Are barefoot shoes really that goated? Im buying new shoes soon, and i just wanna know if its truly the way to go. Especially considering that there arent many barefoot hiking shoes, that are somewhat waterproof.
i really wanna get some barefoot shoes some time. i used to wear feyu kung fu shoes 10 years ago when there was barely a concept of barefoot shoes and they only cost 20/30 euros. i really don't like the way most barefoot shoes do look like. five fingers are just corny ass looking. vivo barefoot almost gets it but this and other brands often end up looking like some mall ninja shit. also vivo's from what i have seen from other people dont last long. i am not gonna spend more than 100 bucks on a pair of shoes that will not be usable after one year.recommend me some brands
>>2856498>waterproofYou don't need waterproof shoes unless you're hiking in winter, and you won't be wearing barefoot shoes in winter (I hope).
>>2860457Buddy of mine always recommends Vivobarefoot.
>>2860536mine temp reg is fine after restoring proper circulation from hiking irregular terrain barefoot
>>2856498They're not magic, you just have healthy feet with them, and come to just expect the feeling of mobility flexibility.They come with a curse though, of not being able to comfortably wear normal shoes again.
why does it seem like all you people want to go out and be “in le nature” but don’t give a single fuck about preserving ecosystems or native biodiversity? You feel entitled to go out and be in nature and treat it like your personal fucking playground, damaging the ecosystem and demanding roads and trails be paved through the wilderness so you can “heckin enjoy it”? And then go home and continue to fuel the 6th mass extinction with your destructive consumerist habits? Anyway, I planted some Texas native wildflowers today to help the declining pollinator population in my area. What did you do?
>>2861278You are a retarded, childish piece of SHIT. And thats all you are and all you will ever be.
>>2837982Tobacco kills the molds that would eat the butts.
>>2837495question: which country is famous for being the biggest litterers and garbage producers everlet's see if you actually care about nature or you're just a politician
>>2859428>>2859795Go back to r*ddit, pseud.
>>2861607The only pseud is the guy arguing that conservation and preservation are the same because they're similar.The rest of us know why we make different words for different things, even if they share similarities.
>>2861341/out/ is poor people food you can eat the plants and seeds and animals for free.
>>2861406True and my bad, thought I was replying to fag who said we shouldn't enjoy our God given right to a good burg n fries and or treat as a reward for getting /out/
>>2860638this.bagels suck and you're probably jewish >>2860482
>>2857028so based
>>2857028From a french anon, well done.
Tumbleweeds are actually russian? What in the fuck? Are there other iconic things to places that are just foreign bullshit? I know tomatoes are american and italians just stole valor.
>>2861214Largemouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish, smallmouth bass, etc all outside of the Mississippi watershed. Rainbow trout outside the pacific drainages.If you look at the dates they were introduced, common carp were actually the first gamefish.>INB4 HURRR HOW CAN SOMETHING FROM AMERICA BE INVASIVE IN AMERICA HURRRRRR
>>2861214>Tumbleweeds are actually russian?tumbleweeds are a category of things, not one thing.some tumbleweeds are russian thissle, but some are pigweed or wild mustard species.
>>2861555The iconic "tumbleweed" that OP is referencing is in fact Russian. They were brought over accidentally with crop seeds with Russian immigrants.American chestnuts were wiped out because of a disease brought over with chinese chestnuts. The location of all remaining american chestnuts trees are known and cataloged and theyre listed as a critically endangered species.Chinese lady beetles have displaced ladybugs.Wild boars are Russian and were released in the U.S. as a more challenging/exotic game animal by (((hunters))).Potatoes are from south America. The Irish potato famine was due to the British blockade on Irish fishing boats.Wild Mustangs of the western U.S. are of course not native. Natives chased down bison on foot to stab them with spears or they herded them off cliffs before Europeans settled the continent.Beef, chicken and pork are not native to the Americas.Neither is lettuce, garlic, onion, wheat, rice, lemon, apple or pear.Native Americans never discovered cheese or sour cream."Mexican food" is beans, corn and fish with the occasional rabbit or snake.
