KEYSTONE WAS THE FIRST RESORT TO OPEN YESTERDAY AT 3PM!
>>2855187According to whomst? Faggy Yankees?
I have a pair of skis that I bought used 5 years ago. They’re kind of shitty but I’m debating on whether to hold on to them or not, because I’m a pretty casual skier and right now I’m more worried about the cost of new skis than performance on the slopes. I know they’re past the point of being guaranteed by the manufacturer or whatever. Will ski shops still wax and inspect my skis, or will they not touch them at all since they’re too old? Is it even safe to be skiing on old skis like that?
>>2855340>Will ski shops still wax and inspect my skisyes.>Is it even safe to be skiing on old skis like that?How old are they? if they are less than 20yrs old you should be fine. the bindings are more of a concern than the skiis if they are old too but the shop should be able to tell you if they are functional.
>>2853202They were racing A Basin to be first to open in the US
>>2855340>>2855343I've been wondering about something similar myself, but mine are more like 12 years old. They've only been out a few times though, I unexpectedly moved to somewhere with no skiing shortly after getting them and only just moved back to a place with mountains and real winter this year. Did some googling and it sounds like the skis themselves should be alright but the bindings are probably due for replacement, which isn't the worst thing because my feet have changed size so I need new boots anyway and the bindings would have to be remounted to fit them.
>Have friend>Retired military (Navy)>Came into a bit of money, with the business he and I run>Travels the world in our off season (we are military contractors).>Flys to Nepal with his thot Australian GF>Decides he wants to climb Mt. Everest (lol)>Actually find this sketchy as fuck outfitter that agreed to take him on a expedition that has multiple fatalities on record>Ligit is spending like $40k and more on this whole expedition>Has no experience Mountain Climbing aside from Mt. Fuji and other mountains in Japan (really are just hikes)>Has no glacial or Alpine traversing experience/training>/fit/ in a base way he hasn't trained or acclimatized to this.>Basically giving me the whole yolo line>Literally already at base camp.How do I convince my friend he's going to die and this a beyond a pants on head retarded idea. How the fuck do these outfitters not vet people on something like this? He's on a high because he divorced his psycho whore of a wife that put his dog down to spite him and he's made just over a million dollars working in the defense industry and shrewd investment with me.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2855411I call bullshit.There are permits and waiting lists.The amount of people on the mountain is highly controlled by government regulations. You cant just walk up to some kiosk and buy a ticket.
>>2855411People do this with Everest all the time. A little different, but when I did the circuit there were little children, accountants, and schoolteachers doing it.
>>2855411Make sure you're in his will.
>>2855411>made just over a million dollars working in the defense industry and shrewd investment with me.the whole story sounds fake and gay due to reasons other anons already mentioned, but this one takes the cake for being the fakest and gayest. kys OP
>>2855411>his psycho whore of a wife that put his dog down to spite him
Land that conservation agencies refuse to allow to be open to the public outright should be turned into condos for millionaires instead.
>>2855482They should be drained and shipped off world and sold to the highest bidder. Then the ocean bed should be covered in concrete.
>>2853939Yes saar open the designated shitting forest saar.
>>2853942Information redundancy. It's like a library, museum, or graveyard. Information is stored there even if it's not in use.
In my state, the state and state-funded yet private conservation groups own land from which the public is barred. I know of multiple properties where this is the case.
>>2853939>Land that conservation agencies refuse to allow to be open to the publicThats where all the kids go missing>>2853942Yes it does, if you're jewish
If you aren’t visiting the parks in offseason, you’re a retard>no crowds>No annoying foreigners in busses>park roads normally blocked to vehicle traffic are openTake the offseason pill
>>2855433talked to a lot of boomers who work for state/federal landsI don't think they give two fucks if the parking lot is too smallthat's the next generation's problem
>>2855434>talked to a lot of boomers who work for state/federal landsand they all told you that all donations are embezzled?
