>>2826459
>grow up with a buncha redneck bros that always talked about going on badass adventures with
>always do cool stuff in the woods with the bros, surely the big adventures are to come
>we get older
>everyone gets a job and a family
>adventures cease entirely, not even the small ones
>the big adventures will never actually happen
>my bros were all talk
>now im out going it alone
>maybe ill find a fellow traveler thats like me
>I probably wont

Its grim

I've been camping with people like this, it's absolutely miserable. If all you're going to do is sit on your phone, sleep, and drink, then just fucking stay home

>>2826459
Only go /out/ with people exactly like you or better. If you go camping with retard normies, you're going to have a retard normie camping trip.

>>2826497
I cant believe how many people pay campsite fees just to sit around and drink beer all day. Like, you can do that in your backyard you fucking drunk

>>2826497
yeah i've come to realize that. it just blows my mind that they wanted to go all of the way there just to not even see anything the location had to offer us. i dont understand how you can just blob around all day and not even try to stay up

>>2826473
I wish I had a fellow traveller to do out stuff with! Except I'm fat and nobody will go slow enough.
ultra-grim

>>2826473
That's life man. I'm lucky if I can get my friends to drive 2 miles across town to hang out on a Friday. A camping trip would ruin their life because they can't bring their PC to the woods

>>2826526
just stay in a cabin and bring ur laptops
hike during the day
rent a cabin with a firepit

>>2826459
I do not do serious camping stuff with others. Absolutely not. Every time i tried it sucked. If i do any out thing with any one ever again itll be something close to home and ill go in expecting to hardly do any serious hiking.

>>2826459
>>2826473
>realize my friends aren't that into going outside and doing shit innawoods
>stop asking them and go by myself
>still hang out with them a handful of times a year because we're old but we're still good friends just our lives are now different
wow that was hard. why do people like (you) need other people to have around you doing the same shit? grow up retards

>>2826551
I'm not that anon but doing things with people is typically more fun, especially if they're good friends.

>>2826561
Maybe I'm wrong, but a lot of people here seem like they have to do the hardest, longest thing possible to prove yourself, and maybe your friends are more casual hikers and don't want some multi-day 6000+ ft elevation gain monstrosity of a trip or even a 2000 ft elevation gain 12 mi hike in one day. Maybe you pick easier stuff and stay in a cabin and don't like rush off and hike the first day but stay overnight the first night, cook them all a hearty breakfast, and set off for a moderate day hike and build in time to hike and time to chill they would want to come along.

>>2826551
>friends express they want to go out
>go with friends out
>they dont wanna go out

it's not a hard concept. maybe you have no friends that have expressed wanting to go on a trip with you and i'd understand why.

>>2826562
you're totally off here pal. this isn't some iron man bushcraft sweat you die shit here, literally a camping trip in a cabin and doing a few trails together, not sure if you even read anything before sperging out

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>>2826459
those are not friends they're retards. i have some of them too, i also have some very good out friends with whom i go on a lot of adventures.
>I would like to hear stories of your disappointing /out/ trips and/or failed group trips.
i have this one friend, we shall call him turk.
I have so many stories about him...
Once he told me to meet him in huddersfield. (note: i have no car i had to get the train, it cost a lot and was a lengthy route with many changes) but he actually meant hillsborough, 30 miles away. there is no train to hillsborough. it took him 3 hours to get to huddersfield. (reminder: only 30 miles away, which means he somehow drove an average of 10 miles an hour) I am pretty sure he just winged the route and made it 100 miles longer.
1/3