Anyone from /out/ tell me if the Kantamus 60L is worth it? Looking for an endgame backpack that will survive the apocalypse.
>>2861084newfag-kun, i...
>>2844793sobotka
>>2861084it means that someone wants to bump a thread that has long ran its course. call me cynical but this thread does serve as an ad for savotta even with all the legit criticism. the last posts added nothing to the discussion.
Oh fuckFjallraven is making more Varmlands!
>>2861560They should bring back the No.21s but make an XL version.
What's /out/ opinion on boot knives? Thinking of getting one because they're the easiest fixed blade knives to EDC that are also large and easy enough to conceal. Survival knives are too large and look mall-ninja-tier when edc'd and neck knives are usually too small.
>>2860147Try it out, if you don't like it you can always make some scales for it and epoxy them on.
>>2856313I like them. I wear steel toes for my job every day and I leave one in my right boot as a backup knife in case I leave my main one back in the shop
>>2856313Idk man i like the control the rigid spine on normal knives gives you way too much too ever consider replacing any of them with a dagger for serious use but if fun is allowed i find daggers are simply nice to mess around with/throw. Their weight or mass doesn't matter comparing to lugging around a throwing hatchet for luls and it's not as horridly autistic as throwing ninja stars.It's more of a city weapon for me.
>>2860147paracord is 100% a meme
>>2861513No its not, idiot. Its a highly utile cord.
Any experience using Meshtastic devices out on a camping trip or whatever?
>>2858228just get a baofeng radio program it with GMRS and use it at full power. it also has scrambling.
>>2858652>RAQAEWFSGSQSVJAQS FGJQWCOMWEFOWE WCVM WEOFTGJ SASDFSD KSEEE~!!
>>2858228LOL, there is no way you would ever get a signal unless you were "camping" in your back yard in the suburbs
>>2858228have you tried to get anyone of your normie friends to install an app on their phone?
>>2858228Have you tried MeshCore? Runs on the same hardware.https://meshcore.co.uk/
Winter wanderings edition.Who's had any good /out/ings so far this winter? Every aspect of your edged what kit have you worked on lately? What plans do you have for the coming spring?
4/4I also have an article on 18th century knives, potable soup and a few others like shoulder bags, bedrolls, and flint and steel.
If anyone is interested there is a trade show for reenactors in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Ive been going to this how for over a decade and its a fantastic place to buy anything period correct and get knowledge and literature. The event is called Echos from the Past Trade Shoelw at the sunnyview expo center in Oshkosh.
>>2860168Do you know the two guys with ~15-person Voyageur canoe? I've even seen them at Devil's Lake.
>>2861118Yeah. Stepback and Huckleberry. He does trips up and down the Fox River for schools and scouts. He's trying to retire and trying to sell his 27 foot canoe and buisness along with it. I'll see him next weekend at the trade show in Oshkosh. Hopefully the thread is still up.
Wheres a good place to get the fabrics for costumes? I've been wanting to get into french fur-trade reenactment but don't really know where I can get the materials to make my costume.
Discuss nudism. Is it something you grew up with, or found later in life? Have you ever considered giving it a try?I wanted to try making a thread on a blue board in the hopes that there could be a serious discussion instead of the degenerate gooning the occasional nudism thread devoles into on /b/.
>>2861034I think it makes sense in certain situations, but people do go overboard with insisting on being naked whenever they possibly can. I really just wish the whole "modesty" thing would go away in regards to clothing, most everyday activities and a lot of /out/ makes more sense dressed but swimsuits are fucking pointless and stupid, and if nobody cared about somebody being naked in conditions where it WAS a comfortable and practical option - for example changing or using a solar shower in the open at a campsite, or doing a short easy hike to a lake where you're gonna swim, or yard work on a really hot day, or whatever.
>>2861419>splitting hairsAre you from Lapland or something? Basically every arctic and subarctic tribe wore some sort of insulated clothing be it made from furs, leather or whatever else they could get their hands on. Look at what otzi wore.
