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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!! Recommend please thermo-clothes to me. X-Bionic is the best, but overpriced. Any budget clothes. -10 C. What's your go to field watch?
Do you even wear a watch? Maybe you think it's stupid. 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? #525- “Fresh Skid DinkBread” Edition
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Talk about fishin Chimney Rock State Park @ Lake Lure is back OPEN again y'all, and you should visit. They do reservations now (hourly timeslot), but I believe if you just show up that's fine too as long as their parking isn't full.
And, there's an elevator to the top (which isn't really the top, there's still 300 more ft up to walk for the full experience, and THEN it's closed above that) anyone have any recommendations for trails (10+ mile loops, lakes,) and campgrounds as well as campsites in and around Shasta? 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? Im exploring backcountry montana this weekend and didnt plan on dying what gun should I bring? 
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>how to get started
Purchase a corn cob pipe (or a cheap briar pipe) and a pouch of Half and Half or Captain Black tobacco from a smoke shop or online. 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
Originally the Surgeon General found that pipe and cigar smokers, following a careful study of the statistics (at a time when most adults smoked, so they had a good sample size), had insignificant death rate increases. Nowadays, tobacco is being legislated against while hard drugs are being legalized. Put two and two together. Tobacco is just another good thing under attack by the government.
All tobacco users welcome. Stoners will be taken to Singapore and caned. Hey I have an idea to create a XXL mason "jar" and rebrand it as a mason bowl. A bowl for men, for adventure. Tupperware for the bugout bros. Big enough we can finally fit our fat fingers into and actually clean when we're camping. They are manufactured with ergonomic crock handles, perfect for holding hot foods.
This set of 6 16oz Mason Bowls can be yours for as little as 29.99, plus shipping and handling but wait. Act now and we can throw in this impact resistant Mason Bowl Harness for as little as 9.99.
But fr, I'd totally buy an extra wide, wide mouth jar I can put in a lunch box. Can I get some recommendations for a good flashlight that won't cost an arm and a leg?
Also Flashlight/Torch General, I guess. i am 100% convinced that the only way to get both your feet on both pedals without tipping over is to get your leg to go faster than the speed of light Wanna ask anons about experience and opinions of dealing with a lack of a water source on a long hike.
How can I deal with this?
Carrying in is a massive weight burden, but relying upon potentially asking farmland or houses along the route for water is also not a guarantee. 
Start of summer edition. Some stuff is ready for harvest, some stuff is going turbo, some stuff is going dry.
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last thread: >>2820926 404 - not found edition I feel a growing urge to learn to sail and take to the water, but I'm a landlubber.
Has anyone done it? Is it the dream that it seems like? Hiking would be a lot more fun if private property were abolished. ITT we share our favorite OT products. 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. 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? Do any of you guys use smart watches for hiking nav? I'm tired of having to pull out my phone and shit. Been looking at like the Fenix 7x, enduro 3 or even Suunto Vertical / Race S. Seems like it would be easier just to look at my wrist everytime i want to check if i'm on track still or if i need to change trails. Leaning towards the Race S just because it's the cheapest of them all with decent maps it seems. Curious if you all have any experience with any watch brands. is there any way to put one of these on/take one off, with a rucksack underneath, in moderate wind and rain, that isn't fucking cancer?
i swear to god im missing something I use one of those wide brim straw hats women use in summer and i'm tired of pretending they aren't good or that they are gay to use on men. This board is so dead/shilled. what a shame.
new seasons of Alone has started airing!
https://www.history.com/shows/alone/season-12 Okay let's settle this once and for all. Which one is all around better? Anyone else here watching those silly straight line missions? Because I sure do Is "off-grid" living an illusion? How would you do it? I'm getting this coursera cert because I can't afford schooling again.
But I'm jumping ship from 15 years of being a network technician.
I wanna go out, sweat my ass off in the woods, collect data, come back and plot it on a map and make other maps.
How much work do I gotta put in to achieve this life? 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 Have you ever taken a gril /out/? 
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 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. 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. Lets talk about minimalist camping.
Cowboy / Backpack / Minimalist / Bushcraft
Tools, bedrolls, bags, tents, clothing. 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. 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? I have this strip in the back, 30" deep and 15' wide
>Tons of leaf litter
>Top soil seems to be amended, but a little dry
>Even saw mushrooms growing last month
>Mix of sun and shade throughout the day
>Clay soil underneath
>Colorado
I want to try Alaskan lupine, four o'clocks (which I know can survive here with watering), amaranth, and a ground cover. I have low-but-not-no-knowledge on this stuff, I mostly just know leaf litter mulch and wood chips can help retain moisture and amend the soil over time.
Any recommendations? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-calling-for-foreign-visitors-to-pay-surcharge-at-national-parks/
Finally the first good news in a long time.
>Mr. Trump also ordered the Interior Department to give U.S. residents "preferential treatment" over foreign visitors regarding "recreational access rules, including permitting or lottery rules" that parks might have in place. The order did not detail what those preferential treatment rules would entail, but some popular national parks have reservation systems for entry and camping during peak seasons.
