Anyone here with experience in the Chugach or Talkeetna? I'm steadily building experience and starting to get into very sketchy stuff. Pic related required constant switching between crampons and skis due to snow conditions. Did Bashful alone in August and that was wild. How bad of an idea is it to get on the larger glaciers alone? Very, I imagine ?
>>2854471I live right in the Chugach. With how unpredictable the weather can be up here and how isolated it is, I wouldn't recommend exploring glaciers alone. At the very least, have a GPS communicator like an inreach mini so you can ping your location to your mom or whatever if you fall down a crevasse. There's also lots of avalanches up here. Haven't had a ton of snow lately and it's been pretty dry so what snowpack there is is gonna mostly be ice or sugar snow which I'm sure you know is tricky to navigate. Bring a fren, anon. Don't be suicidal.
Face your fears and go innawoods at nightfall
>>2854140That's the guy with the tranny gf who shot charlie kike
>>2854297Where the fuck do you people come from and how are you on every board?
>>2854312Long shutter/exposure = night shot that looks like day time
>>2854371It is scarier with light because he makes himself seen. I never turn my light on at night because I dont want to give away my position to everyone within 1km. You sound like you haven't gone out much.
>getting an alpine start on a night with a full moonIts peak kino
Anyone from /out/ tell me if the Kantamus 60L is worth it? Looking for an endgame backpack that will survive the apocalypse.
>>2853508>Stitching isnt hardFeminine energy post
>>2853521Lol
>>2853501alright, fair enough. from my experience backpacking, i want to try something with more easy access to stuff. for extra storage i did quite well so far by attaching stuff to the outside of my current backpack. a lot backpacks that do have rolltops at least offer a way to enter the backpack through the side as well.
So why did Savotta discontinue their horizontal pouches? So people would buy their fanny packs?That's cool, but I can't put those things on my Jaakari.
>>2844793Once my gifted Rush24 dies I would probably buy Savotta
Land that conservation agencies refuse to allow to be open to the public outright should be turned into condos for millionaires instead.
>>2854541This position is not very well thought out
>>2854003>>2854004>>2854006>>2854007Eastoids arguing about "jagged" peaks lmao
>>2854624Believe it or not, we do have a few amongst all the rolling hills
>>2854636I inb4'd posting quartzite outcroppingsalso, no the view from the official viewing box is not as good as if you do the dangerous thing and walk up onto the fin itself, but I wasn't gonna do that.
>>2854044whining about what other people do with their own property accomplishes nothing but shitting up this board. I would rather have pol escapist fantasy posts than your continued bitching
see this, what do?
>>2853653walk awayu to be safe. At thist distance you're lucky. Just go
>>2853653Charge towards them with my weapon of choice, ready to spray upon the first sign of counter-aggression
>>2853754unless you spook a bear majority of the time they want nothing to do with you. Bears do not actively hunt humans. It's only in cases where bears are starving or have been accustomed to humans to lose their fear of them that they would. That's why you're not supposed to feed wild animals in general.
>>2853754>Honestly I felt invalidated.You have a fragile ego.
Shoot and eat the mother, adopt the cubs as my own
>tfw you'll never be able to follow che's travels since the darien gap will always screw travel potential across american continentsIts not fair bros. Europeans can head all the way down through to africa with minimal effort. If the issue of cartel violence and corruption wasn't such rampant problem, traversing the americas would be one of the greatest and accessible trips in the world.
People boat their shit across the gap every day, doesn't stop people from doing the voyage. Aren't you happy there are still untraversable places in the world? Or do zoomers lay claim to every square inchI just spent a couple weeks motorbiking through central America, bike cost me $15/day; shit was great.
>>2853153My aunt cycled from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska in her 60s. What exactly are you waiting for?
>>2853153>follow che's travelsfollow his travels through south america. what does the darien gap have to do with anything. fly into buenos aires or caracas. what's stopping you?
>>2853153why do homosexuals keep idealizing retards that would have happily killed them?
