up in a rural part of the Rockies. It's just a technique for splitting wood without having to carry a friggin 2 pound hatchet around. It's not religious sacrilege. If you insist on carrying your grandpa's stick tang hunting knife, go for it, but this seething hatred of modern gear and techniques is just goofy and cringe. Post your hot take or sperg about someone else's.
Cotton linen silk and tropical wool are superior to synthetics and synthetic blends any situation where its too warm to go hypothermic if you got wet. Especially in arid climates. "Cotton kills" is true but overblown and this leads to a lot of unnecessarily miserable hikers in the summer. Sweating less and not having your sweat feel gross and clammy against your skin is better than any benefit from drying times when being wet is a non-issue.
If you dislike hiking in the summer try natural materials. Mine is my jungle bag. It’s been with me on almost all my adventures. Sleeping bag, blanket, poncho, it’s done it all. Nobody in my family hunts, but I want to get into it.
What do I need to know/do to get started as an absolute beginner? I hate hornets so fucking much it's unreal
>t. got bitten by one once I lost all my lures to sea rocks, again.
Fuck this gay earth. How would you go on about reinforcing a shitty rubber boat like pic related, and turning it into as formidable a vessel as it could be? i got one under my knee and immediately pulled it out with my fingers as i saw it.
this other faggot (picrel) was under my fucking sock but i didn't bite in yet.
is this a tick? Question for The Hive mind, that is for legal reasons, completely hypothetical and merely a curious thought exercise.
If one were to wish to establish a off-grid, primitive cottage in the Mid-Atlantic of the US, which state would you choose, and why? What resources and factors, as well as disconnection/ evasion from the outside would you consider?
For the purpose of this exercise, assume two to three adult individuals, with moderate to advanced skills and knowledge in Bushcraft, early American living history, forging/hunting/fishing, and are willing to live moderately primitive. recommend me other, cheaper brands please
iam a broke german student Every single time I buy a "water-proof" "breathable" jacket it turns out it's neither.
Meanwhile I've hiked in a constant rain for 5 hours wearing a traditional wool sweater and the water didn't get through. Felt a lot nicer than wearing plastic, too.
In a test I did, my dad's old leather jacket is more water-proof than a modern hardshell I still own.
So basically, I'm set for the upper body, with wool or leather depending on the temperature, and a merino base layer. Only thing I'm struggling with is finding a solution for the legs, using natural fiber.
Cotton is shit. Leather pants are gay. Any ideas? What did the pioneers wear? Should I try out tweed? 
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
>You can post rocks and minerals as long a they are ones that you have found while /out/
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
Listing of Historic Resources (alberta.ca)
USGS | Pocket Texas Geology
Sorry for the lack of a post/new thread, Life has been far too hectic to keep up with this thread on the past few months and my last trip fossil hunting was last November. Pic related is a segment of fish spines that have feeding traces on them. I should hopefully be making another trip up to the Dallas area to do some more hunting soon.
Fish spine with feeding traces, Britton Formation, Eagle Ford Grupe, Denton Co. Texas Anyone else think people are way too pussy about ticks? Like just check for them when you are done and pull them off. No need for gross spray. What is the /out/ opinion on Xander Budnick? Why is fishing so retardedly difficult to get into? I walk into Bass Pro and there's eight aisles of different fishing rods, four aisles of different kinds of bait all different colors of the rainbow, 10,000 different sizes and varieties of fucking hooks, you need this, you need that, don't forget this. Fuck me man, I just want to throw a string into the water and catch fish, is that too much to goddamn ask!? 
Last year I set out on an ambitious journey.
Right now I am revisiting this journey and reminising about the good old days, and I wish to share my experience.
I wanted to cross the entirety of the scandinavian peninsula from top to bottom.
From Nordkapp to Bergen.
Simple enough, right?
Wrong.
Norway is probably the least hospitable place for cyclists on the old continent. And needless to say, I learned this the hard way. I thought I could just wing it with the mediocre gear I owned at the time. Oh how wrong I was, how arrogant.
The weather was changing minute by minute, you could basically experience all 4 seasons in one day. Tropical sun followed by freezing wind and drizzle, a downpour that soaks through all clothing in the matter of seconds, hail and snow up in the mountains. All this and then you enter a tunnel and cross out the other side and there is no cloud in sight, again. Or so the cycle went.
