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>>2854026Yes>>2854028I'm not asian I am just really short
>>2854041Brugly, you're midge status. You are definitely Asian or Hispanic.
>>2854123White midgets do exist.but they are all pink on the inside.
>>2854167Sorry we had an opening for a white midget but Peter Dinklage already took it
>>2854170more like we had 7+ openings, but dinky guilted the white women into switching to the rainbow hobo coalition, then double ass CGI.
How important do you think a survival knife is?Do you think it is a rather not needed item thats need can be superseded by a usual every day knife?It is easier to just snap logs for a fire than to hack them with a survival knife.This is of course not including raw survival where you are needing bushcraft and hunting skills to actually survive. Just general non normie tier camp holiday woodland camping.
>>2853506Your concept of what tools are efficient and useful is fine. There are many combinations that work for any given environment. That said.... I assume anyone I come across in the wilderness without a weapon is some sort of mush headed retard. I can't think of many wild areas off the top of my head that are consistently free of both problematic humans AND animals.People can and do get murdered, I can recall a half dozen incidents on trails I frequented, at the times I frequented them over the last 25 years. Animals aren't a problem in many areas but don't underestimate them either. Two maulings, one fatal, in the last 4 years on my local trails.The real world doesn't care if being armed hurts your feelings.
Hijacking threadIs batoning bad? Even Lars says it's pointless and knifes aren't made for it?Are there knives specifically made for batoning?
>>2854309Its called a froe.
>>2854309>Are there knives specifically made for batoning?>>2832232
>>2831998>Reiff is good shit>Someone already posted the best normal production alternative the White River Knives Ursus 45>Only better you're really gonna get from there>Fuck it money, Carothers Performance Knives FK2, maybe BFKThis nigga knows>More of a budget, Volunteer Knife and Tool Model 4.5 Field Knife>Both have low temper heat treat protocols for CPM 3V that's an improvement on the standard heat treatI own 2 Volunteers, their Field Knife model is incredibleTheir AEB-L is good stuff too, got one as a prototype and it has pleasantly surprised meThey have a slightly larger Field Knife now at 4.7
Everyone post your tips, tricks, and knowledge about how to best see in the dark, and how to best utilise your scotopic vision.This includes discussion of lighting and how to best use it, and IR/thermal/nacht vision options.I'll start:Your scotopic (night) vision takes about 20mins to reach highly effective performance, and up to an hour to reach peak performance - so it's important that you preserve it!Facts about your vision that you can use to your advantage:>your eye has two main types of photoreceptors: cones and rods.>cones are sensitive to colour and most of your fine detail relies on them, they are NOT sensitive to contrast or movement>rods are sensitive to contrast and very sensitive to movement, they see ONLY contrast: dark vs. light and never in fine focus.>cones are grouped in the centre of your retina, directly behind your pupil and lens>rods are non-existent in the centre of your retina, but are spread around the outside, off-axis from your cornea, making survival possible because it is your peripheral vision that you rely on for reflex if anything suddenly moves in on you>in scotopic vision your cones fail and you rely entirely on your rods, this is why in low light everything looks grey or black & white>this also means in the dark anything you try to stare directly at (if you think something is lurking out there in the moonlight) you won't be able to see, you're basically blind to anything you stare atComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
these are my night vision toys>Bushnell Equinox z2 IR monocular scope/camera>FLIR Scout TK thermal scope/camera>Supercheap Kmart brand video camera with IR night mode>external IR lamp because the camera's own lamp is weak and only really useful indoors
>>2853332wouldnt a normal red light work best as is common with many headlamps for exactly this reason?
>>2853576the issue is the ability to dim the light, most headlamps I find don't dim enough. with a handheld light you can cover or obscure the beam with your hand. once you have adjusted full night vision you don't need 100 lumens strapped to your noggin
Just live in the desert. For up to the 5 nights surrounding the full moon in desert backcountry you can walk freely without any light assistance. Some tight shaded canyons can be dark but open areas are light enough to even have color. Pic is not a sunrise but a moonrise of the full moon, and just a regular pic not a longer exposure or anything.