>>2853203This. Many have paddled it. You simply stick to the shoreline and get ashore to camp every night.>>2854572It's a very common phenomenon. If elements in history that for all I know are nothing but pure chance were just slightly different you might aswell have them root for Hitler. This can also be seen by the fact that often some groups are convinced would've been the designated enemy of some historical person when there is no indication of it being the case af allI mean who knows maybe you can print a load of tshirts with a stylized and artsy Franco / Hitler / Tito portrait and popularize it in India. "Yeah he was like the good guy you know..."
Blankets that are nice and cozy and come with a compression bag or can compress nicely? What do you guys use?
>>2854320I've recently seen used, some NOS condition, for sale. Not even expensive. I am no expert on the matter but I dont think the seller tries to deceive people. Do you have a particular need that necessitates the poncho liners to be reproduction? Or are the old ones known to be rotten out by now?I find often, with such old items, authentic repros might be impossible or prohibitively expensive in todays market, as often manufacturing of even the precursor materials has advanced and improved and as such new processes may have completely replaced older processes.Like the fill. If you look at synthetic fill technology, it is not the same as yesteryear and some of that might have trickled down even to the most basic plushy fill because of economy of scale.
>>2854326>>2854326Anyways>picrel is from one of the offers I saw. The vendor asks 35 units and claims they are like new and original. Varying mfgs. Customers who have left reviews confirmed that theirs has no trace of use.Also surplus used to be a thing because when they make changes things have to go and as a result they are cheap. Reproductions sort of defeat the point, you're starting from a position where you have to make something for the money. Not where something does not serve it's original purpose anymore and must go. So you'll pay more or get less than with surplus. At which point you might just get something that serves the need but has good quality.
>>2854326>>2854328Thank you for the tips!I'm mainly looking for repros because right now its PITA to get stuff delivered from USA in reasonable time and money.
>>2854334>from USAsellers I've looked at and mentioned are germanistaniis the woobie really as good as people claim?I mean I assume it to be a technologically inferior climashield apex sandwiched between two layers of ripstop? Only that DYI this route would be more than the original or repro.
>>2851410Northface has a blanket that comes in a compression bag, also has a hole and hoodie style pocket so you can wear it like a poncho. Lost mine but was super nice.
Hunting season is upon the northern hemisphere>what are you hunting this year?>any changes in gear?>any interesting stories from last year?
>>2852552Charlie??? Is-is-is-is th-th-that you???
>>2851175> What is a double barrel?> What is a magazine cutoff?> Do people really care two different types of ammo at the same time? You are an imbecile and a nohunt
What if you shoot an animal and he turns to you and starts talking to you before he dies?
my workplace is doing a secret santa and person im giving a gift to is an outsdoorsy type and i know he hunts, any ideas for a gift? (agreed upon budget was 25$)
>>2854512Game bags are always handy and easily under 25$. A nice headlamp alternatively but a little more.
any hobbies more hardcore than mountaineering?
>>2853598Dead Tourist Trophy motorbike racing on the Isle of Man. Wing suit retardation/Base jumping. Cave diving. Free soloing hard rock. Caving new routes or solo. Any of these will auto kill you if you're not in total control, aware of the 9000 things that will kill you and very very good. And will kill you anyway because fuck it why not.
>>2853734Tbh these are all retarded. They cross the line into retardation just like all the Red Bull stunts, where instead of being awed by it, you just shake your head at the stupidity.
bump :)
>>2853598Why is this thread in the catalogue twice?
>>2853688You do not know any real mountaineer. The (surviving) high-altitude people I know are extremely sharp even at old age. Messner himself is a good example.
is there anything more hardcore than solo alpine climbing?
>>2854493See? You asked for something more hardcore and I told you what it was. Go solo hoboing on purpose and see how you fare.
>>2854407You've never been to K2.
>>2854503No I haven't. That doesn't mean what I said isn't true.
>>2854487that little doll makes you look like some sort of candyassgot manchild
>>2854522you climb a mountain and post your manly doll then buddy
Is off-grid living a wealthy person's hobby? I can't live in an off-grid cabin full time because the code doesn't allow that, and I also would need a primary residential address. The only way to make it work off-grid is if you already have a real home.