Norway terrible and the most beautiful at the same time, a sort of hell on earth with beautiful, but frozen over and an endless supply of magnificent scenery. I would say this to anyone who is thinking about it:
DO IT. But be ready to suffer.
The payoff is worth every pedal stroke.
And for my fellow bikepackers and Norway-lovers out there, I made a small video montage of the best shots on YB
https://youtu.be/TMIb7CAyRVk Have any of you anons ever completed a long distance trail in the US, or maybe completed the Triple Crown? I was curious to see what the longest trails in this country were and didn't realize something like this existed. What do you guys think? Apprently you have to complete the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail totaling around 8,000 miles long.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Hiking Anyone here into foraging? I love the hobby but can't find anyone irl who doesn't either think it's weird, or is just completely uninterested.
Pick related, it's a bouquet of small white clover I'm going to dry and turn into tea when I get home. Is this a thing? I absolutely love snowstorms and the challenge of hiking in rough weather. I know conditions can turn dangerous quickly in the mountains, but there's something deeply fascinating about it.
For sub-8000 ft mountains, what gear and precautions would you recommend to do this safely? Are you too fat to go /out/? Tell me your fishing spots. what's up with this /out/ism ?
why do normalfags love making these? Anyone have experience with frost river packs? i have yet to find a negative review but you know how those things go these days. looking for something classic-ish in waxed canvas without getting too old time larpy so this cliff jacobson model looked nice imo >Whole personality is chopping wood
I don't get it I am realizing that you could live like this in many places in the mountains in the US and Canada without anyone ever finding you.
Will this become something people do as actually buying a house gets harder and harder?
Right now I am looking at spots in the rocky mountains that would take two days to hike to Have you ever considered going /out/ dressed as Bigfoot, just to add to the legend? You know it would *actually* change your life forever if you REALLY thought you'd seen the real thing with your own eyes. You'd never forget it.
>picrel staring at you between the trees from 40 feet away, then runs off. What do you guys generally use as a preferred mousetrap? (to protect your chicken coops & barns that are /out/, of course)
I've been using snap traps with this exact style of trigger, they work really good, nice and sensitive.
For bait, tootsie rolls work best, since they gotta work for it; peanut butter is good as an attractant too. It's fine to wade in during the Summer, but around Spring and Fall it starts to get really annoying to spend half of the day wet whenever I have to filter water.
Is anyone else annoyed by this? I'm open to hearing solutions. Maybe a siphon, or a bucket on a long stick??? Have you been to nude beach or been casually naked outdoor in other way? I have been a couple time on nude beach. It wasn't eventful to talk much about it but it felt very nice to walk around and lie down in completely natural, unobstructed by anything state. what's the c/out/nsensus on missing 411? Sasquatch ? bigfoot? jews? Okay let's settle this once and for all. Which one is all around better? I found a balloon berry patch, aka the strawberry-raspberry For me? It’s less /out/ and more tract home developments.
https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/congress-making-more-250-million-acres-public-lands-available-sale 
US National Parks are horribly run
BLM+Nat Park service have a combined budget of SEVEN FUCKING BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR
SEVEN BILLION
and they still charge 30-50 dollars for every single Nat Park and podunk tiny little monument
What the fuck do they do with all this money?
Almost every nat park and land management road is fucking atrocious
the parking lots are even worse
you need a HAZMAT suit to enter any nat park rest room
Why do they need 35 dollars per car fee to see some little indian ruins?
What exact is that money doing? The little pamphlet can't cost more than .20 cents
thats basically it as far as cost
they don't even have rangers manning a ticket booth any more for most
they have a shitty app you need and then buy tickets/pay random fees online (usually in areas with SHIT internet/cell service)
Every campsite in CO was closed when I went there, I guess they are throwing a little shit fit cuz Drumpf or something
Everything in Utah, AZ and NM was open.
Some campsites you can't even tell if there are spots until you have ALREADY paid to enter into the site, so if they are full, you paid and there's no way to get your money back what strange / spooky stuff have you seen?
once when i was in the desert, there was a telephone pole, on it looked exactly like a 10ft tall bird of prey, just eyeing me down
it was about a good 5min of walking, which felt like forever, just to see that it was a transformer that looked weird, none of the other poles had it either
sounds dumb, but it really did look exactly like a gigantic human sized hawk, and the "head" even seemed to follow you too, really interesting illusion, since it also hit all the primal parts of the brain that gone "you're about to be fucking eaten by a bird!!!!!!"
a year or two later, when i was gonna take a picture, it was gone, which adds a strange air to "it was right there, i tell you!"
