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!! 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? #523-“Hot In Hurr” Edition
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janny pls…
Thinking about picking up a new hobby? Want to get a memecaster? Haven't mastered the Palomar knot? Click here!
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First for best telescopic rod is the one you exchanged for a 3pc.
Talk about fishin 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? anyone gone to those outdoor survival courses? 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 >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!? Whats the purpose of raking leaves in the garden? Its not like decayed leaves turn into hummus fertilizing the same tree that took a dump in the autumn of cold regions. Eat shit or get to work hippies! Post places that are strange/antithetical for where they are located
Apache National Forest, Arizona 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? 
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 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. 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 
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 checked it out on YouTube and everyone is claiming that its haunted.
Hearing weird noises at night (probably coyotes) saying they felt like they were being followed, again, coyotes, something about an Indian graveyard, etc.
Have you been there? What is your experience like? 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? 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? 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 
Fruit, Flowering or Shade. Care, Pruning, Propagation, Pests & Treatments.
I just Planted our 33rd fruit tree yesterday June 5. oldest one planted 5/2022. nothing producing yet, but when they start making... holy shit. it's all kinds: peach, apricot, persimmon, crab, apple, pear, keffir, plum. Sour cherry. we als have berry bushes: Elder, Black, Rasp, Gogi, Currant and probaly some others. we also keep bees.
in the non-fruit category, we have: Tulip poplar, hybrid poplar, hybrid willows, crepe myrtle, dogwood, redbud, Flowering pear, chocolate mimosa, rainbow mimosa & juniper.
all new, all planted by us since 2022. we have had several losses along the way. this is all new to us, learning as we go. we fought a biblical plague of locusts last year. they're back, but now we free-range guineas, ducks & chickens. I believe there is a noticeable difference already.
question/concern:
1. I'm seeing lots of my peach leaves are red/yellow-ish. is this a varietal thing? seems like a sun wind burn thing to me.
2. on several of my fruit trees, across species, I am seeing various versions of what I think is fungal inf. small black or brown dots all over the leaves. is neem oil and/or Sulphur the way to go on that?
(picrel is not me, but close enough) We dont get many threads related to enjoying the magical submerged world.
Comment on the type of gear you think is good and what is just a gimmick.
Comment on places / times of year / times of day you like to dive or hunt
Comment on how you refine you techniques for diving such as reducing SAC rate, increasing breathold times, handfree equalization, better trim and buoyancy, dealing with increased task-loading, better spearfishing tactics... Do any of yall take your dogs backpacking? What kind of gear do you bring for them? What's your sleeping set up like? 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? 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 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. 
What's up my bros - was wondering if people with similar experiences or insight could chime in on some of the mad schemes I'm going to try to pull off
I grew up in and live in the Canadian Maritimes. 30 years old. I have a good buddy who makes great money as a pilot who is in the process of buying a good comfortable long range blue water cruiser and the dream is to live aboard and sail south for the fall, winter, and early spring. We have both had enough of Canadian winters and his work will fly him back and forth. I have a pretty crazy good bartending, hospitality, service management resume with a couple of years experience sailing tall ships. What is the feasibility of finding work in the Caribbean or even the Florida Keys? I've been doing a lot of research on how difficult it can be to find legit work in the islands but a lot of Caribbean bros I'm friends with up here seem to think it won't be that hard for a fit young white dude to find something. Any recommendations for places to go - businesses to contact - things to start working on, etc. I've started reaching out to major players like club med and other resorts as that seems like the easiest way to get legit work 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? Birdwatching Thread
post yer recent sightings or pics or equipment
sticky says its allowed and /an/ is full of freaks
White-winged Dove I'm planning a vacation/hiking and camping trip to Washington, the goals are Mt Olympus and Mt Ranier and if I have enough time some other stuff like Mt St Helens. I don't want to loiter in Seattle or Portland for obvious reasons. Problem is I haven't done a trip like this in years and am struggling to plan it, where to go first/last, stay, what to do, how long each location will take, parking, campsites, etc. Anyone have any experience out there able to provide any guidance for my plans? Where would you recommend camping or should I get an AirBnb so I can shower? /k/ is full of yuros who spend all day talking about gay shit like ukraine
How do I get into hunting? Why do nonwhites shoot durr with 9mm glocks?