Americans get first pick finally
>The order Thursday also revoked a memorandum signed in January 2017, at the tail end of former President Barack Obama's second term, which sought to promote diversity and inclusion at national parks. The move appeared to be part of the ongoing effort by the Trump administration to scale back the federal government's diversity efforts.
No more diversity bullshit Just ordered the North Face Stormbreak 2. What tent are you rocking? What do you love and hate about it? What tent do you want? >have taken a book with me on every overnight hike I've ever done
>Never read >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. what's the c/out/nsensus on missing 411? Sasquatch ? bigfoot? jews? I hate hornets so fucking much it's unreal
>t. got bitten by one once How hard would it be to live off hunting your own food? https://youtu.be/jYOwnldBtrQ?si=0OhlAtDPHREwb_ml How do I into /out/ in Nebraska? I've done some hikes but I'd like to do a longer trek or some camping somewhere scenic.
>inb4 leave 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. How do I build an off-grid homestead in Appalachia and live /out/side permanently? 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 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. 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? Haven't been on this board in like 4 years, is the guy who used to make these patches still around? I am planning to go hiking, it's a four hour walk and my first solo hike. The problem is that I have zero idea what to take with me, or what are the essential rules/tips for hiking. plz help 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/ Birdwatching Thread
post yer recent sightings or pics or equipment
sticky says its allowed and /an/ is full of freaks
White-winged Dove Are you too fat to go /out/? Italian motorcyclist got mauled to death by mama bear in Romania bear country.
This is the last photo he took. 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? Mine is my jungle bag. It’s been with me on almost all my adventures. Sleeping bag, blanket, poncho, it’s done it all. 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. 
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 If you like the outdoors it's just because you're privileged to live somewhere the outdoors is pleasant Going there this summer for the first time, what am i in for? 
I just paid for Alltrail Peak. As far as I can tell the main difference so far is it lets you draw custom maps on their maps. What's funny is you pay 80 dollars a year, and those naggers STILL won't pay the licensing fees to give us back the Topo maps they had for years. I am hoping paying this money allows me to get some glimpse of community content/user submitted trails - I've found all sorts of cool stuff on unofficial trails. They also took away the ability to see user photos while hiking on the trail, which let you position yourself for the best views, and now they have a community heatmap which is strangely much less useful.
Custom Routes gives you the ability to build your ideal trail, whether it’s a short loop or a multi-night through-hike. Members can start from scratch, customize existing trails, and use new AllTrails smart-routing, which leverages AI to make a trail shorter, less steep, or “more scenic” with just a tap.
Trail Conditions provides expected condition information along the trail, including temperature, precipitation, and snow depth. Functioning as a weather app within the AllTrails platform, Trail Conditions combines analysis of 15 weather factors with geospatial intelligence and recent reviews. More than 10 million data points power Trail Conditions, which also includes alerts for air quality and mosquito activity. A future update will add terrain and ground conditions showing pavement, gravel, mud, and more.
Community Heatmap allows you to see trail traffic data to find popular trails or quieter hidden gems. Supported by millions of trailgoers’ activities, Community Heatmap gives insights into recent outdoor activity to help members plan an adventure that aligns with their preferences. You protect your eggs when backpacking, right? What should my first car be?
The only thing that really matters is that it has a CD player, aux cable input and Bluetooth, USB charging, and that it’s a hatchback. My mum also says that it should be small. 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? Summertime fun edition
General thread for all living history, reenacting, actual LARP /out/ stuff.
So what are your plans for the summer? How has the record heat and projected increase affected your initial plans or equipment? 
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 How do we solve the tourist issues in western national parks? >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? 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??? Are their chest packs worth it? Easily the most underrated /out/ state. It's funny how so many people just think Nevada is a desert It's FEBRUARY!
Probably the best month we get for winter conditions
You have been out playing in the snow... right anon? Is the tick hysteria justified? 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?? 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 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 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 I’ve been camping twice now with close friends who go often - and I love it, thought I wouldn’t but I do.
What are some cool gear / camping items that you guys find useful / love?
For example I’ve just got a swag and sleeping bag, fishing rods and camping chair so I’m slowly building my take out kit.
I’m considering getting a cook hot plate, knives, a rifle, dirt bike maybe an outdoor portable shower thing you fill up with water?
What does /O/ like to use when going inner woods? Or never camp without? Hypothetically speaking, how would you fake your own death and go live in the woods? What gear would you take? 
Guys I'm doing the GR20 (corse, France). Sense Nord-sud. I already did the most difficult part, after doubling one time and yesterday doing one and a half I'm between stages 5 and 6. In this place I have access to the road.
The thing is that at the beginning of the second day I started developing really bad blisters. I never had blisters like that, even though I'm really prone to blisters so I have a shit ton of medikit for that. But they are huge and in the sole of the foot. Yesterday I started using compeed but apparently it's super infected and compeed only worse the infection.
I'm so frustrated cause I already did the hardest part, and since I'm carrying all the food I was way heavier than before, so everyday should be easier. But the blisters are fucking me up. Everybody said that the part nord was the hardest one, that it was very technical. But I found it normal, I feel like physically I'm super fine and if I didn't had blisters I could easily double every day without effort. But I just can't handle the blisters. And it's getting worse and worse.