>>2854794i'm assuming the poster uses a pressure tank anon.. so yep, pump runs for a couple of minutes, gets the line up to like ~60PSI then shuts off -- only kicking on once the pressure drops to ~30PSI.(Also inrush current protection is a pretty common thing for generators and inverters; basically any device with an electric motor will have that peak draw at start up, it's probably accounted for outside of the normal peak output of his inverter)
>>2854915Horse power? You need GPM..a 12v RV pump is like 90watts
>>2854933Youre a fucking moron.>>2854926I have my own well with a 60 gallon pressure tank. Im very familiar with how often pumps kick on.The pressure tank is designed to keep the pump from burning up on rapid restarts when doing simple things like brushing your teeth or flushing a toilet. It IS NOT a "reservoir supply tank" like a water tower used for supplying constant line pressure en lieu of running the pump.I have yet to see an explanation of how a microwave and internet peak at 150w usage.As usual math doesnt add up (that happens a lot with LARPers)
>>2854940>microwave and internet peak at 150w usage.he's not referring to a microwave (cooking) he's talking about microwave (internet) as in the radio signals it sends/receives are microwave band.and re the pressure tank: i was responding to the anon who seemed to think every time you turn on the tap or flush the toilet the pump kicks on.
>>2854940You retarded faggot, I’ve explained several times that it isn’t a microwave oven and internet separately, it is microwave band long range wireless DSL speed internet. It was a small parabolic antenna on top of a tower to do “high” speed line of sight data transmission, not a food heating box.
You guys like birdwatching? What do you see in the winter?
>>2853652i LOVE shorebirds, they are what drew me into birdwatching to begin with after spending hours sitting at the beach,stoned,looking out at the shoreline slackjawed and watchingthe curious behaviour of the small foraging birds eating bits of biofilmthat coverthe top layer of the sand
In winter I like to go to the beach to see shorebirds and other migrants that hang around in the dunes. But I really need a better pair of binoculars and (someday) a scope. I look out at the water and in the distance are dozens and dozens of birds in the sea but I can't make them out. Lots of gulls obviously, scoters too, but I really wanna see a razorbill or something.
>>2853666Cool looking bird, Satan
Saw two bald eagles this afternoon from my backyard, feels good
the other day the park near my house had at least a thousand canada geese hanging out, pretty cool.>>2853676Bosque del Apache in winter is one of my favorite places I've been.I don't do much birdwatching specifically but I've always got an eye out while on hikes or other outings and usually carry my binoculars, it's always nice to spot wildlife of any sort.
I HATE my job, I HATE normies. How tf can I just drop out of society and get neetbux. I have a small farm and a bitch to leach off of but I have no idea how to welfare meme. Do I just tell the doctor im autistic and get disability?!?!?!? I make to much for food stamps and I just don't pay my medical bills for any ER visit ext... I have a kid on the way so im scared to drop out without knowing what to do.... BTW I don't give a fuck what anyone around me thinks.... help... living out my RV BTW the pic is from my homestead back in January
>>2854073I sure don't. But I also do not depend on them, ask something from them or even rob them, let alone by proxy, which is just as bad but cowardice on top of that.
>>2843991Honestly I would rather my tax dollars go to an /out/ neet than social security for boomers who already hold like 90% of the wealth
>>2854406I'd rather not have my money go to any leech.