I think I'm fine on the guns department. I have a mossberg 500 and one of those 28 inch barrels. It's a shotgun only state so I can hunt birds with it and I can just stick a red dot on it if I want to hunt durr 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. >nooo you have to buy a big backpack with hip belts
>meanwhile nearly every youtube influencer that actually camps in the backcountry is using small ultralight packs and almost never have hip belts even 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 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 How would you survive a Walking Dead apocalypse? 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. Monster Hunter is what got me into hiking as a city boy, so I want to visit and hike through the real life equivalent of these places, and I'll need your help identifying them. I'll start with the first area, Forest and Hills. The closest real life locations is Vikos Gorge in Greece and Yosemite in the States. 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. 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? Are you too fat to go /out/? 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/ what's up with the recent click bait from clay hayes? 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. >Whole personality is chopping wood
I don't get it It's peak morel season, post your hauls /out/ >be 6ft
>legs are long, the legs of a 6'5 person
>can just walk a sub 10 minute mile, comfortably
Should I just become a hiking or trail running GOAT? 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? After i discovered tbis board i got really into camping gear and bought this $15 camping inflatable matress but i have no use for it or the $20 2 person tent i bought so now im using the matress as a yoga mat and the tent im trying to sell, im from asia so i never had any use for camping gear to begin with. But i still find camping romantic tho. What do you guys do woth your camping gear when you are not camping? what's up with this /out/ism ?
why do normalfags love making these? 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 hey /out/
I was hiking some town outskirts the other day and found this metal object. I was curious if anyone knew what it is?
other /out/ists post your own finds to be identified 
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. 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. hello 4chinz anon hear
, if i theoretically go sailing in sea and im in a pinch how much can i trade an average fish for to indonesian farmers for potatoes lets say or
coffe? Can someone identify this knife for me that I found in A hidden compartment on the truck I just bought. It seems kinda cheap but I’ve been using it for a lot of stupid random shit like opening bottles and batony chop chop. It’s held up very well under the punishment and I’m gonna keep it in my truck for emergency use. My eyes are really bad so I can’t read the words under the eagle, even when I magnify it. How is it possible that there's no parks in these massive areas? How the fuck did gateway arch become a national park but nothing in Idaho or the NE? How hard would it be to live off hunting your own food? Hello /out/. It has been a while, maybe it is time for an AMA Did you fuckboys, larpers, and losers do anything productive by going outside while /out/ was down?
Or did you just sit around and play with anime dolls? Lets talk about minimalist camping.
Cowboy / Backpack / Minimalist / Bushcraft
Tools, bedrolls, bags, tents, clothing. Found this in my photo gallery I don't know why I have it What's the point in "hunting" from helicopters? You're not even on the ground interacting with nature, it's like machine gunning some bird nest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emdVZ8i-_js 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? 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.
Off-belay: >>2812365 (fuck mods)
/xs/ thread:
>>>/xs/224473
There is no such thing as A5: https://youtu.be/boQHYBhlOcs?si=y66caNWQeZoVn4Tv 
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. 
sup /out/, newfag tourist (heh) here
basically, I cycle for a commute, and in the rain it's misery. I don't want to pay 50-100 euros for a fancy plastic bag, so I wanted to ask does anyone know any actually rainproof rain gear that I could potentially cycle in?
what I know so far:
goretex and all those smart fabrics are poison and a scam that doesn't work.
but in order not to be wet from sweat you need good ventilation
I tried a 30 bucks poncho but rain was still blowing in from below and from the arm holes and the seams on the back weren't treated so I got wet anyway.
I have a raincoat from Aldi I got for 5 bucks made out of the thick yellow plastic rubber material but it's not ventilated and a bit short for me.
anything cheap and ventilated I can get from AliExpress or Amazon.de or something?
I also have rubber pull over rain overshoes and pants that are a bit short, but shouldn't be a problem, but I was feeling like fish in a plastic bag and was pretty moist when I tried to cycle in them.
is there such a thing as being comfortable in the rain? 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? Have any of you done it before?
I looked up the legality of it in my country. And It's illegal.