>>2855442no, they just clearly didn't give a fuck about fixing anything and seemed totally detached from their workI think they just care about a steady job and if the forest is barely accessible and overcrowded they don't give a fuck and if you gave them more money to fix it they would find a way to pocket as much of that as possible you had this dedicated park/trail building era in the 1930s with the CCC and that all got abandoned, in many cases you still have various remnants of what they built - overlooks and roads and shelters but often left to crumble and get overgrown
>>2855449sounds like an eastoid problem lol
>>2855449>be me, mid level resource spec at a national forest office>have no funding, no seasonals anymore to delegate work>still have injunctions to manage the land for many uses without funds to do so>office has to manage resource extraction, forest health, archeological resources, fire and fuels, cultural resources, and lastly recreation>only manage for the recreation that the local userbase cares about because they are the ones who use the forest the most and there is no money for more>most of our staff goes on fires as much as they can as its the only way to make money>admin person gots DOGE'd so I have to work double duty at the front desk>think I hear a knock at the door, its so weak I can hardly tell.>in comes this fat ball of a man, clearly from a city out of state>hear the wood creak as he slowly crosses the floor and hear the ice clink in his stanley cup>pulls out the latest iphone and points a fat finger to an alltrails map>asks in the most fem sissy voice ever why there isnt a double wide paved path to an old fire tower>think to myself that its because hes the first person to ask for it in all the years working there.>think how it would take years of NEPA review and compliance because the old stuff is all historic now and therefore an archeological resourceComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Why is half an acre the absolute minimum land area needed to be self sufficient?
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>>2855389Are you talking about the volcano that erupted like a week ago?Do it. I mean, what could go wrong?
>>2855389>Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius!
>>2854063The hardware store wood is probably a huge net negative on this shitty potato tower.
>>2855516>60 bucks in lumber and 50 bucks in pottong soil for $12 in potatoes....
What is the thinnest /out/ glove technology available today?
>>2846972https://ozerogloves.com/product/ozero-9002/Found these on a bike trail. They are my idea shittly done: wetsuit material (neoprene) but too thin. And like some are saying, sweat is a problem. I put some mickey mouse cotton gloves as liners, but somehow colder than cotton alone. Gonna end up making mittens put of ace back support brace....like mfers are playing piano in winter weather......WHERE THE FUCK ARE ALL THE MITTENS?https://ozerogloves.com/product/ozero-9002/
I did some research, and apparently those weird fucks up north use a mesh base layer. Maybe that plus latex over it solves the problem? The mesh should wick the moisture away, while the holes provide air isolation. The latex traps the air. All still very thin. Just needs some ultra-thin layer over this so it doesn't look like I work at Subways.
>>2854218Thats outdoor guy who's wife just got sick, that was the subject of his last vid. Someone finally had my idea. It doesn't wick shit. Its all about boundary layer. And windproof layer off the skin just traps air. Mesh allows that. Those polyester vapor protocol gauze coveralls they use in hospitals will boil your alive, but the are virtually nothing. Its also a other layer on scrubs. So just another layer, any layer, has air sticking to it as a fluid. All insulation is about trapping air (or a vacuum).
>>2854218>Son, I've seen the clothes you buy for your "hikes in the woods">Is there something you want to tell us?
>>2846972dont know if it's the thinnest, but i really like my pig fdt gloves.
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 downit 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 eithersounds 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 shiti 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
>tranny janny deleted the spooky jewish sighting posts bunch of humorless assholes, sad!
>>2853517this guy is just begging for a group of meddling kids with a dog to break into your property trying to solve a mystery.
>>2855314>I would've had outdoor gay sex with my boyfriend if it wasn't for you gay ass kids trying to make me a straight>Reeheeheeheehee
>>2802579There's a certain highway stretch in Newton County IN, that goes through a wildlife preserve dominated by dense conifers. that when the temp is very low and the time of night is so low in traffic that one's own headlights are the only substantial light, it feels as if one has a whole planet to oneself, if a spooky one. I'm not at all superstitious, but I found it pretty hair-raising going through that tunnel, and turning around with my headlights sweeping into that primordial looking site.
Mountain lions screeching in the distance, at varying distances, sometimes closer. And creatures getting close to the tent at night, likely racoons or whatever, but you can never be sure when it's outside and you're in.I hate those things. I never sleep good like that. I'm always imagining getting mauled by a bear, boar, cougar, etc.Want to get a camp security camera to set up (if such a thing exists), but that might just make me more paranoid desu.
Was he retarded? or free?
>>2854679fuck off klaus, your people lost their aryan spirit and have been nothing but soulless automatons ever since.
>>2855050Not german, but I'll take this as a compliment. Hopefully the millenary reich to come.Also people calling you of bot or automaton are naive irrational people larping as depressive poets, influenced by the meme of the young Werther, as if great figures of the European history were some dreaming faggots or something, while they actually were rational prosaic chads who were probably very insensible, very close to their self-interests.I'm pretty sure Napoléon wouldn't have died like a retard in Alaska because he didn't bring a map and refused others' help. I can picture him flattered about the redneck offering him a meal>Why yes, you recognized my imperial stature, didn't you, peasant. You'll be thanked for your charity, and made a rich man when I come back.And not>oh man the river melted>I keep eating berries but I'm still weak, maybe they weren't the right ones?>No thank, man. I'm a strong independant (dead) man! >Oh jeez, guess I'll die. Well, I-I'm happy, peace to everyone and God is good! Napoléon would have never!