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>>2826578
so this was a totally different time, me and turk have found ourselves out late without a good camping spot. this has happened many times before and i fucking hate it. it is the shittiest least relaxing thing - looking for a camping spot in the dark. i have informed turk that i never again want this to happen. turk assures me that our mate, who i will call "posh", knows a good camping spot, we will meet up with posh, and he will show us a good camping spot, so no stress, it might be night but he has somewhere ideal for us in the woods. so ok, no big deal .......... we meet posh, we enter the woods, and we've been walking for a while, so i ask posh:
>"so where's this camping spot of yours then?"
posh responds:
>"i dunno i'm just walking"
...
you can imagine my face.
posh never told turk he had a camping spot, he just said he "might know some woods" ... turk extrapolated from this that posh had a perfect camping spot for us ....... so we were now, again, traipsing through the night, tired, looking for somewhere to pitch our tents in the dark, for the millionth time.
eventually we find a very ok spot even with a big log to sit on, we pitch our tents around it and sit on the log and make some food, then turk exclaims he is hurt somehow, i tell him it was just a thorn, there's some thorny bushes nearby, then again, turns out, there's a wasps nest in the log.
so his perfect spot was total bullshit and he lead us to a wasps nest to camp on.

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>>2826579 <--- was 2/3 btw
I will tell you about scotland now. this was the trip which completely put me off ever camping with him again.
my scottish mate had found a beautiful spot, a sandy beach on a river, totally idylic. spend a week preparing for this with turk, fully intending to just spend a week relaxing by the river, maybe do a little hike here and there, but a week of stress will be ok, right? because i will get to relax at the end of it, right??

turk insists on making erbswurst for the trip, he has no idea how to do this and we are often up late after work, trying to make his stupid fucking pea-sausage, even driving accross town to find dried peas (they taste like shit) eventually it falls on me to make this stupid thing because he is failing, so i spend days drying out what he has made (which was not erbswurst and was more like bacon mixed with hard dried-pea chunks, it will go off if not dried because it is hot) and I make a pea-bacon jerky thing, it takes days and hours and hours of drying every night ... he doesn't like it and doesn't eat it on the trip.
I make some flapjack in like 20 minutes and he loves it and it basically fuels us for the whole trip ...
so we get to the spot and i have massively over-packed and am dying, but i think this is fine, because we will be able to relax for a week by the river.
we get there, it is beautiful, i pitch, then one of my mates who is only staying one night wants to go on a hike so i go with him, despite being exhausted, really looking forward to just crashing out and sleeping afterwards. but on my way back to the spot in the evening turk calls us and tells us he wants to move camping spot, because he can see a small power pylon on a road from the river side ... i nearly fucking murder him.
he assures us he has an EVEN BETTER spot, just a short hike away!
tl;dr it was not better and we got kicked out of it and had to hike many more miles out of the entire valley with tons of gear.that's not even everything.
3/3

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>>2826580
contd.
we hike for hours and miles with all that gear because turk can't pick us up from the spot he dropped us off at. his idylic and perfect spot was a private valley infested with rangers and jannies.
BUT turk insists he has a good spot that he and posh have camped at before, so we drive for hours through idyllic countryside with stags standing enigmatically on rock outcrops and waterfalls and beautiful camping spots everywhere, to his perfectly good spot, keep in mind, in scotland you have "right to roam" which means unless someone tells you to fuck off you can stay anywhere for one night ... we get to turk's spot, it is a fucking dog walker park with rubbish everywhere and he has no fucking idea where he camped last time and ALL the ground is slanted, the whole thing is on a hillside, and we once again, traipse through the night looking for a spot, one of my calmest mates who is with us is even pissed off at this point, i have never ever seen him angry before.
oh btw turk had bought like 5kgs of chicken, but not cooked it, and it all went off.
he also had a lavvu tent that was not waterproof at all and it got soaked.
the worst part was he had us hiking out of places at meal times so it was doubly exhausting. i literally didn't eat dinner for days.
later in the trip we stop at a seaside beach to finally cook dinner and as we are leaving to go to the camping spot, the whole convoy is driving out but then turk finds a net and gets out of the car and starts trying to catch a fish for dinner ... he has no idea how to fish, or what kind of fish are in the area (none, he catches nothing and only delays us camping even more)

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in conclusion, fuck turks. if someone fucks up on a camping trip twice, write them off. never rely on them or their plans. once is an accident, so tell them about it, if they do not rectify their ways, twice is simply negligence/retardation- red flag.