>unless you're paying some company for a license to do it in a designated area on their property
and you get to do it in select places
>which are delibaretely far away from any interesting deposits
but if you pay to go there, and pay to dig, you get to keep what you find
>unless you find something interesting, at which point your license can be revoked at any time and you have to hand in your finds, or face criminal punishment
Sometimes I wish I didn't live in Europe. I see people online looking for fossils in New Zealand and in America, and having so much fun... As for me, it’s Fjällräven Having a decent weekend /out/ at a fest is a function of adequate gear. Nothing replaces a nice place to sleep when the acid wears off or a hot pot of coffee and plate of eggs the morningafternoon after. And I've had my mix of solutions for a long time but I want to put together a three tier list for the inexperienced.
Can someone find a useful infographic like /k's gearqueer editions? Post your favourite items to forage in the wild, and list what you use them for.
I like to collect spruce gum and pine resin, and make wood finish out of it. You melt the resin in methyl spirits, filter it with a coffee filter, then brush it on sanded wood to make a waterproof, long-lasting finish. The natives used it to seal their canoes. It is sensitive to alcohol, though, of course, so if you spill your rum on it it will need a touch up.
It's really good for daubing the bottoms of lumber that touches the ground, like the bottom of a picnic table, or fence posts that get buried in the dirt. Do you camp within the fall radius of dead trees? 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 Anyone shoot an animal if they had to, but... then what? Specifically, I'm talking butchering it, moving and preserving the meat, what to do with the bones and hide- the whole shebang- but if you were alone out in the bush. YT videos on the topic are usually taken down because they're obviously gonna be pretty graphic (in my experience, anyway). Or it'll cut from the person catching a fish or shooting a grouse to it sizzling in a pan lol Do you actually field dress your game or do you just hack at the important parts like a caveman? The logging will continue. They are cutting down our sacred trees again, just like last time. They have sap on their hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NRWQzGycZY [Embed]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-inK-7opBw [Embed] Lord help me, i just spent 1100 dollars on this packraft. what's the c/out/nsensus on missing 411? Sasquatch ? bigfoot? jews? >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. I am a bit of a Hippie with camping experience all over the world.
i am interested in survival knowledge and self-sufficency.
if anyone knows how i could educate myself on these topics to become an expert, i am all-ears. Have you ever taken a gril /out/? Is the tick hysteria justified? where and how do i find places like this? 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 there any reason why we should stay inside when it rains? It can't hurt you, why are we conditioned to avoid it?
What are some fun outside stuff you can do in the rain? I know this not /lit/ but are there generally books that will help a average guy become a /out/ man Can someone who is not an /out/ person eventually get into it? I fancy the idea of doing it but I don't have a lot of experience and I'm afraid of not being made for it It's OK to be a stick tang. Hello! Does anybody know of a good way to capture small animals, not to kill as pests but for my own bidding. >decide to go camping in Mark Twain NF
>park at the trailhead in the parking lot
>set off
>NF site says limit is 14 days of camping at most
>I only planned on going out for the week
>came back to my car for resupply mid way through
>see pic related on my window
You gotta be fucking kidding me. The police were less than 24 hours from towing my fucking car that I legally parked and was well within my limits. What the fuck is this shit? Gear rec thread plox
Are kelty internal frames any good? I love my trekker pro external frame I was digging through my old camping stuff and came across an old can of stove fuel (for my jetboil) with a 2011 lock code...
I don't even know what to use it for. I visited Torres del Paine national park's visitor center in Chile a while ago, though I didn't do the hike to see the actual Torres del Paine because I overslept and it was already too late in the afternoon by the time I gained the energy. I underestimated how easy it would be to hike. I didn't even know that I had to do my hike during the morning to avoid thunderstorms at high elevation.
I want to do some hiking in my area (Denver) so that doesn't happen again. I doubt there's as strict a time limit unless I'm in Rocky Mountain National Park or doing a trail at a high elevation, but I'm still very much a noob. What do I need to bring (besides water)? How do I train myself to take on harder hikes? What times are best to hike? How do I search for trails?
I eventually want to be able to do a multi-day hike/backpacking (e.g. that one super long hike to Macchu Picchu), though I want to start simple for now. I'm 6'3" 240 lbs. I'm looking for a chopper bike.
drive around the town, lakeside, trails etc.
What do I need to be comfortable?
Will I fit in a West Coast Chopper?