>inb4 go to /x/ for this shit
i want real stories, not >i smelled the rotten shit fart gas, and my best friend was turned into a skinwalker, and then i pulled out that gun from videogame and blasted it, dude trust me I want to talk about carrying shelter and water on a bicycle and starting with a plan, not a dream.
Stopped being neet after rewatching KLK and realizing I wasted my youth/20s. That’s fine, life isn’t over. Bought a road/gravel bike, got some biking sites and chatgpt for route suggestions, it’s time. Gonna see everything lower 48 state on my own power. I could never do this as a poor min wage wagie saving up for a cagie, but I can just do it now. So I did actually, I’m two or so counties over from where I started.
Now wot? Have any other anons lived the drifter life? How do I find good stealthcamp spots so cops don’t burn my tent and retard tweakers dont do me like kevin nash in the summer of 92? Does anyone know what flints are compatible with vintage IMCO lighters? Also what are the best lighters for outdoors? I'm a lifelong Oregonian who was very familiar with the willamette valley nature around Lane mostly where everyday if I had the time I'd drive an hour or less to some woods and walk trails and whatnot. Recently for reasons I moved to New Jersey (north) and I'm looking for ideal nature spots, I'm aware upstate NY has a ton but before I drive for 3-4 hours I'm looking for places within 90 minutes ideally. Any recommendations? Please no east west nature war I think most of the US has amazing places to see winter is behind us and its time to get back /out/, sea, lakes, rivers, even canals, sailing is fun too
fotm vacationer paddleboardfags go to >>>/trv/ Israeli out general
Thread for the discussion of out door related subjects as they pertain to the land of Israel >Book a 4WD car to explore tropical North Queensland thinking I could explore for a couple weeks
>Day before my trip I find out there's no dispersed camping allowed on public land
>90% of all other land is owned by bourgeois land czars who won't issue you a camping permit if you aren't self-contained
Should I just cancel my trip? Is this what Australia is like everywhere? I can see why the abbos don't want you spergs climbing their mountains. sometimes I wonder how Rudy's doing Is the tick hysteria justified? Do you camp within the fall radius of dead trees? 
Alright. I'm recruiting other wandering workers. Hobos. If you're interested, my goal is to achieve a seasonal route throughout the western USA. This is meant to enable reliable winter and summer work. One or two other hobos may increase my odds of establishing the kinds of relationships with different farms, businesses, etc. that I would need in order to seasonally have work in different areas in a predictable type of way.
Summer work - this is extremely easy
Winter work - this is not easy
So with that said, wherever we as a band of hobos can achieve winter work that we can return to each season we ought to plan the seasonal route around this.
>ski bums
Ski resorts are indeed good winter work options and these jobs are easy to get HOWEVER you will pay room and board which in many ways cuts into the amount of money you can hope to make which largely defeats the purpose of living as a hobo, ski resorts don't like people trying to live in tents near their resort. You will make half what you could make somewhere warmer, in a tent.
There is a good small Arizona route where you winter in Phoenix and spend summer in Flagstaff.
But we all know San Francisco to Seattle along the coast is a way nicer seasonal route.
>there are many interior west routes to choose from, but due to winter, you will always end up in SoCal/Arizona unless you're a psycho that likes being cold and wet for 6 months straight... I am not opposed So basically, there are 3 mountains in the UK and I have 1 left to summit. However, the drive there is 7 hours and accommodation is minimum £75 per night so I'm thinking I should bring a tent and camp on the mountain instead. Any tips for this? I don't own a tent so or any camping equipment to be honest other than a pot so I'll probably spend as much on gear but at least I can re use it in the future. Also, I'm a bit worried because I remember last time I was looking into this I read in the news about a young guy like myself who died on Ben Nevis due to his tent blowing away!
Any tips on food I should buy? Safe and affordable stoves? Oh and is it even legal for me to camp on the mountain? I might accidentally camp on someone elses land... Hope I don't get any visitors lol... maybe I should buy a knife. Describe your perfect environment
>temp
>humidity
>wind
>rain
>snow
>elevation
>terrain
>region
>etc
For me, it's a mountain river system that is steep enough that I only have to move 10 or so miles in order to get an alternate climate. Ranging 20-90 degrees year round, with not too much rain but definitely not a desert, wind below 10 mpg average, rain is fine, terrain must be rugged, I find this to be exclusive to the western USA(the rest of earth doesnt exist to me).