>been doing /out/ literally all my life
>start getting my friends into it
>plan just a quick overnighter
>temperature drops over night, snow begins to fall
>my dumbass friends just run in place because they couldn't start the fire back up instead of waking me up
>i wake up completely oblivious to the antics

and somehow they blame me for being cold

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i generally have to tard-wrangle my brother when we go /out/ together. it hasn't happened since the VT eclipse, which was a step up in logistical difficulty and weather conditions, but IRL got in the way. i started planning in october 2023 and it was great, we made it to the center of totality camping for free, perfect weather.
>often brings 12-packs of beer in glass bottles
>the alternative is a glass bottle of madeira wine
>constantly running out of cigarettes and alcohol
>i also smoke and drink but at like 1/3 the rate
>inexplicably throws out water used for sous vide cooking
>"i'll just melt snow for drinking water" - it's my fuel and fuel bottle
>takes like an hour to clean up dinner and move a bear canister away from camp, in the green mtns in early spring
>hiking any distance is generally not an option, best case is going 0.25 mi off trail, setting up camp, and exploring in a small radius
>at least he has a reliable tent and sleeping bag
>he's also reasonably good at building fires
>he's diligent about applying permethrin to clothes
>but he snores extremely loudly

i get that he's a poor wagie who can't afford to drop $1000 on fancy ultralight gear but that's a non-issue. i'm happy to lend him spare gear like ditty cubes, 2nd table from the old cascade wild bundle, spare fuel bottle, etc. and my mother happily buys him safety gear like a bear canister.

i learned yesterday that he puts no thought into his backpacking setup. the main problem is an apparent lack of motivation and curiosity, and the result is that i'm pretty much responsible for everything except his shelter and carrying half the food. i should ask him to take some freezer bags and put all his clothes in a gallon; electronics, toiletries, 1st aid, and shitting in quarts; and money, keys, and small essentials in snack bags.

>>2826580
> eventually it falls on me to make this stupid thing because he is failing
>on my way back to the spot in the evening turk calls us and tells us he wants to move camping spot, because he can see a small power pylon on a road from the river side
Have you considered not being a pushover?
Just because Turk failed at making erbswurst, doesn't mean you need to take over - let him fail and just make the shit you know you enjoy.
Just because Turk wants to move the camp, doesn't mean you need to say yes - tell him to fuck off, you're tired from hiking all day and you just want to enjoy your prepared camp site by the river.

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>>2826459
>be me, avid camper
>have one cardinal rule after a bad trip one time - never go without your own gear on a whim
>hanging out at buddy’s apartment a few days as my car is in the shop and it’s walking distance to work
>invites me camping for the weekend
Gee idk bro I don’t have my gear
>nah man it will be chill his girlfriend has loads of camping equipment
>friends with both pretty well and basically stranded for the weekend so say fuck it
>just need a knife to borrow (they are so damn handy camping)
>ride out to the middle of nowhere maybe 2 hours away
>crash pretty hard the first night, uncomfortable without my own gear but got a tent and a blanket
>next day
>apparently dude and his girl got into a big fight the night before, slept right through it
>go to some swimming hole in the afternoon. Drive was long but otherwise kino.
>drive more
>it’s fine along for the ride, but getting a little more irritated at these two, it’s like they’ve gone feral personality wise
>they are either fighting or fucking
>3am I get woken up by their fighting
>bro is being a massive baby about something saying he wants to leave right this instant
>hits her a few times
>tell him to shut the fuck up im sleeping
>starts directing his anger at me saying he will beat my ass
>tell him I will stab him if he doesn’t shut the fuck up
>get out of tent, tell him to calm down
>he tackles me
>stab him in the kidney and twist
>shit settles down after that
>still pissed as fuck
>call the sheriff - he doesn’t get there until day break
>tell sheriff what happened
>he’s like godamnit you might be in trouble
>nobody wants to press charges on anyone
>sheriff drops me off at the county court
>find a way back home via uber and friends eventually
Pic related

>>2826459
>hike with many girls almost 15
>only 3 boys ( include me )
>girls just want all things prepared so well from me and the boys
>we bring all girls things in our carrier
>they bring 0 shit and they said We're too tired to do this
>me and the boys build tent
>girls talk to us why you not build tent for us too?
>we boys build it and then they just cooking & eat for themself
>and they do not fuckin cooking for us after all of that
Please do not go to outdoor with many girls is just burden.