I think I will take a day off here, someone gave me eozine (Betadine) and I took off the compeel to dry them, do you think that a day off could help. I don't mind the mild blisters I can deal with them. But the ones in the sole of the foot are just terrible. I'm being a baby?
The other problem is that for today and the following days there are going to be thunderstorm after 2pm. And apparently the weather in Corse is super dangerous. So I was thinking before in walking everyday all I can and doing bivouac mid journey if I can't take it, but that's impossible with the thunderstorms since I have to arrive to every refuge before 2. And I don't trust in my speed since I'm going super slow due to the blisters.
I will post pics in the next posts.
(1/?) External frames are better than modern packs.
It's more comfortable and I can carry more stuff.
Simple as. 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 How would you survive a Walking Dead apocalypse? I am sure you've all seen it before. You're on a hike, and you come across a mud puddle. There is plenty of space on the side of the trail to pass by without stepping in the mud. But, for some reason there are adult sized footprints right down the middle of the mud puddle. So my question is: what kind of person is walking through mud? Is it intentional or are they just stupid and/or unaware of their surroundings? I tried again today. I grew up in walking distance to the upper lower mississippi, and have tried countless times. One big ass river monster even swam right up to the bank where I was , like he was taunting me. Do you camp within the fall radius of dead trees? 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? hiya, thinking about making a robust wandering stick, a third leg if you will.
what dimensions would make it the most ergonomic? been thinking about a height of 170 cm, 4 cm thick. Sounds good? It's that type again to discuss your favorite mulch to use 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. whats the strangest/worst place you've found 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. 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? and made some blackberry jam with them on my rocket stove. what did you guys do /out/side today? do any of you do stuff like this? >a billionaire can prevent you from going to epic wilderness
Sign says "private property, no access to public land" 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. 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!? I have 10 days to spend backpacking in the Pyrenees in August, I'm driving there so where should I aim to? French or Spanish side?
Looking for nice trails, mountain lakes to swim and sunbathe nearby and hopefully not many people around. I want to summit Aneto or Mount perdido.
Thanks. 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. Tell me your fishing spots. 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? back when i was 14-13 i lived in a town in the middle of nowhere.
the nearest city was araund 290 km.
one of those days i went on a trip by foot with two of my dogs it was foggy that day so i couldn´t see nothing.
out of nowere i sawed a weid looking pink blob of what i pressumed was flesh.
it had a horrible smell and it had a weird texture that i couldn´t describe.
i was scared shitles and so i ran back to my home and told my grandparent´s about what happend.
it was probably a dead shne of he´s sheep escaped while he was eating. Why do boomers gatekeep e-bikes? I bet you money the people who decided to ban them at this forest have never ridden on on a trail. 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? 
>plan a camping trip with 4 friends where we're going to hit some trails
>i drive us 8 hours to the campground we're gonna stay at
>they're all saying how excited they are to do all of these trails
>get there - eat food
>they sleep
>think "ahh probably just exhausted from that car ride"
>go out on my own do a trail, have some beers and sleep
>next day
>make breakfast
>1 hour after breakfast they sleep
>well i'm not going to sit around and sleep
>go do a few trails on my own
>come back - they're still sleeping
>i get hungry so i make some food
>they wake up and sit on their phones
>"so what are we eating"
>end up making tacos for everyone, don't mind because i like cooking on the fire
>we eat and i say "do you guys wanna go to x trail nearby that leads to the beach for the sunset?"
>takes them forever to get ready, miss sunset
>they complain about mosquitos biting them the whole time
>"YEAH GREAT IDEA ANON WTF"
>get back to the site seething, tired but have some beers by the fire and try to hang out
>12am rolls around
>anon you're sleeping already wtf?
repeat this for the next 2 days. on the bright side, i got out and got to see some stuff and take some nice pictures
I would like to hear stories of your disappointing /out/ trips and/or failed group trips. I know this not /lit/ but are there generally books that will help a average guy become a /out/ man 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 Is it safe to go hiking in Upstate NY wearing shorts? Or will I die from deer ticks? 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. 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. 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 Trump wants to build 15-minute cities on public land. That's what this commotion is all about. 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 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 What do you put in your trail mix?
Also post recipes for /out/ 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. 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 You're probably wondering how I got myself into this situation I have been going /out/ on overgrown fields and abandoned properties hunting for seedlings and collecting them in pots.
It is like pokemon but for trees. I am always excited to find and collect a new species.
I have dozens of them now and can not stop. How do i protect myself against Naegleria fowleri? What are these mushrooms? There’s like hundreds of them under my blackberries.
Are they deadly? Tried to ask /adv/ but its a bunch of teenager losers and 40 year old losers making endless how to talk to woman threads.
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 >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!? 
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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. >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 
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. 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 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'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. My picks:
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>Vagrant Holiday
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>The Itinerant
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>vaga vagabond
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>hobestobe (RIP)
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who'd I miss Can you even call yourself /out/ if you've never /out/ed in the alpine? Post some of your favorite patches 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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Talk about fishin why do asian carry an ungodly amount of stuff when hiking? 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 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. 
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