>>2854098yeah in places where you have full horizon it never gets dark for long. even with no visible moon it's only proper night for a short period before the easter horizon starts to get light again. And once your eyes are adjusted even night skylight can help you at least avoid obstacles
ITT guys who made it. Men who didn't die of exposure or hunger, men who survived
>>2845877>almostHis brother brought him food...
>>2847989>Whatever happened to MGTOW and MRA anyway?They joined up with the flat earthers and became MAGAts.
>>2852458terrible take . this board makes way too much of this
>>2852458Was he breaking some rule you thought was imposed on him? Flour, beans , salt and pepper. You would cry like a baby if thats all your mom brought you
>>2842231Wtf
Im an adult who myself has never been able to afford much in terms of camping gear, but my mom has quite a lot of money and I think she wants to buy me something nice. Does anyone have recommendations for gear, (cold weather gear in particular)? Pad, sleep system, tent, bag, etc; I dont know if Ill get a chance like this again and am trying to make it count.Pic related I want to do cold weather stuff soon.
Durston Kakwa 55 liter packWiggy's - choose your sleeping bagZPacks- choose your tentCheck out Garage Grown Gear for packing lists and other gear
Merino wool everything, socks leggings, shirts. I spend my winters skiing every day and a good base layer of merino goes a long way.
>>2852774boots. don't listen to any other advice. if your feet are wet and cold, fuck everything else. merino everything is good too, but boots.
>>2853639why do bears eat quarters?
This is literally the most gun that anyone needs in the woods, unless you’re in bear country. Even then, if you can aim then you’ll be fine.
>>2833143If you're broke just get crossbows or compound bows. Any gun that's slower than bolt action might as well be replaced with a bow.
>>2849602This is so based. Ever since I've seen Clay hunting with these I've wanted one.https://youtu.be/L7V1uLNg7s0?si=Qv2gof87Lz1ddtl2
>>2833189I lived on Svalbard for two years. The requirements for polar bear protection when you were outside of the settlements were very simple, and very effective.Minimum of .30 calibre rifle, 12 gauge shotgun with slugs, or .44 calibre handgun, in that order of preference. In addition you would have a flare gun or a flare, and if you were staying at a cabin outside the settlements you would bring flares on tripwires.In practice, this meant everyone had the stainless Ruger 77 in .308, since it's a cheap and easy to maintain gun. If you already had guns on the mainland before you moved you could of course use that, but the Ruger 77 was de rigeur, together with a flare gun.The escalation of force started with shouting, to shooting flares, to firing warning shots, and hopefully never to lethal shots (only in self/group defense).You could supposedly get rubber baton rounds for the shotgun, in which case you were supposed to shoot at the rear part of the bear. That sounds like more of a gamble than I would care to make.Curiously, bear spray was never an option.In heavily wooded and more temperate bear country, I could probably see the case for big handguns, shotguns and perhaps also for rifles with larger, heavier bullets, perhaps something like a 9,3x62mm, which isn't very hard to shoot with, but still performs well in brush, even out of a shorter barrel. Since shooting flares in a forest probably isn't very smart, I suppose I can see the case for bear spray, but I don't know enough about that to have much of an opinion.
>>2833189I was a cop. You’re talking out your ass
>>2849602Is there a big difference the two guns muzzle energy?
How does /out/ feel about Arkansas/Missouri or the Interior Highlands?Calciferous biome, endless water, rolling mixed wooded forests. What's your opinion?
