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Only reason I use a tent is in summer for snakes, mosquitos and spiders. In winter and colder months I try just sleep under the stars.In saying that, we don’t have big animals here that will fuck your life up.Don’t actually know what I’d do if camping in the US. I’d be terrified of being taken by a fucking wild cat. That thought of that is just insane to me lol.
>>2728510Research cameras in the Whetstone Mountains in AZ recorded a jaguar around the same time I went solo camping 5 miles in. A fucking jaguar. Just chilling out there with me. I wish I could see one.The Pinaleno Mountains supposedly have the highest concentration of black bears in the US. I've tent camped there many times (not solo though) and never seen a bear there.My wife and I were several miles into the Rincons, close to the backpack-only campsite where we were headed, and found fresh bear shit on the trail. We were the only people in the campsite that night, probably the only people for several miles around. Didn't see any bears, nothing went bump in the night. Sad.
>>2728530A pack of coyotes could also punch my ticket. Seen them take down 600lb elk. But I don’t scurry away with my tail between my legs when they start yapping on that cold night.
>>2728530Wolves are fucking cool. If you can't handle being harassed by a pack of wolves all night you're pussy who shouldn't go /out/. Stop fucking complaining that you get to experience such a cool.animal that has such an important history with mankind.
>>2728572Based Wolves.
>>2728602Wolves are also your pet hate, word gets around in small rural towns where locals all hate wolves and like fuck they'd keep that quiet. It'd be all over every hunting media, you'd be telling us all about it right now. But instead you're telling us some /x/ level conspiracy about how they're hiding wolf deaths.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a simple fishing kit for a reasonable price i dont want random bullshit i wont use
Where are you going?What kind of fish?Shore, boat, wading?Are you looking for all-around or specifics?A stick, 4lb line, and a worm on a hook?
>>2728513buy fishing line, a few hooks, cork from wine, and get a long stick from the woods, shouldn't cost more than $2
Have you outed in the desert? Is it dangerous much? Scorpions?
>>2728537I wouldn't do this even if I were certain it wasn't going to rain. I have a wash running through my yard. It's a highway for all sorts of animals.
>>2728537As another anon said, I wouldn't recommend camping in a wash or even near its banks, even if you have what seems like good weather where you're at, a single storm (that you might not even see at all and have clear skies) can dump inches in just 1 hr further up in the mountains hundreds of miles away and cause a delayed flash flood far downstream fairly quickly (minutes to a few hrs tops). In most of AZ most seasonally dry desert washes within 100 miles of mountains will turn into small rivers with less than an inch of rain in a 24 hr period. And AZ mountains can get rain randomly any month of the year, even in the dry seasons (April-July and Oct-Dec), and up to 10 inches in 24 hrs during monsoons. This can happen in any SW US state (most likely to happen in AZ, UT and NM than anywhere else) and also in Australia more often than other places, every year in AZ. Some canyons have high water marks and flood debris 50 ft above the wash bed. Drowning is probably the 1st or 2nd most common way to die during out related activities in AZ, after or just ahead of hiking only related heatstroke or cardiovascular deaths in the state (some years fall deaths beat hiking related heatstroke deaths). My low population county averages about 10 drownings a year from both flash floods and perennial waters at flood stage. You can youtube "AZ flood" (or UT) and see countless examples taken by random people every year, it's probably one of the best places in the world to study flash floods (catastrophic scale and small scale) and there are flash flood chasers like tornado chasers on the plains.
>>2728647Have lived and hiked in AZ for my entire life. Have never had a negative encounter with an animal besides a javelin that charged me when I was 7yo. I’d say dehydration is the single biggest threat to anyone’s health. Been bit by everything except snakes, which is arguably the only animal to think about. Brown recluse spiders are about worst, reasonable thing you’d get around 5’000 where I live. Haven’t ever had a snake do anything aggressive.
>>2728494where's this?
>>2728482Sable kinda has that vibe, I don't think it's an RPG tho
if an obese walmart ceature can carry 700 lbs with her pinky finger with a cart then so can you.Why in the world would you not increase your carry weight by 300 lbs with one simple kit. that means more water, more food, medicine, bigger tent, better sleeping bag, batteries, and all kinds of other bullshit.Why in the godamn fuck are people not using these son'bithes yesterday! Fucking christ!by the way you can do the same thing with a damn bicycle its just as uncomfortable as fuck to walk a bike 20 miles but it can be doneadd a gas motor now you can zip around townyou're welcome baka
He doesn't seem obese to met. obesity pro
>>2728312>>2728314An eagle just flew over my house and shed a single tear.
>>2728278>drags you off a cliffSeriously though, I want to try one of these. How can get?
>>2728312lmao
>>2728648>getbild>>>/diy/
>watch youtube noo>whips out cheap chinese non full tang machete>begins to baton green wet wood off a living tree>chops down whole forest>makes massive bonfireNo nigger! All you need is twigs! Gather a faggot and you're good to go.If I see you with a bonfire I immediately skip your video.The military solved the outdoor mess kit long ago. get one of these bad boyss in pic related with a canteen, cup/pot, range, and pouch. stick a spork in there and a ferro rod and steel keychain and its FUCKING PERFECT. the only problem with these is nobody buys them so theyre cheapthe military SOLVED this shit nigger wisen the fuck up. christ!
>>2728274Wish they made steel caps. There's only one model I could find and it's laughably pricy.
>>2728283>Anon discovers stoves.
>>2728277Kek
>>2728274for some reason there are a lot of these( the canteens) made in plastic. seen them in surplus stores too. quite annoying
>>2728531As long as the melting point of the plastic is above the boiling point of water you can boil water in it.It won't heat up beyond the boiling temperature of water as long as there's still water in it.
It's been almost a year since the last climbing thread on /out/ died. The thread on /xs/ is overwhelmingly focused on gym climbing, so I'm making this attempt to revive the general. Help out by sharing trip reports, photos, advice, etc.A place to talk about outdoor climbing in any aspect (trad, sport, bouldering, aid, alpine, etc).Rock Climbing is a dangerous sport that can cause loss of life, limb, eyesight, or sanity.Off-belay:https://archived.moe/out/thread/2610900https://archived.moe/out/thread/2537031https://archived.moe/out/thread/2495558/xs/ thread:>>>/xs/196297Adam Ondra sends world's hardest trad route Bon Voyage: https://youtu.be/ji4At78H5Ys
Mountain Project is a great resource for outdoor climbing>climbing areas near youhttps://www.mountainproject.com/map/>regional forumshttps://www.mountainproject.com/forum>used climbing gearhttps://www.mountainproject.com/forum/103989416/for-sale-for-free-want-to-buy
pastebin:https://pastebin.com/Mvfh8b87New USDA zone map has been released: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/Koppen Climate Map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/K%C3%B6ppen_World_Map_High_Resolution.pngSearch terms:Agrarian, Agriculture, Agrology, Agronomy, Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Berkeley Method Hot Composting, Cold Frames, Companion Planting, Composting, Container Gardening, Core Gardening Method, Cultivation, Deep Water Culture (DWC), Dry Farming, Espalier, Farmer's Market, Forest Gardening, Forestry, Fungiculture, Geoponics, Greenhouses, Homesteading, Horticulture, Hot Boxes, Hügelkultur, Humanure, Hydroponic Dutch Bucket System, Hydroponics, Keyhole Garden, Korean Natural Farming, Kratky Method, Landscaping, Lasagna Gardening, Ley Farming, Market Garden, Mulching, No-till Method, Ollas Irrigation, Orchard, Permaculture, Polyculture, Polytunnels, Propagation, Rain Gutter Garden, Raised Beds, Ranch, Rooftop Gardening, Ruth Stout Garden, Sharecropping, City Slicker Composting, Shifting Cultivation, Soil-bag Gardening, Square Foot Gardening, Stale Seed Bed, Sugar Bush, Truck Farming, Vermiculture, Vertical Gardening, Window Frame Garden, Windrow Composting, Alpaca, Snail, Toad, Trumpeter, Turkey, Wormprevious: >>2718306Fruit thinning allows your plant to allocate its resources more efficiently. Each leaf is a source, and each fruit is a sink. If you have too many sinks, the sources will not be able to provide.
>>2728605>planter of carrots
>>2728611Lol I see it now. I grow more cilantro than carrots and they have a similar leaf shape
i found some allegheny blackberry growing in my yardhow realistic is it to root some cuttings off it for a garden? and does anyone here have any experience with it?i'm not originally from any area that had berry bushes, so it seems like it'd be really cool to have a bunch of native blackberry plants that i got for free thanks to the birds
>>2728491>>2728480Idk about "dude weed", I learned this in third grade and it works lol. why are you gatekeeping gardening, sperg?
>>2728659>I learned this in third grade and it works lolsamewe did lima beans on a paper towel in sandwich bags, we all wrote our name on each onelike a week later the room smelled like rotting ass, and nobody knew why, and i was the only person to suggest "maybe its the beans"the only bean outta like 30 that wasn't moldy ended up being mine, and because i sussed out the stench while having the only good one, i got a reward, don't remember what it was though thats probably also one of the reasons i hate lima beans, i can still smell that fucking stench
What's good hammock brand?I'm in EuNeed one for 2 pers.Must have mosquito net and detachable rain cover
What's the deal with hammocks? I heard you were never supposed to pitch your tent under a tree because branches can fall off and crush your tent, but hammockbros don't seem worry about this? What about sticky tree sap?
>>2728171>I can’t find to trees in a forestOk
>>2728216You heard wrong. Trees provide an excellent wind break and a little rain cover, sort of. Just look up for dead branches. Inb4 some o about a tree killing someone.
>>2728206Using the truck's exhaust to warm the hammock at night = peak comfy
>>2725462>Leśny Ludzik>Wydra13Have seen good reviews for both brands, but haven't pulled a trigger yet. For now I'm still using one from Decathlon until I can decide which one to choose.
I got bit by a fucking tick in april.
>>2726855>t. has no idea what ticks are
>>2722997So what? There have been years where I got bit by them over 50 times and nothing ever happened.
>>2726574I live in one of those orange places and I'm more scared of Lyme because I'm vax maxxed against TBE
>>2722997>I got bit by a fucking tick in april.east coast tax
This fucker was in me for about 5 days before I realized it. I'm allergic to Doxy so I couldn't get it. Doc said our area is extremely Lyme heavy so if I feel any symptoms to come back and they can look for alternative treatments if I test positive for Lyme.I've been having a headache the past 3 days, am I gonna die, anons?
>get up at 6am>get ready, pack water, snack, and gear>cook up and eat a hearty breakfast>drive 1 hour to trail head>parking lot (there's 6 spots) is full>go back home and play video games all day
>>2725991Princess parking is when you get to park directly in front of whatever you're trying to reach.
>>2722841there's a spot right there stupid
>>2728464That's not his picture you stupid pos
>>2728473>not his picture>he uploaded itok retard
>>2722885Jeesus KKKryste.How about 0. Wipe out 99% of "humanity"
>america has no cultur- America has a culture. And it's beautiful.
>>2724926Idgi
>>2710739You crack the window you stupid fuck.
>>2710739Almost as basic as learning how fucking ventilation works
>>2708144Such a lame bed design, she can't sit up even half way. Plus it puts her on full display rather than having privacy, all to gain 2x4 feet of storage that could be kept in shopping bags above the bed, which double as camouflage. My ex had a H.Element like this, you could at least sit up. Wasn't the worst place for a first time.
>>2715384Damn, sounds just like prison. When you got no other choice, you take what you can getThe human mind's a flexible and interesting thing...
My mom never let me go to Scout/summer camp because she was afraid that I might get raped.What did I miss out on?
>>2713073/thread
>>2713113It's posts like this that remind me why users of this website hate ESLs so much.
>>2713072like other in the thread have said, it really depends on the troop you join, you might get an asshole who orders you to stand there with your underwear down to jerk into them and makes you walk around with his jizz in you shorts all day, or you might get one who knows how to groom and successfully manipulates you into feeling like taking his dick is rewarding male attention.
I dropped out of scouts freshman year of high school. I started as a Tiger Scout in the first grade. My scouting experience was great honestly, but it had a heavy fall off thanks to the "newer" generation of scouts.My father was very involved, and due to his demanding work schedule, scouts was one of the few times we had to really connect and be together. I had a lot of great friends in scouts, and our troop was very /out/ so it was a ton of fun. Then most of my friends left, we a couple years of the slimiest, most pathetic, vegan, fundamentalist families storm the troop and they just ruined it. Severely overbearing parents, arguments about every activity or trip, mind-numbingly obsessed rule enforcers. It was fucking miserable. They couldn't really do anything about it because that was the stock of parents they got, and the only way the troop stays alive is if parents are there to fund and support it. One time we even threw a football around and one kid got dropped because he wasn't paying attention. The mom marched right over, screaming, yanked the football from a kid's hand, and locked it in her car. The parents argued and bickered for hours and my dad, and four or five other parents, ended up just tossing our stuff in the back of their cars and leaving with us. Went to a few more meetings and eventually didn't feel like it anymore. My dad tried to convince me to find another troop but the magic was gone.Fortunately I maintained my passion for going /out/, scouts is the reason for that.
Hazing and soft torture was all fair game in our dad's days.Getting raped at camp by sick counselor was possible but rare.Today, it appears to be the new normal.Take a glance at what has become of the former YMCA of NY:instagram(.)com/campreimagined/What is right about this picture?
#503- “Not A ManAss” EditionPrevious Thread:>>2721788janny 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/fishingandtacklehttps://imgur.com/a/1Xw3NNew Bong Fishin Guidehttps://pastebin.com/sDB5SQTqFirst for best telescopic rod is the one you exchanged for a 3pc.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I wanna go fishing tomorrowgonna ride my motorbike a few km up the beach and go fishing and drink som beers
>>2728321Those big brand reels rarely go on sale. Even during sale period, stores sometimes exclude those brands as well. Usually, they only go on big sale if they release a new model of a series. American store mostly goes on sale in holiday such as 4th of July, labor day, black friday.
Anyone here crab snare? Whats your setup?Mine is some cheap 7" heavy trolling rod and an old but reliable Ryobi Catcher 4m with 40lb mono. Looking at a Master Power 6000 12' rod on sale for $30 to upgrade for better casting distance for the beach since the piers in my area only give undersized Dungeness and maybe a keeper red rock croc
>>2728327no invite? sounds fun :D
>>2728439I used the Okuma Crab Snare Special rod and a Quantum Reliance 65 reel with 50lb braid, the set up served me well this season, it’s casts 6oz to 10oz really well and I even casted 12oz with it. I also had a Daiwa BG 5000 and a 12’ Daiwa Beef Stick rod and I ended up liking the Okuma/Quantum set up more. What snares are you using?
I'm moving to a new town that is much flatter than my hometown. It was struck by a pretty major tornado not long ago and it's had me on edge since I learned about it. Even if it's relatively unlikely to impact me, I naturally want to plan around such things. What can I do to keep myself safe short of buying an actual storm shelter (I would in a heartbeat but I'm a rentoid for now)? Is there anything I should look for in a rental property that might make it better for riding out a storm? It may sound ridiculous, but would wearing armor help protect from impacts/flying glass?
you sound too stupid to try to explain anything about the situation you're getting into so I'm just going to say lightning probably won't strike the same place twice and you're in luck so stop worrying about it you fucking dunce
>>2728619tthank u
>>2728582I grew up in Indiana. I spent a lot of time in the basement during tornado warnings but my neighborhood never got hit. I've heard if you don't have a basement you should get in the bathtub.