>sort of
Colorado
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Alaska
>close match
Arizona
New Mexico
Oregon
Washington
>good match
California
The east has very few regions that meet this criteria, and obviously none that approach California. Daily reminder that these are the only real mountain ranges in the contiguous USA.
Your local appalachianlet range isn't listed? Sorry anon, but a ""mountain range"" without a treelin is called hills Anyone try doing "van life" but on a motorcycle?
I work remote and want to ride + work. Not really looking to get a van or overland rig.
Is it possible to explore on a motorcycle but still get work done and be comfortable? 
NOT A DEMORALIZATION THREAD
Around here, the rivers are flooded with glyphosate, atrazine, and a hundred other agricultural chemicals and byproducts. I want to eat what I catch from rivers more but the fish are so poisoned. So many chemicals, medicines, etc make their way into the tap water, the tap water is intentionally poisoned with flouride, endochrine disruptors, PVC plastics. They spray all kinds of chemicals in the atmosphere every day to fuck with the weather and expose people to whatever they want them to breath or get rained on. The water from many wells and springs are polluted from all of the above which saturates the ground water.
What do we do? I really want to figure out how to get my drinking water situation fixed. Tap is suicide, bottled spring/distilled water is plastic and can have whatever in it and you woulnd't know. I have a spring on my property but I'm surrounded by farmers growing roundup-ready GMO corn and haven't been able to get it properly tested yet.
Is reverse osmosis the solution? Distillation? And as for fish, putting a pond up here and farming my own trout and salmon? I'm in the southeast so this is more of a problem here than in, say, northern Idaho, but none of us are free from it. I have a machete in Australia. The government are banning them with a $40,000 minimum fine and 2 years prison.
What should I do with the machete before the ban comes in? Lawful and ethical uses only. Also I'm very lazy.
I stupidly bought it to mow my small lawn with it thinking it would be cool. Yes I know I am very dumb.
Picture unrelated. I know this not /lit/ but are there generally books that will help a average guy become a /out/ man what's some festivals parks and other things you like or know about in the great state of NY baby. I've lived here my whole life (20 years) but all I really have done is rent cabins at lake taghkanic ,attend the dutchess county fair(hell yeah) and go to sterling. i hunt and go fishing too the salmon river is nice but boy are non hotel lodges some of the most degenerate places on earth oh and Niagara falls is overrated fuck madden of the mist and the indians hawking their shity trinkets Been having the inexplicable urge to visit Longyearbyen (Svalbad) lately, not in a hotel like a tourist but expedition style, in a tent.
I'm planing on booking for march 2026.
Can you guys give me advises on gears (tents, outfits...) i should take? thanks.
i'm not rich so budget friendly things only Hi! I wanted to ask if anyone knows a way to do something like side quests in real life.
I really enjoy walking around my city, and whenever I help someone with directions—or just anything, really—it makes me feel really happy.
So, does anyone have any suggestions? I'm going to Yellowstone for the first time since I was a little boy. I want to take a souvenir so I had the idea of using a long metal grabber to pick up a stone at the bottom of one of the hotsprings from the boardwalk. Would the park jannies be okay with this or do I have to be sneaky about it? Also what kind of bag can I hide it in that won't get destroyed from the heat? I'm about to get a 18x52 above ground pool to put in my backyard. Can someone give me the rundown on the maintenance Ill have to do. and everything ill need to take care of it Birdwatching Thread
post yer recent sightings or pics or equipment
sticky says its allowed and /an/ is full of freaks
White-winged Dove Autist here, do you greet or say hello to people when you meet them on hikes or going on a walk through a forest or whatever? What's the social etiquette here? What are these mushrooms? There’s like hundreds of them under my blackberries.
Are they deadly? Post places that are strange/antithetical for where they are located
Apache National Forest, Arizona Do you have any friends into /out/ stuff? Do you do /out/ stuff with anyone else? And if so, where did you meet and what do you do? I was watching Failarmy and see all these people doing stuff outside, at lakes, etc. and want that for me >One solo camper posts video where a schizoid starts stalking him and he has to bug out
>Does enough views it gets boosted out of its usual audience into the "top 5 creepiest unexplained videos" section of youtube
>Actually makes ad revenue off it
>Suddenly every fucking solo camper is posting videos with thumbnails like pic related
>They are clearly acting like a teenager making a marble hornets rip off
>Each trying to one up the other in an arms race of horseshit.