>>2826490
You could do it in your cul de sac too.

>>2826824
>friends with both pretty well
>ends up getting tackled over nothing and stabbing the guy
great friendship

>>2826967
just some brotherly love anon, all bros go crazy and stab each other after a night in the woods

>>2826824
You are going to get acquainted with your county's DA.

>>2826824
kek
murrica: the post
a failed state of me me me hair trigger psychotics

>>2826490
Some people see camping as an opportunity to relax like a vacation, not me ofc but I know many people who just think of it like owning a cheap little cabin in the woods.

I recognize I'm more hardcore so I just expectation set. Personally, I think anon's story sounds fine. I do what I wanna do, they can sit at camp if that's their jam.

Maybe anon needs to find a few people he can up the game with and push into more hardcore territory. I have found once you're in the true outdoor space (past simple backpacking) you find a lot more people who are looking to tackle after objective-based outdoors activities.

personally, not really worthy of a value judgement and incredibly retarded or maybe just immature to think of things that way.

>>2826824
>literally stab a guy
kek jesus christ man. could've just wrestled him down and punched him a few times

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>>2826824
>stab him in the kidney and twist

Anon. I dont think you are really that well adjusted. I understand stabbing someone for self defense, but twisting the knife? You 10/10 could have killed him and then you would have to deal with his girlfriend to not get arrested. Anon, you wouldnt off her would you?

I got 2 of 'em: 1 was at Mackinac Island and the other was at Providence Canyon.
>my family and i @ mackinac
>find campground
>one day, decide to go to beach
>we end up crossing through horde of flies
>flies are relentless
>they continue to pester @ beach
>go back
>soon as I get closer to campground bathrooms, I ran screaming
>dad and I get to bathroom
>i ask, "why did gitchi manitou create these things?"
>"he didn't, they evolved."
>later we set up fire, and most of them went away
>go back to house after a while
>still feel like flies were all over me for the next 2 days

2nd is Providence
>be me
>go to providence canyon
>lost for a bit
>check out old cemetery
>see confederate soldier tombstones
>cool
>went to campground center
>picked up map
>still fucking lost
>carrying large pack
>go back to car to drop some stuff off after embarrassment
>the place was packed for some reason
>later, a guy directs me the right way
>take his directions
>later catches up to me and told me campsite is 50 yards down?
>get there after an little over an hour hiking
>no running water supply
>only fire pit
>stay there for 2 days
>during time, I heard coyotes yipping and howling
>had guns, so not too worried
>leave after waking up to a shriek
>head was hurting
>get up in the morning
>hike to and from campsite
>go to campground center to get partial refund
>get back to house after several hours and felt relieved.
Crappiest campsite I've been to.

>>2826824
Fake, that's fish blood on the knife.

>>2826824
unhinged

>>2826824
Now Thats What I Call Larping

>have camping as hobby
>have three close friends
>two are somewhat active walking golfing w/e
>one has been an inactive NEET for his entire life
>float the idea of going out together some time
>suddenly everyone in the group is getting gear for camping
>find out the NEET has spent several hundred needbux on gear
>w/e good for him, its healthy to leave the house for once i guess
>we decide to all go on a 13 mile excursion with a car waiting at the end where we also can spend the night
>day of trip arrives
>drive to pick up NEET early only to find out he has slept a total of 1.5h staying up playing vidya
>"...you up for this?"
>"yeah yeah lets just go"
>arrive on trail
>walk literally half a mile and the complaining begins
>the trip now consists of walking for 20 min TOPS, then stopping to "rest"
>guy is complaining non-stop, hes hungry tired hurting sweating trails bad etc
>slow as a slug
>the conditions are grinding the patience of the others and irritation grows
>noone can enjoy themself
>go on like this for an eternity
>reach the destination way after dark (hours later than expected)
>miss the fishing and hanging out on location
>the whole ordeal has dragged the mood to fuck
>decide we take the car home instead of staying the night

Such a stupid fucking thing to do. Should literally have gone for a walk in the park for a test run or something. Dont think he is leaving his house ever again. Still friends though.

