Have you gone /out/ yet this year?There's only 2 weeks left of /comfy season/
yes
>>2809959How the fuck does this anime weeb always getting to the top of mountains in any season of the year across the entire fucking country?
>>2810124tard strengthwhile we are here, only pedophiles enjoy anime
>>2809959(1/2) I left for New Mexico a week ago. I literally just got back 4 hours ago, so I’m going to type this out while it’s fresh. I checked the snow reports and past weather reports and it seemed like it was fine and dandy so I decided, why not, lets peak a mountain. So me and the girl (her first time backpacking ever) packed our bags and planned for a 3 day backpacking trip. We camped at a campground and got acclimated to the elevation before our trip. The upcoming 14 mile loop was going to be fun, or so we thought.First day backpacking(3 miles), it was cold, but nothing too crazy. The weather was truly pleasant, I wore a long sleeve and some fleece pants. Adorned the ice spikes and we trekked on forward so we could find base, which was a mighty tree with the flattest, dryest, most comfortable ground ever. This was a much-needed morale boost after hiking 5 hours with around 40 pounds on our backs. On the second day (3.5miles), the water and food weighed heavy on my shoulders, but I locked in and trekked on forward. This 2nd day was 7 hours of continuous trekking as we woke up with the sun. The inclines and declines of the trail were fucking brutal. Exhausted, we needed to find a flat area and fast, dark was approaching, and fast. The winds. The winds were so loud. Couldn’t find a dry or flat area, so I chopped up nearby pine branches and laid it on the ground to keep the tent from freezing my dick off. Having set up camp, we felt ready to rest. It felt good, we were going to peak! We literally had done 90% of the trek, just another 10% of upwards trekking. Here was that night.
>>2809959>>2810402(2/2)But man…. that night…fear and frost seeped through my bones making me rethink tomorrow. I could feel the heavy pitter patter of the snow pelting the tent. When we awoke that morning, the previous 2 days trail was completely COVERED over with snow. We could not find the trail. I knew the general direction of the trail, but it’s hard to navigate when snow and gusts of wind are pelting your face. We waded through hip deep snow until we found remnants of the old trail path (I used a compass), which took an hour. Scary hour for the missus lol, but I knew we were gonna make it out. Her mental had broken though, her literal first camping trip and I put her through this shit lmao. Kinda hilarious. It sucked because 2 miles in out of the next 7 miles, she could not hold up her backpack. So for the next 5 miles, I carried BOTH our packs and got out of the mountains before sunset. That whole day was a runners high, I zoned out and became a zombie, trekking through the snow. My heart rate felt like it never dropped below 108. My nostrils numbed from the cold frost, my lips chapped and had little dry black skin flakes. You could chalk it up to me being a retarded fuck, but the journey felt like an important one. I HAD to put myself in a positive mind state. It felt like I was delivering an urgent vital life-saving medicine to a neighboring village on the other side of the mountain, and the medicine just happens to weigh 60 pounds and is shaped like 2 backpacks. It took 9 hours. I didn’t stop to eat, just drink water. Anyway, I lost 5 pounds, (179 now) I feel leaner. My cardio from the elevation is fucking crazy now. My breath control feels bonkers. I see some new striations on my torso. I know it’s not an IDEAL camping situation, but holy fuck, it was fun. Anyway, here was my view for those last 9 hours.
>>2810403>going innamountains with no snowshoesUltra-light fags deserve what they get
>>2809959
>>2810402>>2810403You took 3 days to do 14miles?
>>2810403cool
>>2810409Lol I wasn't gonna bring snowshoes cuz they were cumbersome as fuck. Snow spikes will do because I'm not a fat fuck who needs surface area. Right cuz 60 pounds is ultralight, kys, go out.>>28104404000 feet of elevation and cumbersome gear, yes. 3 days for 14 miles. The fuck? Are people doing this shit faster? No way you old fat fucks are doing it faster than I am.