>Have to resort to homeless glorifying van life content if i want my fix of INNAWOODS solo camping to watch while i paint
I'm getting so sick of this bullshit. What are the secrets to get nice stools and little wipes?
Im tired of leaving a huge pile toilet paper and baby wipes after i finish What's sup /out/? Long time no see, how's the board doing? Did the covid refugees leave already and did they stay like it happened to trails and /out/ irl?
Are geeps, brit, mads, recording, snowmobile etc anons around? Wishing you all a great summer. How important are hip belts if you keep your weight under 15lb and for dayhikes? Been looking to get into vest-style straps which seem to come with fastpacks, but the trade off seems to be that none really have a true "hip belt" that is weight bearing. Bros i go outside and the air smells like cancer and makes me cough Looks like we're in for another show the next few nights, anons. Get your cameras and yuru dolls ready for the spectacle!
Condolences to any upper midwest fags whose viewing will be affected by the drifting wildfire smoke from Canada No using premade weapons(guns, knives, etc), no using bear spray, everything has to be made using the knowledge that you have accumulated over the years of going /out/ who wins?
you only have 1 day before the bear is released
who wins in this scenario? ITT: share awkward or funny /out/ stories 
I have some spooky lakes nearby, and lake related lore.
One of the lakes is rumored to be bottomless. Its in a mountain valley, and is so deep in places no diver has ever gone to the bottom. The water looks black, just darkness. The valley is known for its harsh weather and people die there all the time from mudslides and avalanches. I don't like swimming in it because its always ice cold and it freaks me out.
Another much larger nearby lake is less intimidating. But my towns designated swimming area is right above the potable water intake pipe for the water treatment plant. In the fall you can see leaves floating on the surface bunch up above the intake and form and big floating leaf circle. I'm sure it has a wide grate to prevent anyone from getting stuck while swimming, and its probably too deep for most people to freedive, but it makes me uneasy swimming above it.
Also, I have a personal superstition that if a tourist drowns in the big lake, it will bring good luck for the following year. But if no tourist drowns during the swimming season, bad luck is coming.
What spooky lakes do you visit? Share lake lore. 
Weed control, mulching, no-till edition. I'm about to mulch my entire corn plot with wood chips to prevent any more weeds for the rest of the year. I really want to go no-till in the coming years, especially for corn if that is viable while controlling weeds effectively. Was very interested in this video on Mennonites who do no-till: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pICYSujSkGU&t=1148s
Tell me bros, is no-till viable with organic methods at scale? I grow around 1-2 acres of corn each year. I happen to have the wood chips to mulch this field from a family member who does wood work, they are from hardwoods.
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I am filming myself, but it's hard to speak to the camera without showing my face while adventuring. How do I cover my mouth and chin to avoid doxxing while still being able to see? I need glasses so cant use a helmet, and i can't just bring 9000 surgical masks with me. wife pic unrelated I own an 11 acre tract of land in southern Arkansas and wish to develop it with an off-grid homesite. how do I go about cheaply and legally dealing with waste, water, and power. ( EX: Composting toilet, DIY well ext... ). I also plant to move in a "tiny home" basically a 14 x 40 rebuilt cabin for $15,000. My local county says I don't need a permit but I don't believe that.
I am currently living out of my RV with a PO working a local plant so I got a bit to work with. So I thought the winter would just get rid of these but apparently they're going to continue on until Canada puts forth serious resources to extinguish them.
My summers used to be blue and clear but now they're grey and muggy as can be.
Is anyone else dealing with this pain? They say that campfires aren't safe or beneficial for a forest health, yet they burn the exact same material in a control burn that I would otherwise be using in my campfire.
Is this just some plot to keep people indoors and buying propane stoves, or can I legitimately start camp fires and contribute to forest management?
Ive learned forest management and been outdoors a lot, fire safety is essy, but of course normalfags are retarded. That said, I want to do a campfire every night that I hike the PCT (ya idgaf about the law Ill just hide it well), so does anyone have perspective on ways to do this that would contribute to forest health, or is there something Im overlooking and maybe I shouldn't do it? (Yes, obviously not burning every available thing in sight) How often do you get spooked hiking in the middle of nowhere?
How well do you keep a sound mind when by yourself? Especially when spending the night in the woods?
How do you keep paranoia at bay? 
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