>>2831894
your neet buddy reminds me of myself the first hike i ever did

>neet but really like camping and getting out
>non neet buddies finally decide to plan a trip
>too excited the night before so i couldnt sleep
>running on 30 hours no sleep before this 20km hike
>so tired it feels like i'm not in control of my body but having a great time
>pure enjoyment of the trip keeping me awake
>we get to the spot we're going to sleep
>pass the fuck out once everyone is set up (its pitch black at this point)
>i'm sleeping on the ground in my jungle bag
>buddy is to the left of me in a hammock
>wake up next day to hammock friend saying there was an animal that stopped by in the night and was sniffing him in the tent
>slept like the baby through the entire night, had no idea some animal was probably sniffing my face
>another friends entire backpack got stolen by an animal and we couldnt find it the next day
>shared half of my sandwich with him for the trip back

great fucking trip.

>have neet poltard /k/ buddy
>float the idea of going out to the mountains for camping and hiking
>he's up for it
>next take his car and drive 15 hours
>first main trial following day we hike up above tree line and get stuck snd a snow blocked trial
>we turn back and figure well do a different trail another day
>next day he wakes up super sun burnt because he forgot to re apply sunscreen
>for the next hike were hiking the dunes in Colorado
>he wears long sleeves and pants and a baklava and gloves because he's so worried about getting more sun burnt
>looks like a lunatic but whatever
>hiking up dunes and he keeps complaining that he's sinking into the sand and its hard and he's having a worse time than everyone else because he's heavy and sinking down more than anyone else
>try and put him in a good mood by being postitive and talking about good things and have a nice time in my breezy shorts
>doesn't work
>get to bottom and he takes a break by a river
>he snoozes with his feet in the stream and I go for a short walk
>come back 45 minutes later and we go
>back at camp he realized his feet are super sunburnt from sitting in the river
>try to do a little hike to a waterfall and he makes it half way and sits on the ground saying his feet hurt to much he can't hike anymore.
>I say no problem I'm gonna look at the waterfall snd come back
>I do and we head back to camp
>at camp I say we can cut the trip short
>stay one more day, he can stay at a hotel and hour away and chill at the pool while I hike
>he agrees
>next morning wake up to lots of walking and rustling
Cont.

>>2831968
>look out of my tent and he's talking all my stuff out of his car and leaving it on the picnic table and leaving his stuff packed
>says he's in too much pain and is leaving right now
>says he couldn't sleep
>says I can rent a car and take a plane home or something
>literally shaking with anger i walk off to gather my thoughts
>can't kick his ass because its his car and he'd just ditch me in the mountains and he's my only way out of here
>gotta cope
>gotta get away from this asshole
>tell him let's get to town and see what rentals are like
>for 3 days and dropping of 5 states away its like a thousand dollars for some reason
>same at two other places
>have no way to realistically pack all my stuff on a plane
>my only option is to sit in a car with this guy for 15 hours if I don't wanna spend a fuck ton of money
>drive home with him
>anger subsides after 8 hours or so
>hard being angry for that long
>he asks if we can stop for an hour or two so he can play d&d online with his friends
>areyoufuckingkiddingme.jpg
>we don't stop
>get back to his place at 3am
>take all my stuff out of his car as fast as possible and pack it back in my car
>he says "see you later"
>I say "yeah"
>block his number and drive off and never talk to him again

>>2826459
Made the mistake of doing a multi-day trip with extended family I had never hiked with before. Never again.

>>2826459
This is why I don't even ask my gf to come outdoors. I go on week long motorcycle adventures too and people ask don't I get lonely etc, err no I do what I want when I want, it's fantastic.