>>2853418Arkansas is much more of a filter than Texas
>>2853403>>2852846>>2852842NW Arkansas contains the HQ of Tyson and Wal-Mart, they literally pay people to move there
>>2853861West Virginia's GDP per capita overtook Arkansas recently. Outside of northwest Arkansas, most of the state feels very forgotten and dilapidated. West Virginia's nature is more beautiful IMO, even though Arkansas bills itself as the Natural State. The forests of the Ozark Plateau tend to be very scrubby and much less impressive than those of Appalachia. Summers are also much hotter. But the Ozark people are quite friendly to visitors, unlike West Virginians (who tend to be sullen and suspicious of outsiders poking around).
>>2852185I don't care to travel to these parts of the country, I'd rather spend my money in my community. Unfortunately we get a lot of tourists in my part of the country which I wouldn't mind if they were better behaved.
>>2853894> The forests of the Ozark Plateau tend to be very scrubbythere's PLENTY of scrubby forests in appalachia, especially where they were sloppy with quick-logging in wind-exposed areas/ridgelines> But the Ozark people are quite friendly to visitorsseems nice!>who tend to be sullen and suspicious of outsiders poking around)don't I know it, it's also more this very superficial niceness that vanishes the second you do anything cross to them and then they turn into a whole nother person and flip out at you with no in between anyways, where 2 go in the Ozarks?
https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/12/10/western-arctic-caribou-herd-long-alaskas-biggest-continues-its-population-decline/> The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, which ranges in Northwest Alaska, is down to 121,000 animals, according to the most recent census by state biologists and their partners.>It is the lowest population since the 1970s, continuing a slide since 2003, when the herd peaked at 490,000 animals. In 2023, the last time a population survey was completed, the herd was down to 152,000 animals. The “weather machine of North America” is showing more signs that it is in serious decline. The carbon stored in the Arctic’s thawing permafrost is a ticking bomb that energy and tech CEOs and their government cronies will gleefully release in their insatiable pursuit of greed. You should care about what is happening in the Arctic. It will impact you.
There are more aboriginals than ever... hmm
>>2853461lol okay boot sucker.>>2853467>muh-muh-muh reeel action!!111hollyshit you have the glowbot word salad down good, is there anything at all inside that identity shell you've build entirely out of billionaire run activist org press releases?
>>2853480>and it pretty clearly has fuck-all to do with peopleCorrect.Warm and cold periods:Literal plant and tree seeds under the center of the Greenland ice sheet, implying complete melting of the sheet at some point within the last 1 million years.Interglacial periods, last major 10,000+ year long one was c120k years ago. Younger dryas catastrophes. Zero human input.Holocene climatic optimum. Zero human input. Warmer than today.Neolithic warm period. Zero human input. Warmer than today.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2853745Thanks for the effort post. It sounds like you've done some reading on the subject. All the things you have written are things I'm familiar with, but I lack the knowledge to properly educate someone else on them and to defend my position. Can you share some sources so that I can get on your level?
>>2853442Evidently the males don't feel like the females are worth putting in so much effort for, and the females don't think the males are worth mating with, so the caribou aren't having babies anymore.Do you own or use a car? If so, you're part of the fucking problem. Stop blaming others when (You) are to blame. The oil barons are simply meeting the demand of people like (You). If (You) got rid of your car, then they wouldn't have to destroy the environment for the sake of your comfort.
i'm lost guys
>>2852336hi lost, it's dad
>>2852336slowly start burning away the forest, you will eventually reach civilization.
>>2852336Get in your space blanket and jerk off to create body heat.
>>2853829I thought I was the only one who beat his meat in the sleeping bag to warm up in the cold...
fantasy books recommendations?
>>2850963sex is fine in botns since its not explicit (offscreen 90% of the time) and severian is explicitly left unfullfilled by the handful of women he sees. It's also heavily implied hes lying about several of these and using them as justification for his actions, given the book is a memoir. Also sev's what, 17-19 during the bulk of the series? Of course that shit is gonna be on his mind.book 3 is peak /out/ with him walking through the mountains with the green light of the moon seeping through the thin atmosphere. creatures like alzebos are cool as shit too. My only complaint with the series is the last couple books shy away from the strange locales as much. If all you focused on were sev's exploits with women instead of everything fucking else going on around him, thats on you. Cause thats only like 5% of the story
>>2849507The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick RothfussAnything by Brandon Sanderson
>>2849507The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams,
>>2849547>krabat is one of my absolut favourite books.Looks neat. I'm going to check it out.