>>2854420Its either gonna go to ME or GlobohomoChoose wisely
Obviously you need to learn what plants are edible. You need to build a permanent structure that will not be found. Earth bags are very good for this as you can carry them in bulk and then fill them once you find a nice deep hidden spot with small-medium sized river nearby. Do not set up too closely to water or you will be found. You want to be at minumum 2km (2 mile) away from any tracks and at least 200m (250yard) away from the water. It is easier than you think with the earth bag construction. You will want a gillnet, illegal to use in most places but it means you have a passive source of fish. You will want a fishing rod too I advise telescopic, decent reel, with spinners, wiglers and so on. Fish that are too big for the gillnet will be stuck in the area in front of it and you catch those yourself. You will want to get some conibear traps, 110, 160, 220, and set up a trap line, these are serious pieces of gear that are designed to kill on impact if you fuck it up and it snaps it breaks whatever part of your body is in there. Of course you need to study your local animals, what actually is there, what fish are in that water source. You are also going to want a small solar set up primary for charging battery banks that then charge your lights, phone and so on. Fill your phone with guides on your area.A short-list for if you are serious>learn the edible plants, some tree seeds are edible and high protein and high yield>learn your animals, what ground animals, what fish>find your location, do some reading on natural lines of drift >learn the climate, if it gets very cold do not build in a depression where cold air will sit >get bags, conibears, gillnet, fishing kit>learn how to process animals, worst case download videos onto your phone>solar can be a hiking solar set up to begin with, as you grow you may want a pure dc 200w panel
>>2850580nice wrist action fancy boy
>>2853558just whack the heel on the table, its literally what its designed for, also, of course it isn't a maritime knife, someone with an above room temp IQ would know that
>>2850966>neither get watersoaked and need "a whack" to usechecks out
Just got myself a new one, top is one I got 3 years ago.Since then it's become my EDC knife, it's great for my uses. Sure if I need pliers I'll take the leatherman, and if I know I'll need to cut thicker wood or want easier cleaning when gutting larger fish I'll take the mora, but the opinel is just right to fit into basically any pocket without being uncomfortable, does most jobs I need it to, and is overall a joy to use. Got a friend the olive wood handle version, saw how nice it looked, and now I got myself one too.
>>2853524>picnic tierI was with you until there, but that's just wrong.They are cheap and good enough for 95% of uses the normal person needs a knife for. I use mine primarily as edc. I don't have to baton with my knife or do self defense on a regular basis (not bri'ish), I need it to cut fishing line when fishing, kill the occasional catch, open packages, prepare food etc.None of those requires a full tang knife, or a super easy to clean knife. Sure I pay attention when killing larger fish to not get too much guts and blood on the handle and mechanism because cleaning it is a bit of a pain and not good for the wood, but that's easy to do. I just oil it once a year and that's it. It's not zero maintenance, but it's not like they can't last or are hard to take care of either.
For no reason in particular other than my own interest, I need to know what the perfect "survival card(s)" would be.What tools would you be very fucked to be without, &/or would want an excess of during a survival situation?They have to be the to be the length, width, and general thickness of a standard credit card though; needs to fit in a wallet.A magnifying lens card is of course a given (same with a tick remover), but what would be useful on a laser-cut metal card?Would a saw be useful? I see other sets with snares, but I don't feel like a fishing kit would be too useful.
>>2854458I have a couple of those too but I cut myself once when sliding it out of my wallet on the can opener corner and switched to the plain bottle opener since that's the only part I ever used.
>>2854333If you are good at fishing and want a cool pocket took these can be fun. If you have a very basic idea of fishing than these are mostly useless. I mean they aren't bad buy the Altoids can survival cans have been worked on for decades and they arnt mostly fishing gear. I mean fuck I have no clue how to properly use most this shit.... Properly being the key word.
>>2854461>Properly being the key word.yeah, that seems to be the big issue with a lot of the items; and even if you knew, theres the issue of efficacity most of the little bits & bobs are very flimsy, and would be outclassed by a carved stick; if they were thicker & made of a stronger steel, they'd be much more useful, but they're notif you had all the time in the world, a use can be found with most of the things of course; if you're counting the minutes to a meal, spending you moments fiddling with sheet metal is just gonna get you killedon account of that, i feel like snares would be a useful tool, since they're basically instant food; fishing implements don't seem worth it when you can just make a basic fish trap
>>2854461Not to mention some of these need a slight added bind in them to make them more work properly. Fun for a fishermen if cheap tackle wasn't already more affordable these little sheets. I already fish out of an old dip can and if I am cutting my bait than that is enough to catch anything.
>>2854463The idea is making little tools into big tools. Even if I can perfectly use my fishing tackle I need to makeshift a rod, attach the like properly. That is just up to the point of hooking the fish after that you still need a lot more tools. If you don't believe me look at how picky people are about filet knives.