>>2826473
Once people have kids their life ends

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>>2831968
>>2831973

>>2826459

>Be me, yank on an overseas trip with two friends
>Trying to go to Glencoe, in Scotland
>Only way to get there easily from Glasgow is a long-ass bus ride down a narrow road
>Debating how much water to bring for the daytrip
>"Hmm... /k/ says that oz are lbs in the millitary..."
>Decide to bring way too much food and water for one person, because it's better to be safe than sorry and I'll be on a bus most of the day anyway.
>Get on the bus
>We get stuck on this road for somewhere in the range of eight or nine hours, because of a horrible accident that occurred some ways ahead of us
>Medivac helicopters are called
>Photograph sheep-covered hills for hours while waiting for traffic to start moving again
>We finally arrive at the village, twelve hours later
>The bus home is no longer coming because we arrived too late and missed it
>We are now stuck in this remote village overnight, in sub 40F weather.
>The only inn in the village is completely booked up from the earlier affair
>No campgrounds or shelters within sight, and it's already getting dark.
>We did not bring camping equipment, fire starters, etc... because this was supposed to be a day trip in a first world country
>Shit has officially hit the motherfucking fan
>The inn won't let us sleep in the lobby, but throws us some old comforters that they were going to throw out anyway.
>Suddenlycamping.png
>Neither of my idiot friends brought enough food or water, because this was supposed to be a same-day return
>Turns out I brought JUST BARELY ENOUGH to provision three people
>We all split a bottle of wine and make it through the evening
>Everybody is miserable on the bus ride home
>Finally get home by noon the next day
>Puke in the toilet from cold exposure

I no longer leave my house without 1/2 - 1 & 1/2 gallons of water on hand in steel jugs.

>>2834594

Oh yes, forgot to mention that one of the two friends was this crazy, graverobber bitch, who I barely knew but who was a friend of the other guy... Turned out she had taken coins from one of those little fairy shrines they tell you not to steal from before we'd gotten on this bus. Needless to say, I made her throw the coins into the fucking lake as soon as it became apparent that the trip had been cursed.

NEVER let YOUR friends bring THEIR friends on YOUR TRIP.

>>2831973
Retard went out with a retard pol neet got what he deserved

>>2831968
>>2831973
Holy...
Fucking...
K E K

KEK! You ABSOLUTE FUCKING IDIOT lmfao. I'm laughing so hard at your stupidity. Jesus fuck, you are a colossal retard. I'm legitimately trying not to double over laughing right now.
That's what you get for going out with a /k/tard!

>>2834829
Yeah being a shut-in NEET who doesn't touch grass or see the sun in a regular basis, or interact face-to-face with people wasn't the problem. I see you were recently laughed out of a /pol/ thread and have come to project here.

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>>2831973
>>2831968

>>2834829
So in that story, the person trying to show the nerd a good time is the problem? not the nerd who ruined the entire trip and his friendship with his oldest friend?

>>2834596
You're pretty superstitious anon, do you have southern ancestry?

>>2826490
this

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>>2826459
Alright, I've got 2 of these stories. Strap in.

1/2
>be me 19yo im big into /out/ activities and psychedelics
>get a few tabs of lsd and my dads teepee
>convince my best friend from childhood to go camping inna woods with me
>he's never been camping before and has no /out/ experience
>I supply all the kit and we head out, set up the teepee, cook food and go to bed
>we wake up and both drop 2 tabs of acid each and decide to hike through the woods
>we wonder around different trails aimlessly tripping balls for hours and just generally having a great time
>we are walking through a field surrounded by the woodlands and I find loads of liberty caps (magic shrooms) growing
>we are both off our fucking rocker at this point but I just keep repeating "grade A libs dude" as I pick these magic little yummies out of the soil and consume them like sweeties
>a little while later we are walking on a fire road up this steep hill
>as often happened in those days I became really immersed in the idea of suicide and start ranting and raving about it
>my mate is looking at me askew as I rave on about a mutual suicide pact
>I was saying we should buy a revolver off the deep web and play russian roulette, the riskier the odds the better I said, 5 bullets in the chamber only 1 empty. If we die then so what, we won't suffer and neither will anyone else because of the psychedelic solipsism I was sure of at the time
>but if WE LIVE then we will have levelled up personally and spiritually, imagine how fucking alive you would be after surviving such dangerous odds I said, imagine the pure reverence for life you would feel! we would be superior beings to who we are now
>here is where it went down hill...
>my friend started really panicking and seemed extremely eager to get back to the campsite
>I cut out the suicide talk when I realised he was freaking out and I knew it was down to me to get us back