>>2834319>Like you could do better.I'm still alive so I am doing better.
>>2854765McCandless died a free man.
>>2830740I don't care for how Krakauer tried to lionize him in the book and in my youth, I ridiculed him. Older now and my thoughts have changed. He was a lost soul coming from a shitty home life. His heart was in the right place, but the whole thing seemed like a long-winded form of suicide. Christopher probably thought that he could never go back home again.
I use a fenix ARB L21 headlamp coupled with the acebeam E75 hand held torch. Both are rechargeable by USB-c and the batteries are interchangeable 21700. These two give me more light than I can use and make a great pair.What lights to do you carry?
>>2855190>Both out performed by random chinkshit from temu.I can get 10,000 lumens for 50 bucks off Amazon or ebay.Im not going to pay a hundred bucks for 1/10th the performance.I guess it was nice of you to help the CEO of Rei pay for that new Ferrari though.
>>2855379My HL60R still works after 10 years, still holds charge on the original battery and has been dropped and used in the rain and freezing temperatures more times than I can count, nothing on Temu can claim the same my cheapskate friend. That said, modern Fenix is pretty bad.
Cheap aliexpress version of the expensive ultralight waterproof pocket flashlight thats on garagegear.Seems like a pretty accurate copycat, I'm happy with it, was 1/10 of the price.Similar to pic related
After a violent confrontation with police he fled into the Victorian High Country.What followed is a three month manhunt by 500 police, including 125 specialist tactical officers, 20 dog teams, six helicopters, an unknown number of thermal drones and in addition hundreds of military personnel. Despite the effort not so much as a footprint of the man was found.As the search past its first month the issue became obvious. This guy had four decades of experience in the area, his son calling it his second home. Friends recounted an obsession with bushcraft and a history of living offgrid in makeshift homes, old buses, sheds and caves. He knew the mineshafts were a safe comfortable place at night and as a prepper he was known to stash things in many a hidden place. As the hunt entered its 2nd month his connections to anti government groups were exposed and the police had to reconcile the fact he may be helped. With thermals completely failing, tactical officers were given the gruelling task of crawling through caves and mineshafts. With no success the Australian public began questioning what all this was costing. Independent media interviewed locals and suspicions were raised, how could such a well liked man kill for no reason? Why has the bodycam footage not been released? As the hunt entered its 3rd month half the units were sent home. Weeks of snow storms and dangerous conditions had crushed morale. The welfare toll was immense. Stories of psychological damage on officers. PTSD was diagnosed, this man, this ghost, he could have been behind any tree. Various theories were floated, suggestions that if the police couldn't find him then maybe he wasn't even there. And now there is but a skeleton crew, still searching, refusing to give up.
>>2854850Fair. Thanks.
ZOGBOTS 0 DEZI 1BASEDFUCK THE VICZOG!
>>2854986I think he got 2, and wounded another in the arse as he was running away.
australian police are retarded. all they know how to do is extort drug dealers. they simply do not enforce laws. as a matter of fact all australians are retarded. most ninnying, tattletaling, incompetent, lazy, passive aggressive, amphetamine addicted retards in the entire world. i hope indonesia annexes and forcibly rehabilitates this entire ridiculous country. no more meth pipe little aussie. no more adderal little aussie - no, you're going to learn discipline in a forced labor camp.
>>2855409You forgot alcohol.
I didn't try to be an ultralight fag on purpose but it turned out all the gear I need for a 3-4 night backpacking trip fits in a 40-45L backpack, so I'm looking at options for backpacks in that range. Currently using this Gossamer Gear 42L pack and it's okay so far, but does anybody have other suggestions for mid-sized packs?
>>2855256Atom Packs
>>2855450>frameless>load liftersretard
>>2855450>framelessSorry bro, I can't help you there. My gear is ultralight but I still find a frame essential.
>>2855494This, it should be for daypacks. 40-45L without a frame sucks. I think OP might've ended up with one he didn't like and should go for alternatives instead of frameless.