This one looks great, but might be too small:
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same thing on black:
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the Schwinn Stingray (pic) looks so small like it's made for children.
this is what I need, but the sonofabitch is asking
$500:
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add facebook dot com before the links, can't post otherwise.
advice please. TIA. Tell me your fishing spots. I found a balloon berry patch, aka the strawberry-raspberry 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. How do you feel about the federal layoffs and funding cuts for the NPS and USFS departments? I have mixed feeling on the subject. I’m moving to an area where there are grizzlies, and I plan to do a lot of hiking. People seem pretty divided on how to handle bear country. Some say that they’re not that big a deal and all you need is bear spray, proper food storage, maybe some bells, etc. Then other people say that bear spray is useless and you should be carrying a large caliber firearm. What’s the /out/ist take on this? >25 degrees
>0 precipitation, no rain in the next 10 days minimum
>no clouds at all
>humidity 70% because its fucking england
>so much pollen it looks like its snowing
>air ambulance overhead every day because boy racer cunts keep flipping their shitbangers going down country lanes at 80mph
>can't wait till evening when it cools as the pollen gets worse plus fucking moths everywhere
I fucking hate this time of year lads i just want to go on a nice hike to forget my worries but this shit sucks. So i want to go on a longer hiking trip to Mt Olympus this summer.
Ive done longer multi day hiking trips but none where you have to bring a tent and food for multiple days.
So whats your favourite stuff to bring along?
Whats some secret board knowledge?
Also what do you do for drinks? 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? Do you wear any cloak, poncho or any fashionable coat when inna woods? if you were in a survival situation and had no fire or shelter but had to sleep, could you cover yourself with dirt or branches or something to insulate yourself? what should you do in that situation Why do you hate urban-stealth-camping so much, /out/? Poor people like to camp, too.
>No, it's not called being homeless. Not necesarilly stashing, but if you want to discuss it that's ok.
Let me explain, I usually go training in a bar park near the sea, but I acutally would like to go for a long swim before and after training, the problem is if I bring my phone and keys and wallet, on a backpack, or even a leg bag, I don't want to leave it out in the open for some tourist or God forbidd, a fucking shitskin, stealing my stuff.
What would be some useful places to store a backpack temporally? Maybe go to a nearby forest and bury it with some soil and leaves? Leave it on top of a tree? Snuck it up inside some building and then return and take it? I have a waterproof bag and I thought on taking my stuff with me, and leave it somewhere noone can get, but it's a bit too risky.
Also I am curious if some of you stash some things hidden in your town. Just for fun or maybe in case of an emergency. Is there an inexpensive tent (~$200) that doesn't have a detachable rain fly?
I've done a lot of camping, and I have never once used a tent without a rainfly, even in the hot summer, the risk of passing rain, or a cold dip in the night has prevented me from being mesh only.
That being said, setting up a detachable rainfly has always been a PITA. It is never symmetrical, difficult to fold away, annoying to stretch over the tent, requires additional steps in securing it, etc.
Even popup tents still have it as a separate item.
I am looking for an inexpensive non canvas tent that has it built in. It's FEBRUARY!
Probably the best month we get for winter conditions
You have been out playing in the snow... right anon? Kind of funny I don't mind swimming in gator waters unless I SEE a gator then I get scared and won't go. But If I don't see one it's out sight out of mind. This lil guy ruined my morning swim though was about to dip in when I saw him Who makes a good, standard puuko knife? I just need a chill knife for day to day tasks, not hardcore bushcraft. Splitting wood isn't necessary for this knife, but if it can in an emergency that's a small bonus. If i wind up with a knife as functional as the basic carbon steel mora but prettier I will be happy.
I'm a burger, so if its not on lamnia or knivesofthenorth I probably can't get it. I'll spend like $30-100. Live in my sisters backyard in a bare bones room. So it's basically an /out/ experience. It's getting cold now (2'C) on some mornings/nights.
What are some ways to keep warm? Besides layering up. What are some gear to supplement my bed stuff to keep warm and undisturbed at night.