>>2838783
2/2
>my mate is freaking out and starts phoning his gf and parents, for the first time in my life I see him crying his eyes out
>i had taken a lot of psychedelics by this point in my life and so I knew how to switch it up and take charge
>i get a grip on my own mind and resolve to sort this shit show out and cut my own bullshit out
>he is sat on the floor outside this random cottage
>I leave him there briefly whilst I try and track down some pedestrians to ask for directions
>I talk to this old woman on a bicycle and ascertain the right directions to the campsite
>We are walking up the road now and my friend just sits on the floor and clutches his chest
>"I think I'm having a heart ache", "you're not having a fucking heart attack" I said
>We carry on walking and out of the blue I see this dude on a bike that I recognised from the night before as he is in a group from a van beside where our tent is pitched
>he waves over to us and he tells us that there's a path just here through the woods to the campsite
>we walk with him and he asks us about our day etc. "we saw you guys leave early this morning, you've been hiking for hours"
>i eventually mention that we are tripping on lsd and he seems quite taken aback, he's obviously never been around drugs before
>he looks at me and says "you know, im a police officer"
>oh shit.jpeg
>I go into panic mode and get ready to leave the vicinity of this motherfucker quickly
>he says "nah nah, im joking"
>phew, we carry on walking
>get back to camp and my mate is extremely distant from me, lurking in the trees on the phone
>I overhear him say "dad, of course I took 2 tabs, I don't fuck about" - hahaahahahaha the memory of this with his mental breakdown prio really cracks me up even now
>he tells me that he's called his step dad to come and pick him up

Ok this story is getting long I will need a third post, bear with me

>>2838787
3/3

>i greet his stepdad (who seems very disconcerted/wary of me) at the campsite gate, he says "where's the tent", "just over there you cant see it" i say)
>my mate fucks off
>we have been mates since we were about 8yo and now he has blocked me on everything
>i dont see him again for about 2 and a half years
>eventually we re-establish contact through a mutual friend
>after some time we talk about the incident and it turns out whilst we were tripping he thought I was going to kill him and freaked out
>he even told his parents of my supposed murderous intent before he got picked up from the woods
>so it turned out that his parents and even himself who had known me since i was a kid believed me to be some mental wanna be killer or some shit that lured his best mate out into the woods with drugs to kill him or something crazy like that, idk
>anyway we're friends again now and I'm even on a call with him right now as I type this

end of my story, i cant be bothered to type up my other one but its not nearly as interesting just people bringing shit kit and ruining the trip.

I hope you enjoyed this fellow /out/ists, it was fucking day to remember that's for sure

>>2838792
Wow drug use is so epic

>>2838792
See a therapist and leave that guy alone. You're the shitty one here.

>>2826459
You guys are doing it wrong. Find a GIRL and make her like you so she enjoys it instead of trying to hang out with guys. It's more fun when you can hug her around the campfire

if your girl won't wade through grass and bog that comes up to her neck she isn't wife material
>>2826585 #
does this turk drive a mitsubishi shogun

>>2826459
Me too, anon, but mostly family
>be me
>get into camping a few months before covid
>spend all summer and some fall just biking at night and do all in secret
>been going on and off the hobby
> This year, the cousins want to do backpacking/hiking/camping, etc, b/c of TikTok
> Eh, whatever, I have extra gear so that we can jump straight away
> spends months finding a space
It doesn't matter, I just go solo when their fighting, about which place would look best to post photos online
> we get to a somewhat known spot
> 7-mile hike to a lake
> a small mountain range, so people get to experience mountain stuff
>after the first night, they complain that it's cold
>they spend the whole day taking pictures, and I make food since I am the only one who knows how to start a fire
> We leave a day early because they got bored and tired
>I leave the conversation every time the topic of camping pops up