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Face your fears and go innawoods at nightfall
>>2854195Anyways I had it turned off most of the time cause my eyes adjusted to the dark, but I made it lol
Night hiking is retarded. Mountain lions are most active at night.
>>2854149>>2854168>>2854195>>2854265THOSE WHO CHOOSE SAFETY OVER FREEDOM DESERVE NEITHER
>>2854150based pic, make sure to take night exposures too so it doesn't look like day in the pic.
>>2854283This one is darker with more focus on the stars.
ì just bought a couple acres in appalachia and am building a cabin so i dont have to be a rentoid. picrel is what ive done so far
>>2854280>LIDDURAL>Not actually>Needs to write it anyway like everyone elseShut up cunt.
>>2854284Wayne Gretzky is not a nigger, you are
>>2854274im glad i didnt make it bigger, the 10 ft logs are getting harder to find>>2854278having a second person to help carry the logs would make it way faster
>>2854282Melt beeswax in Boiled Linseed Oil, and apply it hot.
>>2854287>having a second personmaybe you'll run into the mothman and he'll give you a hand (or wing).
I'm gathering ideas for biomes and natural environments. I'd like to know if anyone knows of any natural environment or biome that they find pretty. It could be a description, a picture of nature that you like, anything helps.
>>2851440Idk why but I find in dense fir and pine woods the ground is so fucking nice becauae you get that thick lush moss. That doesn't seem to work too well on birch forests, as they mulch everything but birch to death. In fall and winter thats fine but otherwise rotten leaves isn't my favourite ground. Don't get me started on fruit bearing trees in summer or autumn, stuff just falls, starts to ferment and reek and also attract all sorts of bugs.
>>2854226when I'm picky I pick sites like this.
Me name's Gary. It's also Larry. And Barry. But where we come from it's pronounced Barreh. Moisturised with an S is what I am lad. This is my bi-'ome where I make me 'ouse.
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>>2854257DA GREEN LEAF
I've Never Done That Before. Also Merry christmas.
Hello My name is Manosos ParaguyI have come to save the world
>>2854049> goes hiking in the jungle with minimal equipment>was he retarded or free?
>>2854040Apologize !
>>2854056It's the FVSTIAN SPIRITA plurb wouldn't understand.
Lol
>#531- "Jump the Shark" Edition>Previous Thread: >>2846103>janny pls…>Thinking about picking up a new hobby? Want to get a memecaster? Haven't mastered the Palomar knot? Click here!>http://www.pastebin.com/u/fishingandtackle>https://imgur.com/a/1Xw3N>New Bong Fishin Guide>https://pastebin.com/sDB5SQTq>First for best telescopic rod is the one you exchanged for a 3pc.>Talk about fishin
>>2854171Any daiwa, nissin, or other japanese brands you'd recommend that are in a similar class? Probably a 340 or 360 zoon at the max
>>2854214>>2854214If you want to buy Japanese, I'd definitely buy Nissin. I've been interested in getting one of their rods.
>>2854205Fish eat in chocolate milk and high water. There's no reason that you can't go out. Plus, don't you live near Eerie? Get out there and fish.
>>2854249Im no stranger to fishing high and muddy but fishing at double normal flows is already particularly difficult much less quadrouple normal flows>erieTheres too much ice to fish and not enough ice to fish. I cant fish after work while conditions are okay because of daylight savings, id get to the river just in time to go home because im out of daylight.
>>2854205It's been an odd year here in norcal. There's snow on Shasta and Lassen, but it hasn't even frosted at some of the lower elevations. My brother in law is up at 3000ft and hasn't seen snow or frost yet. And there's a massive hundreds of miles long bank of fog that has blanketed the central valley from Shasta County down into socal and it's just been sitting here for more than 20 days! Washington and Oregon are getting an atmospheric river and we're not. But a set of weather just hit yesterday and it finally rained again and should continue all week. Hopefully it pushes this fog out, it's miserable!
>>2832923
>indoor motorbiking
>>2854136You're saying you haven't done that before
Still waiting on winter...
>>2854231looks comfy
Sup /out/, went camping (at a wilderness campsite) recently to try out some winter gear. Sleeping bag, sleeping pad, and the rewaterproofing on my tent held up really well. One issue I had, was that while there were plenty of big logs available, there was no tinder or kindling and I had to use my swiss army knife to baton massive pieces of firewood to start a fire. This was fucking atrocious work and I realise I need a good fixed blade knife. Now I've got it in my head to get a big knife or a hatchet, picrel is available in a very decent 6 inch blade and this beauty of a 10 inch blade. As much as I know 6 inch is probably fine, my gorilla brain is telling me to get this big fucking thing, then I don't even need a hatchet and can carry the SKA for small tasks/multitool. Convince me otherwise before I drop serious money on this thing.
>>2853387All of them. With a knife, you can fight anything.