Also if I keep pissing in the same spot outside (along the fence or a plant, basically seeping into the dirt/ground/grass) will it stink up that area the holy ass trinity of digging holes in rock country 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? Please help me. I'm thinking about the idea on a serious level of leaving society behind forever. How do i do that? I live in central Europe or the middle east depending on the time. I have a strong meditation practice but will further deepen it, eventually gaining possibly an ability to forego sleep and having to eat and drink. Call me schizo but it's been documented that it's possible. Especially the last two things will make leaving society easier. If you think foregoing hunger and thirst is impossible, at least in my case, you can tell me how I handle that as well. God bless. >Invite friend group to join me for some hiking shenanigans
>end up getting sidetracked and unable to hike and basically stuck doing tourist shit and drinking
>only manage to squeeze in a two mile little thing by running off basically
Seriously 8 miles isn't that far of a hike. They call me a death march psycho. Where do I find people who are into this shit 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. Is this the best lighter?
I used to use Clipper, and even though they are refillable, they have worse construction than pic related.
These Bics are pretty damn nice, except you cannot refill them.
Is there a better electric lighter out there? I need something that can withstand temperature fluctuations.
All disposable lighters I've ever used turn into a crack torch in a hot car or barely work when they are cold.
Either way I have to palm it for a few minutes, or put it in my pocket to get a normal flame. Hey. Can any anons from north Texas or DFW tell me where I should go hiking? I'm looking for a nice secluded spot away from everyone. I'm fucking tired of living in a city, but the reality is, good jobs can only be found there. My strategy is to stay here until I reach financial independence, then buy a small house in bumfuck nowhere so that I have internet connection and no people around me.
What are the downsides? in need for suggestions on where to hike in sweden. im near uppsala every other week, have explored a bunch of trails nearby, but willing to go further as well. thinking to try an overnight hike too. any tips and suggestions welcome! I go on long hikes with friends, however sometimes I would like to sit down and admire the views and make myself some coffee or tea withound making a big campfire, I saw some bushcraft videos and everyone uses that IKEA kitchen stand to make small fires to cook something easy, put it out and move on.
I don't have much experience in making fires in the forest, the few times I did this I went with extreme caution but cops going after me are a pain in the ass. I know some people who do stealth camping that gave me tips in the past but I would like to know your general experiences and what is the best way to do it to not cause a forest fire and that the cops don't fuck me over it. 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 >thats just a larp
Yes, thats the point, with that out of the way, what are the best survival tools that fit in a wallet?
Theres the fresnel lens cards, and theres the those laser-cut tool sets, but what else is there? Ahhhhhhhh, where the fuck is Steve!?!?!? Any tips to a hiking trip to Norway?
I'd be arriving in Oslo. But from there I've got no clue what to do. Livestock Guard Dog Edition
Anything to do with homestead/farm life.
I bought this Anatolian Shepherd today to be a guard dog to my goats. My brother's dogs killed two of the goat's kids this year and I had to get him. His name is Io. Anyone have any useful information to share about raising and keeping LGDs? Me and the wife are going to keep him in the house with us for a week or two while taking him out to the goats and chickens daily and then move him out there with the goats. Think it will be hard to move him out there, we are already very attached to each-other, but will still spend lots of time with him.
I took him to the goat pen today and the goats were very curious and cautious but he was fearlessly interested in them and you can tell they have blood memory to be around these animals and protect them. His parents were absolute monsters so I'm expecting him to turn out huge. Hope he smites whatever comes into that goat pen. /Out/ in the holy land
Looking for snakes in the Judean desert edition >look up the question on reddit
>"ERM WELL THE FIRST STEP IS TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE LANDOWNER"
>doesn't actually answer the fucking question
So I'm asking here. How do you build a trail through shitty overgrown woodland? This is my local fishing hole and it's been neglected for a few years so it's been overgrown with all sorts of shit like rose bushes and honeysuckle. Looks like pic related. Power or gas tools aren't an option unfortunately.
Do I really just have to brute force my way with hedgeclippers and loppers? Do you carry a whistle? Should you? Have you ever had to use it? What kind? >oops the fuel evaporated
>oops the wick is burned
>oops the flint is stuck/used
why are Zippos so overrated? Walked on Saint James way
Saint Mickael way
Saint Martin way
All cathedrals in Rome (autostop and train)
Luuc pilgrimage
Saint Wendelinus way
And I plan to go to Rome and then Medjugorje this summer (bicycle).
Also I need advices : I only have ten days maximum between Rome and Bari and I want to take some time to visit so I'm thinking about skipping a part by train.
Which part is the least interesting ? 
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