>>2810440I suppose "days" isn't the greatest measurement. Started late on the first day, at 12pm. Does 19 hours total make better sense? 0.73 miles an hour felt like the speed I was trekking xD
>>281044414mi and 4k is a slightly ambitious day hike for me in the winter, below average for me in the summer.Snowshoes are great for fresh snow. You do need them as evidenced by this: >>2810403Am I seeing this right that you don't even have gaiters? And you're worried about snowshoes being cumbersome? You sound way overambitious for your experience level, seriously consider staying inside or low elevations until the snow melts. People die in all kinds of innocuous conditions.
>>2810444You're not cool for almost getting yourself and your girlfriend killed
>>2810702Sick
>>2810126go back
>>2810124>put on boots>go outsideis it really that difficult for /out/ newfags?
>>2810124A better question might be: why doesn't the rest of /out/? Animeposters consistently go outdoors more than everybody else on this board.
>>2810124>>2811697He repeatedly gets called out by anons that recognize the area and have found that he's taking pictures ten yards from a parking lot or right on the side of the road. He doesn't respond and just keeps making more threads to try and hide it.It's a good example of nu-/out/.
>>2811699>taking pictures ten yards from a parking lot or right on the side of the roadExplain
>>2811699Mount Katahdin has no access road up it. In Winter, it's considered a multi-day mountaineering expedition due to the danger of the slopes and ice and you basically have to climb nearly 4000ft just to reach the summit from basecamp which is far away in winter unless you snow mobile into the first campsite.Also Mount Washington, which has has posted pictures of (in winter), has a road but is closed during winter. There's no way to drive it in water, it's closed and most of the routes advise you have some mountaineering experience. Pretty sure the elevation gain on most of the trails are more than 4k.In case you're wondering basically every mountain with an access road is closed in winter. The same applies out west at like Pike's Peak, RMNP, GNP. If you summit in winter it means you actually climbed it yourself and the most help you may have had is snowmobile to base camp for ones that are remote.
>>2809959I haven't been camping in 3 years... im so un motivated. When i first started i was so excited by how new it was. Now ive done a bunch and its just like another thing to do.
i have, last week i tried a real snow outing, but chickened out a bit and turned back before the goal. i was just going to a hut, but wasn't 100% sure of it would be open, and my sleeping bag is not rated enough for winter cold at those altitudes i think. and i had little food with me because i didn't plan for shit, and other minor things and i preferred to quit
>>2811713Most of /out/ can't even fathom the effort required to summit Washington and Katahdin in winter. It's beyond their grasp because their own experience is so far removed from what Rin's fanboy is doing in the mountains.
>>2811511Are hatchets supposed to be that sharp?>2811701[spoiler]Ironically, there will be no responses to this because the rinfag makes all of /out/ seethe by being the only one on the board who actually touches grass[/spoiler]
>>2811912>Are hatchets supposed to be that sharp?For general purpose, yes it's useful when sharp and not just for splitting sharp. You want the axe to bite into the wood so that you can avoid the retarded mistake >>2811511 made. Doesn't help too she had dirt and grass covering part of the edge
>>2811699The claim is thrown around a lot but I've never seen anyone prove that that the pics are taken from the parking lot. These posts are ignored because they're obvious crabs who aren't worth the time of day
>>2811956I can identify some of the places where Rinanon posted his pics>Mount Washington, New Hampshire in winter>Mount Lafayette, New Hampshire in winter>Mount Katahdin, Maine in winter>Mount Marcy, New York summit video>Seneca Rocks, West Virginia rock climbing>North Fork Mountain, West Virginia scrambling>random primitive campsites in the wintertimeThose are the ones I recall off the top of my head. You can't be some fatass, larper, or /in/cel and do all that. He has a pretty solid resume. Maybe not elite by hardcore mountaineering standards but undoubtedly elite relative to 99% of /out/