I am retarded and I spend multiple hours fucking around trying to start a campfire until it starts burning. It's pretty much wet outside and temperatures go below freezing often.Birch bark works well to start it, but I want to figure out how to start without it. Tried feather sticks multiple times, but it takes a very long time and results are mixed at best. And yes, the wood is dry... As for carrying some firestarting material, I don't want to because autism.My latest idea was to split a log in half, and then with surform make enough wood shavings to start a fire, but no idea if this will work (pic related)Any advice on how to improve firestarting would be greatly appreciated
>>2852783Dryer lint is basically charcloth and it’s very light. I save all of it and use it to light fires
>>2853604how you're gonna store that? you need airtight container of some sort for something that might make an unexpected explosion if you're slow and let the vapors built up. better take wax, petroleum jelly, pine resin, all waterproof and more stable.>>2853690no it's not. most of today's clothes are polyester so it's not pure cotton. i mean, it may work, but soak it with wax/petroleum jelly like cotton balls to last longer and be waterproof
>>2853694yeah i was thinking carry a little bit of it in a tiny bottle then dab a little onto a rag or cotton but vaseline is better it's also more versatile
>>2852783Here's an old boomer trick I was taught:Take a tire, lube the inside with old car oil, and pour gasoline on it. Gasoline ignites easily, gasopine ignites the car oil (hard to ingnite on its own), and the car oil ignites the rubber (very hard to ignite on its own). Once the rubber ignites, NOTHING takes it down.
>>2852783People smarter than you store birch bark for when they can't find it, don't willfully be a retard because you think it will make other people think you're cool.
>gun? heh, I just carry bear spray, it's actually more effecti-
>>2853331>>2849697>>2849879>>2850431
>>2853716extremely dishonest comparison as the shooter already has his gun drawn and ready and is anticipating it's use, aside from the fact he is obviously a competitive shooterEven the guy in the video you linked would not be able to draw and fire in that timeframe in a scenario where his firearm is holstered and he is caught by surprise
>>2853716is this supposed to make a point?
>>2853748Jerry could do it holstered toohe's also ancient as fuck so why not count that
>>2853711Yes, but attacking people was made illegal in the bear laws that were passed in 1976, so he'll be perfectly safe
Okay, so i have like an exam in a very fae away city and i'm extremely fucking poor so i jusr have money to travel but staying in a hotel is out of the wayGive me some great advice to look homeless or atleast places to sleep in
>>2850331can't you time your trip so that you sleep in the coach on the way to said city and then take the coach back that same day? or is this a multi day exam?
Did a bunch of this while backpacking. Firstly there are places where it's just accepted people will squat if they're in transit. Train station foyers, airport waiting areas, depend on the location but they're usually well lit, well supervised, anywhere open 247 attracts this for security. I find that if you don't unpack anything, you're seen as someone in transit, they won't move you on because they figure you're gone the next day anyway, and don't want to try to move on a hundred people a year all of whom are just in transit. Second, related, circular transit. Just staying on a train or bus loop, actually being in transit just to get somewhere safe and comfortable to sleep. Drivers often accept this if it's locals they know, but you can boost your chances by telling the driver where you're getting off eg. Promising you will actually get off and not trying to force them to take you to the depot, paying for a ticket, not taking drugs. Even if you're not in drugs at the time, people can tell. Not having anything that looks like trash, not littering, not smoking. Individual workers who are forced to clean up after hobos hate hobos. You either get that, or you don't. Things to avoid:End of the line. Never camp somewhere where people would get stranded, people in distress who have no plan, no options. So if you're sleeping at a bus stop, never pick the last one on a line. Hospitals, police stations, people end up there unexpectedly and are distressed and unpredictable.Places people sell drugs. Not even drug addicts loiter there, drug dealers beat up people who loiter. You might not see a threat, but it's there. Psychos who prey on drug addicts will cruise these places, they are emphatically not empty, vacant, or supervised.Sleeping on the ground. You'll get tuberculosis. Sleep sitting up. Drinking till you pass out because you can't sleep. Easier said then done, but bad things happen to unconscious people.