>>2853603i'd like to fight a bull with a knife how bout you
Buck 119
It sounds cumbersome but I use to travel with a big mace and it was exceptional at shattering logs into fire wood. One or two swings was usually enough to make a full stack.
>>2850852do you have a knife that works? then don't buy a new one. use the one you have until it breaks. quit buying shit, what are you a woman
Weather is starting to get cold and I wanted to get you guys opinion so I figured I'd get the wool general goingWhat's an acceptable blend in your guys experience for /out/ings? I'm looking at getting one of those L.L. Bean birdseye sweaters and it's 80 wool 20 Rayon. Will the rayon be detrimental at all? Anyone have experience?
>>2852978it's too bad the linings of those coats are always polyester or something, i hate how stinky plastic gets, at least you can remove iti wouldn't buy one because i dont want to look like a ww2 nerd but they're very cool
My step daughter has a sweat allergy. She says she can't wear coats anymore or she gets overheated and her skin breaks out. She's been wearing regular hoodies and being cold. I was thinking of getting her 3 of these to help her out. A greater wool blend would be expensive and if I got only one for $60 she'd have to wear it until spring. She's an adult and has a husband so this is just a courtesy to try to help and show that maybe I still give a shit about her despite previous issues. She didn't ask for anything or even tell me but I'm not looking for interpersonal relationship advice, just insight into wool blends and undershirts. I don't know about shirts, but since I switched to wool blend socks my feet problems have all not disappeared so I'm a believer in the material.
>>2854125Dude that's a rayon/acrylic shirt with about as much wool as spandex.Wool (actualy wool, not 8% wool) is decent at managing sweat generally. Something about absorbing it without feeling cold. Of course cotton also absorbs sweat (and feels somewhat cold, but that doesn't seem to be the problem). If absorbed sweat in cotton causes her problems, but absorbed sweat in wool doesn't, a pure wool undershirt might be useful, or a wool/cotton blend. Synthetics are right out, and I don't really know about rayon but it's cotton adjacent so might be similar. Since this is supposed to be a gift, I'd go for a single good wool/cotton shirt as a sort of experiment. If it helps her, she can buy more of the same kind herself.
>>2854127Thank you for responding.I ordered a different one with sightly more wool. Because it's cheaper and I can get 4 of them. If that doesn't work, I can return at least the other 3 and buy a single one. The issue is one is none. She's got 2 tiny kids and a dog. She was always having issues. We used to have to buy specific detergent so she wouldn't break out. Forget about spicy food. I've personally been using the amazon poly underlayers for work since they are cheap and I need 5 if I only want to wash once a week. They work okay and I'd rather have wool, but I didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars on stuff my job will ruin. I may reconsider that now that I think about it. How long can you get away with using the same wool underlayers? I work anywhere from 8 to 16 hours a day.
>>2854208>How long can you get away with using the same wool underlayers? In normal use up to three or four days, outdoors about a week. You should wear them on rotation and air them in between uses. Woollen overgarments don't require frequent washes if rotated and aired regularly, maybe a couple times per season. I'd rather have a single quality garment. 8% is nothing, it's likely to be recycled wool which has a shorter fiber. I don't recommend purchasing on Aliexpress but if your budget is limited they can have the best price/quality ratio. This costed me 20 euros when I bought it, pure new Australian merino wool, good quality. >aliexpress.com/item/1005007931084899.htmlMake sure it's pure, new wool. Do some searching especially in the recommended product section and you'll find bargains. It's best to buy wool in the hot season, prices can be lower.
Is 450 CAD too much for a 100% wool anorak? everything is expensive these days it seems
>>2854194>Currently the only manufacturer of this specification of cotton textile is the Swiss firm Stotz & Co AG,[4] which spins, twists, weaves and dyes the raw materials, and sells the textile directly under its own branding of etaProof[5] cotton, supplying clothing manufacturers and wholesale textile distributors globally.>British production of Ventile eventually ended in the late 20th century[6] but the trademark continued to be used by the British company Talbot Weaving (Chorley) Limited[7] to market their wholesale distribution of etaProof cotton fabrics until 2017 when the trademark ownership was transferred to the manufacturer Stotz & Co AG.[8] Alternative registered trademarks, owned by other commercial organisations used to market, promote or distribute the fabric, include Supermarine[9] and Duuton3.[3]It's the same thing.
>>2854237Etaproof used to have some shitty synthetic DWR, Ventile was also available untreated. It goes without mention, vintage Ventile isn't etaproof either. Another product ruined by germ porkers.
>>2854253... stotz is swiss but whatever. If anglos are too dumb to produce their own inventions at marketable prices they deserve nothing less.
>>2854254Oh god... is this... it can't be...THE LODENHOG!
>>2854258Lidlphobe! My old nemesis!
Been a while since we've had an EDC thread.What are some things you always carry with you? Got any new gear recently? Knife? Flashlight? Tactical spork?I've been wanting to put together a little edc first aid kit, not like my actual hiking first aid kit, just smaller things I might need on the day to day. But I havnt really settled on a pouch yet, or, if I should get a small plastic tupperware container because it's waterproof and I hear things like bandaids can get roughed up pretty easily in a pouch
>>2834942nobody in this thread mentioned the fact that this is a airsoft suppressor on an airsoft replica, SSP18 if i had to guess. both by novritsch
>>2835377Missing a phillips screwdriver.This is the one I carry and I find it very useful.
>>2837104What the fuck is this bit for
>>2854200https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAJV2va9V9AFor when this song comes on, so you don't break a nail.
>>2854219>]Even the ultra-mainstream shit was better than now. Not bad.
I call it the Ventilation Improved Triple Pit (VITP).Two poop pits of the same depth and width as close as possible with a third low pit that becomes a downhill trench. The third pit is for urine the principle is a downhill dug trench with gravel at the bottom and dirt on top until it reaches back to the opening of the pit which is exposed gravel. You pee on the gravel it travels downhill through the gravel and you may plant things on top of the dirt which will drink the urine.This separation of urine from poop means the poop can compost and remain as dry as possible giving it the highest volume reduction possible and lowest smell. One poop pit is used for a year and then it is allowed to rest and users switch to the other pit. For every 1/4th the pit is filled you must throw in a shovel of worm rich topsoil. The poop pit being used will each week have dry crushed leaves and wood ash of aboht the same quantity tossed in. High carbon, low moisture and the final piece of the puzzle is aeration. A pipe must be installed from the two poop pits out above the roof or sitting area, and it must have a mesh or fly stop on it. This airflow allows the highest level of composting. I advise connecting the two poop pits together via this air pipe with a three piece pipe connector and only one air pipe coming out. In your local environment you should have mint or peppermint plants. These usually contain menthol which is an insect deterrent. Do not throw directly in the pit, plant them around the toilet and crush leaves up, or create an decoction and spread around the area weekly. If this is done correctly not only will it not stink but you can realistically with a permanent group never have to get in and shovel raw shit.
>>2853519Good design I think
>>2853519congratz, you reinvented a worse composting toilet. the chamber goes above ground, makes aeration a lt better. then put some wooden boards for floor and seat on top. a mix of sawdust and charcoal gets tossed in after every use. the stink comes from a bad nitrogen/carbon ratio and anoxic conditions. if its proper compost, it doesnt smell. you can pee when you by it, a little doesnt hurt. just dont use it just for peeing. or you put in a urine separator and funnel it into a pile of charcoal or banana circle or something like that.when is full you switch to a second chamber and let t sit for a year+. then it can be used to fertilize your trees. some people put it in their veggie garden too, which is safe, but you can just use normal compost for that.
>>2853519all toilets are just a crude imitation of God's Perfect Toilet.The River.
>>2854106>the chamber goes above ground Yeah enjoy carrying that in by hand while off trail.
Go pick a plant in your yard and piss on it every day.It will be dead in a month.
Why is half an acre the absolute minimum land area needed to be self sufficient?
>>2854223ill try this. cant hurt. ive calculated id need like 50 kg every 3 months. how many buckets do you think that is? i am also thinking to use these potato towers that might be a good idea. this was my first year dabbling with plants and i was very successful with herbs and chilies and tomatoes.
>>2854232ever heard about canning, pickling, drying?
i just started some tomatoes heh. the rest is leftover chili plants from the summer wich are again blooming like crazy.
Everything itt is on par with "I survived a year in a Cambodian prison on nothing by rice gruel".Imagine eating corn, greenbeans and potatoes for every meal.Yes even breakfast.And no, you cant have eggs. You dont have enough crops to feed the chickens.>t. Chicken farmer
>>2854220i grow about 70% of my food, here is what i grow and the total length of the rows>black eyed peas 120ft>potatoes 80ft>green beans 60ft>beats 30ft>carrots 15ft>turnips 15ft>24 tomato plants>14 pepper plants>12 sweet potato slips>10 okra plantsalong with a bunch of cantaloupe, watermelon, greens. i also have chicken, rabbits and pigs. next year i am going to try to grow a patch of wheat and see how that goes.
how do you train for mountaneering hiking and backpacking and out in generali know the optimal way is to load weight on a backpack and walk uphill and down, increasing distance, elevation and weight progressivelybut i live in flat area and it's depressing to drive for 1 hour just to be on the same boring trail. anything closer is shit, i need to go up and down the same hill 10 times to get close to the total elevation i want, it's boring and depressing and people who i encounter think i'm stupidany other suggestions?
>>2853965thats not the main thing, sounds like OP is asking about training for 8+ hour activities, its about endurance. you cant train that kind of endurance running because thats like 1h sessions at most
>>2854091That is exactly what running trains. 1 hr sessions? Why would you be limited to that? