I once made an "overnighter" video, the entire footage was recorded 100 yards from my house between 22:00 and 22:15 PM.
Thinking of driving up to Washington this late spring or summer. Would mostly be car camping with a few days of backpacking. Should I hit Olympic or Cascades NP? I would like to go to Olympic for some beach camping but I would guess it’s more crowded, although Cascades is probably also pretty crowded right?Talk to me PNW anons
I’m coming to your state and there’s nothing you can do it about it.
>>2859731The Sierras. iykykMost of this board doesn't know
>>2859779I’m from California so I go tot the sierras a few times a year. I’m trying to visit somewhere greener this year.
>>2859799Go to Olympic for the rainforest that shits hella green
>>2859815Agree, I live here and the Olympic Park is more unique. Probably my favorite place.
yea
>>2857988Wtf I thought he wears sun glasses.
>>2857988>>2858160hey retard that's a goldfinch. I feed upwards of 20 of them in my backyard. Let me know when you get a legendary or rare bird.bitch!
What the birb doing?
saw this fella in FloridaGroove-billed Aniquite rare bird
>>2857988checking the 88sThere are a couple of great horned owls that are coming to my roof 4-5 nights a week and hootin' up a storm.
Dear Hunters: I want to buy an air gun or rifle that can be used to kill pigeons or rats. My main issue is that i live in a condo, so noise is not an option. The place is not infested so a few pellets will be used. The distance is less than 40 yards.What should i get for under $400?
>>2857949Forgot to mention - it's a crosman remington 777sb. Worked like a charm(2000+ shots taken)
>>2856888literally just trap them. rats are easy with a bucket and you can buy a pidgeon trap online that will hold a dozen pidgeons
>>2856917Best answer pretty difficult to prove where a flying rock came from.
>>2857949Bad luck to kill a seabird
>>2856888>I want to buy an air gun or rifle that can be used to kill pigeons or rats>The place is not infested so a few pellets will be usedSo what's the point then? you just hate living things?>>2856889Completely asinine take, going around shooting pest species on the floor near your house with a shotgun is a great way to damage your property. Also iirc in USA air rifles are still legal for felons but actual guns aren't. But you are right about OP.>>2856900BB guns and pellet guns are different things. I agree with the rest of what you said.
Have any of you seen bigfoot?
>>2856380They're human-gorilla hybrids anon. They had insane caloric needs, while also being herbivores. They were deployed to vietnam as a tool of deforestation and terror. The ones in America were released into the wilds as a mercy. They were sterile and lived 50 years at most. Last ones had died out by the early 2000's.Well that's what a /x/ schizo told me once.
>>2856433>Trusting the glowiest of glow niggersNGMI.
>>2857457The issue is that some number of them then conclude " the government must be lying about it" and become unable to function in a participatory democracy
>>2859730Well the problem about that line of thinking is that it assumes there's anything wrong with assuming the government is lying, seeing as they are all the time about real world things. The concern there should be that they're fixated on mythical ape-men, not the assumption of lies.
>>2855773I was hiking on the pct near norcal. there was 2-3 feet of snow on the ground and the trail was covered, no tracks, nothing. just navigating by gps. I came around the south side of the mountain where the snow was melted in some places. There was a ton of volcanic activity in the area, steam coming out of places, bubbling pits of mud, things of that sort. I took a side trail to go see, on that side trail I encountered a massive bar foot track in the dirt. comically large, like the size of a tennis racket. toes and everything. I assume someone went out there with a big foot stencil and made the print. but it was weird because there were no other tracks, just a giant big foot print in the dirt. and i was like 60 miles from the nearest town.
I think I want to sell my home and just either live in a boat or an rv and fuck around the west coast until I eventually drop dead or somethingAnyone here ever actually live in an rv or a small boat full time? does one cost more than the other long terms? I suppose the boat thing sucks because no natl parks or driving around to go get supplies, but living on the water sounds kind of cozy honestly
>>2856628I am in the Coast guard and have been stationed all over the US. People live in boats all year round in every single waterway in the country as long as it doesn't freeze over, even in the Mid Atlantic
>>2855489what is the difference between green and red dots?
>>2859646I would guess federal vs state parks.
>>2855384Man thats a complicated question. It really depends on the details. I have some family members who live on boats or have done so for a time. I think the overall question should be framed as "do you want to RV like a normal person or are you a boat weirdo." Because boat life is a different beast. Its also something most people eventually quit doing.First question is: do you even like boating? Do you absolutely love fishing? And how do you like sleeping on a boat in choppy waters? Is being on the water your nirvana? Try it out and really consider it. Maybe rent a boat for a week and see.Second issue: what size of boat? Bigger means more stability and amenities, but also more expensive. You really have to consider this well.Third: really work out the costs of docking over many years. Some places are cheap. Most aren't. Stake out the cheaper spots to see if you even like them. Consider you also have to take the boat out of the water regularly to perform maintenance. If you somehow get a little plot of land with a boat crane on it that could take a lot of complications away, though it will add property taxes etc back in. Fourth: investigate the different local regulations about staying overnight in the spots you like, including out on the water. Little use of doing the boat thing if you are always just forced to be in the harbor (i.e. boat rv park). Fifth: do you have mechanical skills to maintain a boat? Not just the engine, but the entire thing is full of little difficulties that take some effort and particular knowledge. Boats often have a lot of specific parts that are hard to source, and there are fewer mechanics in general available. An RV isn't always easy either, but its less specific than a boat.Benefits of a boat is distance between you and other people... Thats pretty much it. Oh and you can shit and piss into the water (though its often illegal) instead of having to use and empty a chemical toilet. And if you love fishing its great... Yeah
>>2855384>Anyone here ever actually live in an rv or a small boat full time?yes, van. 2 years out west>does one cost more than the other long terms?boat will cost more. boat stuff breaks often, materials are both high quality and expensive, marina slips..etcjust get a used cargo van and do a basic conversion then hit the road. dont blow you load on something you dont know if youll like.I was on the road full time for 2 years (2022-2024) working remote. now im part time vanlife where I spend the summers in the van. I like to spend the summers in norcal and southern oregon on the coast. I enjoy it alot, especially when I find a nice place to camp near the beach
Autist here. What is the appropriate way to greet women that you encounter on the trail?
>>2860938If you're inna Appalachians yeah
>>2855761yea, you tag them with a color band
>>2855763This is very ashville .
>>2855169Say "nice ass" and move on.You're both in the middle of no where, you both don't know each other, and never will. Why should you give a shit?
>>2861822That's sexual harassment in the UK, you'll be hunted down and sentenced to a minimum 2 year sentence if you do this.What you have to do, at least if you're in the UK, is follow young girls home and rape them (kidnapping is optional if you want to deal with long term storage). The most that could happen is you get 180 hours of community service or some shit, especially if you're an inbred.Consult the Northumbria Police if you want further details of what kind of association with a female is and is not acceptable.
Discuss /out/ activities and locations in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary.Here are lists of national parks in each countryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Parks_of_Polandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_areas_of_the_Czech_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Slovakiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Hungary
>>2859552Too many options to hike, too little time to talk.>>2859643No bugs, bears mostly asleep, yeah it may be worth it though higher chance to freeze over compared to rest of the year.Anyway, this year I would like to finish rest of the Slovenský kras national park. Make some hikes in High Tatras and Veľká Fatra.And a lot of smaller hikes across the western and central Slovakia (depending on work schedule, and weather, railway infrastructure reconstructions, foraging possibilities and what not).Still not decided if I will be willing to get a tent/sleeping bag four outdoor sleeping (I can survive night with bad sleep due to some back pain problems, but not sure if I can survive night visit by a bear).
>>2859814That's nice. I'll be working in Žilina for a while in the next few months. I plan to stay there for a while, as I've never had a real chance to explore that amazing landscapes there. I'm Čehún btw, so don't worry, bear eat us first
>>2859850Žilina is a good starting point - hills or mountains, you will have a hard time to decide where to go :)as for bears, if I remember correctly, only on victim was foreigner - belarusian. Still it is a good idea to have mountain rescue insurance (something like 20 eur/year)
>>2859814nice. I plan to do Mala Fatra somewhere early autumn. either with tent or sleeping in Chata pod Chlebom.
>>2859916Not many hikes in "Krivánska" Malá Fatra, as you can see - only 2 to be exact (one of them in early October from Kraľovany zastávka via Osnice and Medzihole pass to Zázrivá - too cold and too little time to manage chain secured trail up to the Veľký Rozsute. Also first time I have seen bear footprints for a few hundreds of meters on hiking trail in Bystrička valey).As a light sleeper I am not a big fan of mountain cabins with shared rooms, so no idea how it looks like in Chata pod Chlebom.Also, you probably know it, from march to june, some trails on your route are closed.npmalafatra.sk/navstevnici/uzavery-turistickych-chodnikov
This guy made a bicycle trailer, the walls are made out of pink panther foam (xps), so apparently light weight. I was thinking of building one, but in the shape of a box (with a slide out inner box for my legs). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxb5oyxzGs&list=LL&index=37
>>2858789Cute goalpost, buttercupYour statement has nothing to do with your lack of balls You think you can accuse purity spirals and nobody will notice you're evading the original critiqueYou're dumb, and a coward
>>2858416You aren't. Lol.
>>2859808>no skillsMust suck being you
>>2859832I accept your concession, I guess.
>>2859837Lmao sad cope
see this, what do?
>>2854529>tfw it's real
>>2853653Sex
>>2853655BASED
>>2853715Welcome new friend.
>>2857100Larp
Could you use grounded down asphalt instead of rocks or any other alternative if you for example lacked charchoal?
>>2858489>carrying melee weapons is retardedno
>>2858497>mobile screenshots of a pdfhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/internet_archive_downloader/
>>2858591Neat, but can't get it to work on my phone.
I saw a cool idea where people are filtering water using trees. There was a research paper where they used small debarked plugs of pine maybe a quarter inch long and positive pressure to force the water through. Some guy on youtube also got great results by taking a much longer (5 feet or so) freshly cut grape vine and using the natural osmotic pressure of the xylem. Worth looking into for a DIY water filter.
I used ChatGPT to help make me make a bug out bag list with size, weight, volume and average cost per item. https://bugout-list.tiiny.site/
heres mine time was about 3 weeks agowas fishing at the river behind my house and had a decent fishing day except for one momentwas drinking with my rican friend who brought some ribs and casting for catfishi had like about 85 yards out and felt a rumbleso im like ill wait for a hit on the hook and then run back and shitwell about 10 minutes goes by and its grtting worselike channeling energy to my sphincter i say fuck that im gonna lose it and start reeeling in my linenow im struggling to hold this flow in reeling in on a 12 foot pole on 40 lb test with a 4oz weight(nriver has some deep black mud), i knew it was gonna be a bad onegod knows 8 seconds into the retreival im probably 40 feet from shore i get a MASSIVE strikeand then it happenedthe force of the fish hitting my hook plus my stance, it must have looked absurb.mind you now, i am wearing swimtrunks (no net) and all this happens in less than a secondi instinctely threw back my rod for the hook land, and in the same action release my bowelsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2859550YEA HEHYA buddy! ive had these bastards since 2017 they have never failed me, loved em so much i grabbed 2 more pairsi will swear by them, the ankle support is unmatched the fit is perfect the tread is geeat and as a stone mason they have never let me downim sad they stopped making mine in high topgreat bootswoe unto thee who have never experienced Rocky
incase anyone is interested try and find these or something like that i PROMISE they are the best boots out there ill put my trip on it best boots in the world
>>2859677rkyk706. had a 6 foot lentil drop from 3 feet and didnt even scathe meno joke
>>2859677Have you tried Keens? I have a pair of Rockies that are too big. I still use the included keychain. However, I've come to be a big fan of Keen boots, particularly the Targhee IV.>>2859678What do beans and boots have to do with one another?
>2019 >RASP night landnav>im a gigachad so i sprint as fast as i can through the woods to my furthest point way hefore anyone else>only way yo get to my point is across a bridge over a river>lay a 2 foot long surface shit right in the middle of the bridge>chuckle>get dropped from the course for giving some points to a crying private
did you know that the colorado river doesn't reach the ocean anymore, and hasn't consistently since the 60sit all gets sucked up for irrigation and municipal water on arizona and mexicothere's just a dry delta in baja california where it once wasa similar fate has actually befallen a bunch of rivers in the southwest
>>2858865>because fire is natural we shouldnt stop it from burning towns down and peopleThe relevant point was that cheatgrass poses a fire risk to human life and property far greater than normal
>>2858887no dipshit. Cheat grass doesnt take over because fire is supressed, its takes over because grazing cattle doesnt mimic the foraging patterns of bison.
>>2858923Okay so reintroduce bison lmaoNo shit cattle aren;t a perfect stand in for millions of bison migrating across the continent but its better than nothing at all. Personally I want bison and wolves and cougars and bears all over the USA. that is how you fix the ecosystem. Whether or not a plant might be "invasive" should be the least of our worries
>>2858930people are tryinghttps://americanprairie.org/
>>2850992I mean you could just not live in the desert, and if you do don't spray water everywhere trying to green a desert, also California wastes a bunch of water on its' agriculture, fuck almonds no one even likes them they eat them because it's "superfood."
What bottles do you like the best for re-use when hiking/doing outdoors stuff?
>>2849579BASED. Use your shit until it breaks before buying a replacement.
>>2848373I got an all metal US Army style canteen because I'm a larping faggot that I definitely overpaid for but it makes me happy to use it. Plus it comes with a built in cup that has handles. I like it even if it makes me look autistic.
3 season:Cnoc bag for dirty water since it hooks right up to the filter.Smart water bottles (and now the M!Go HDPE one I got for xmas) x2.Gives me almost 3L of water carrying capacity, and the filter is nice since you can't accidentally spill while filling or back flushing.Winter:Same bag and filter. I store the filter inside my sleeping bag to keep it from freezing.Wide mouth nalgenes. Easier to pour water into if you boil it or melt snow. Lids easier to manipulate with gloves on.Bikepacking:2x1.5 liter nalgenes. I strap them to cages. Usually at least one smaller on the go bottle for easy drinking. Same filter set up.At least one smaller bottle or cup though since inevitably you find some water fountain or faucet the taller bottle doesn't fit under.
>>2850669It's pronounced "Nalgene."
>>2854321Couldn't you... just use unscented wax? Is there anything other than the scent that it's useful for?
What do you guys do for food on backpacking trips? I'm specifically soliciting advice on healthier prepared (as opposed to pre-packaged) meals that are filling but light on the digestive system, I am poor so can't afford freeze dried whatever, just need some recipes that won't make me shit my pants since I have IBS and am poor and retarded.
>>2859614https://andrewskurka.com/tag/backpacking-meal-recipes/
>>2859614I do mostly 2-4 nights out at a time and my food is usually some combo of:Breakfast:Granola or oatmeal.Dried fruitNutsInstant coffeeLunch:Parmesan cheesePeanut butterTortillas or bread depending on length of the tripProteins (see below)Refried beans pouch or similar shelf stable things. I found decent shelf stable tamales.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