Sorry for hijacking the thread but I'm looking for a big (45+L) pack with removable lid that can turn into a daypack like this youtube.com/watch?v=g9dDFltpt1Y (But not quite like this. I'd love the daypack to have a long vertical compartment that can fit an ipad or a small laptop)
Any TN anons out there?Know any good /out/ spots in the great volunteer state? Personally I am looking for some spots in Eastern TN in the Nooga area, want to go on a day hike, camp overnight and do some plinking. Was thinking of the pocket wilderness in Dayton, but idk their rules on guns and camping overnight.Anyone else been having fun getting out in the mountains?
Don't spend a lot of time in Chattanooga but Campbell and anderson county have some nice spots. I enjoy the caryville mountains and the jacksboro/lafollette area. Frozen head/Cumberland gap/chuck swan are all nice. Go see some elk at Hatfield knob
can you figure out where rattlesnake point is and get me the coordinates, also bonus for finding a path/parking to buzzard's roost and wilson ridge overlook>can you campI mean there's I think primitive campsites down by the river but it's also a WMA where usually they don't want camping so I dunno. They probably wouldn't find or stop you though. You can definitely have guns there.
>>2855096I dont think I've heard of rattlesnake point. Around where is it at?
>>2855487above caney fork (i think tn has multiple things labeled caney fork) in the scott's gulf wilderness areahttps://www.flickr.com/photos/cavertim/3032533761/^picture of the purported overlook'Rattlesnake Point is perched on a high bluff far above and between Sheep Cave and Big Laurel Falls.https://www.uppercumberlandcaving.net/Gulf/tour/rattler.htmlI believe it is where I circled on the map roughly given the description. There's also wilson ridge to the wsw of that and buzzard's roost on the other side (south) of the gorge upstream to the NE, which seems to be wholly on private property.
>>2855487also I think it maybe has to be right here because I emailed the land manager and he said the reason it's not *legally* accessible is because to get to it, you have to go through a nature conservancy property that is closed to the public; but the rattlesnake point overlook itself is on public land - he gave me that clueif you go to google maps or the scott's gulf park maphttps://tnstateparks.com/assets/pdf/additional-content/park-maps/Scotts_Gulf_Wilderness_web_1.pngyou can kinda see a little area of cliffy edge in darker green that's on the virgin falls state natural area owned land which is open to the publicfuck i hate bureaucracy
Any tips for off trail hiking? I pretty much covered all trails at my go to out location but there's still plenty of unexplored land and terrain to hike on but I'll have to find my way through dense scrubland and hilly/rocky terrain. I'm in pretty good shape and have all the gear since I already day hike at least a couple times a week(15 or so miles).
Gloves, goggles, gun and gps
>>2855436Plan on moving far more slowly than you normally do.
>>2855436heavy gloves and a billhook..depending on the underbrush.problem with just 'pushing through' is that it makes it that much harder to find your way back. Where I live (western OR) the back country is a solid mass of blackberry brambles and assorted sticker bushes, can make it very difficult to stay on a heading as well as finding the route you took on your return trip.
I used to track animals using radio telemetry so I'll say to buy some Carhartt overalls or comfortable knee boots to deal with brambles. Gloves are good for when some bullshit line blackberries gets caught on your clothes so you can just pull them off.
Mountaineering helmet. You will fall over. Don't be like so many who fell over and one shot themself.
What is the most hardcore hobby and why is it cave diving?
>>2854619kiddy shit, my hobby is more hardcore
>>2855410Experience and expertise mean little https://youtube.com/watch?v=e4qOLMyiaCU
>>2854623You’re talking about the Ben McDaniel incident at Vortex Spring. Whole thing reeks of foul play.
>>2854974Yeah at least you don’t have to worry about mast bumping in a restriction.
>>2855410A fellow GUE diver? On 4chan? I’ve never seen a more precise diagnostic tool for autism.On a serious note, what this anon says absolutely checks out. You have to be absolutely clearheaded in a cave, because kneejerk panic and an inability to solve problems will kill you fast as fuck in a cave when an issue occurs. Open circuit is still an option for cave diving, though, but becomes a huge pain the ass and wallet when you are doing deeper dives and selling your kidney for trimix. Get into this diving seriously enough and a 10k JK becomes a hefty but profitable investment.
Is 450 CAD too much for a 100% wool anorak? everything is expensive these days it seems
>>2855144I read that open weave wool allows fine ice dust to be blown into it in very cold weather. So the arctic explorers instead wore densely woven fabrics, or furs.
Buffalo fur coat$6000
>>2855421she chose the bear
>>2855033Legit lold at this
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