Other things:Informal accommodation. You can offer people money for anything, you can pay a security guard who's stuck somewhere anyway, to not move you on. It's more that if they didn't care to begin with, they won't have to approach you later.So for example near a train station if you loitered the guard might have to come over, wake you up, demand to know what you're doing. But if you approached the guard and just told them that you've got a five hour wait for your train, they will be like....OK...and? And then you can just go sit down and they'll be like...oh this MF going to sit for 5 hours in my lobby, damn. But they know why you're there, know that you'll leave, either they stop you straight away or won't bother you at all. They might offer you a smoke or a coffee if they're bored. There are many businesses where loitering is fairly accepted, gyms, bath houses, gaming cafes, ok maybe you can't afford a room, but often it's not about the money it's about not having a booking, etc etc. Many people in certain countries, industries will just offer to put you up for the night. Gaming cafes open 24/7, if you book 5 hours or whatever at night they often just straight up ask if you want to sleep because they'd rather the computer free. Very Japanese, Chinese sort of thing. You can beg anyone who's probably local and honest for a room, if nobody has ever asked them, they'll often say yes. Various gifts and good manners is key. I always carry gift items. That's the homeless guy who's homeless by choice, isn't distressed, isn't going to stab you. I tend to advise against camping gear because that marks you as long term homeless, people think drugs, squatters, trash. So you don't use, or don't get seen with dedicated camping gear. Sit up against your bag, zip your spare clothes into your bag cover and use that as a pad, wear a jacket backwards. That's a dude who's waiting, in transit, a traveller, on the move.
>sleep in city>no reason at all just passing through and it was my chosen destination for the day>normally go out innawoods but its at a real nice lakeside and it was a special milestone on the trip>investigate>find picrel right on the pier at the lakeside
>>2853725>go back to the city>there was some fucking protest or idk what earlier that day>pedestrian barriers everywhere>well... here's my personal pedestrian barrier>get all my shit up on that platform>set up my barrier at the bottom so none of the lovevirds and drunks on the pier come visit>didn't expect a flock of boomers all coming out at 4 or 5 to go fishing but other than that great night>wake up like picrelYou got this OP
I need the Indoor companion to my Outdoor machete. Ye Ol kitchen table wants to steal my woman and I need to turn it into firewood. All I have is this OUTDOOR machete, it only cuts natural plants Outdoors. The table has been shaped by man and therefore is an Indoor object.
>>2853590every outdoor machete can be used as an indoor machete, you just have to hold it on the blade instead of the handle
>>2853590Have you considered an axe or a hatchet?
Today I had to abort for the first time.I underestimated the snow depth on my route and didn't bring snow shoes. About 200 m below the peak, in really steep terrain, I kept crashing through the surface of the thigh-deep snow between the rocks underneath. For one it was becoming really exhausting, cold, and I was worried I could hit one of the rocks with my shin or knee.It was a bit of a reality check. Thanks for reading my blog post.
>>2852920Old snow fields are the niggers of the mountains. Best avoid them completely, if possible.
>>2852779>Today I had to abort for the first time.Aborting is one of the sanest yet most frustrating things you can do.
>>2852839Driving to the top of the mountain in you F150 doesn't count as a "climb"
>>2852796>>2852839magnificent bait sir
In winter, I prefer doing peaks that I've already done at other times of the year. No pressure to summit and it's not a big deal if I stop short. And I'm already familiar with the route.