>i wanna go out if my way to be naked around other people i dont know and i DONT want it to be sexual. This always seemed fishy to me.
>>2861454>This always seemed fishy to me.Nudism is just a cleaver way for pedos to see kids naked.
>>2861484The ones who push for "family nudism" and so on for sure. I think a lot are just exhibitionists though.
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looking for a blueprint of a underhand chop so i can have my local welder build one for me, can't really find much online, thanks in advance
>>2860396You know they make safety equipment for axe bucking logs, right?https://mailletec.com/product/lumberjack-s/
>>2860653This is retarded
>>2861091Yeah everything is until you chop your foot in half
>>2860653>>2861095Why would you ever chop anything near your feet?
>>2861270IDK, why remain an ignorant retard when you can read a book?https://www.fs.usda.gov/t-d/php/library_card.php?p_num=1823%202812P
Post your /out/ edc kit.Just pretend the sleeping bag is a hammock and this is mine
>>2857867LMAO look at this screeching bubba. Settle down kid, this is an adults-only board, don't make me call your mother HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
>>2859472He's at it again. Shoo retard, shoo.
>>2852190BDU is a US4CEs Transitional Im planning on making from a few yards of Protactic/Hyperstealth fabic I accqiured recently by pure luck.
>>2853569rapistcore
Discuss /out/tubers here.
>>2859155Was his wife even real? I'm curious on what she actually died from.
>>2860236being killed
>>2853771That retard unironically believes Maine gets colder than Minnesota or the Dakotas. For fuck sake his last video claims it was -40 when the snow sounded it was 30. Also snow doesn't melt below zero. I don't know how anyone buys into his bs.
>>2861363A quick Google search says you have no idea what you're talking about.
>>2859155do we have any proof for that claim?
/out/ give me recs on leather boots that are stylish yet practical. Preferably waterproof. Been thinking about the danner light 2, but I wanna know whats out there.
>>2857945You need at most 2 pairs. Don't listen to this tard, get yourself some good quality shoes that will last you a long time, one pair for hot weather and the other for cold.
>>2856830Kenetrek Hardscrabble.
>>2856830William Lennon boots, cheap for leather boots and hand made in Europe to your measurements if you get a custom order which is not as expensive as you'd think.I've had mine 4 years now. My Lowa GTXs lasted me 2 before the soles wore flat and they cracked through.
>>2856830I have these Hanwags (or a similar model) and really like them. Good waterproofing, comfy, and pretty subtle looking.
>>2860435One can never hoard enough theoretical information as a quick feel-good in order to delay as much as possible putting any of it in practice. You can't just go to Decathlon, try on boots from the cheapest up until walking back and forth the aisle feels good and get it over with. You have to get the "right" boots. Same for all else, from gear to underwear.
Do you like to look at things when you go /out/?Show us your optics.>monoculars>binoculars>scopes>sunglasses too, I guess>cases/carry systems>cleaning and maintenance>poorfag optionsI have a Vortex 8x25 mono that I like to bring, but I regret not buying the 10x25. Binos are my old Nikon Travelite III 10x25.
I got these Vortex 10x42s on sale at Costco last year. They're no Zeiss or Swarovski but they're really good for the money and a decent compromise between size/weight and optics.
>>2861306Does that latch on the case ever come open spontaneously? I was looking to get a soft case for my binos but the closing mechanism on that one put me off.
>>2861306>good for the moneyliterally all I've ever heard about these, I got the exact same pair
>>2861382Honestly I haven't really used the case much, I usually just have them on a strap.>>2861385Yeah, that's pretty much Vortex in general, they doo make some high-end stuff but mostly they're all about bang for the buck.
>>2858968I have a cheap night vision monocular, a PARD 007 V2. It works perfectly for what I need it to do, namely scout out the nearby fields for foxes, badgers and wabbits. It also works great for looking at the night sky even though the resolution isn't really ideal.Honestly for the price it is a damn good piece of technology, I have also done some night hiking with it, obviously you can not hold it on your eye for hours, but it helps finding the way the path curves if you want to hide from people.
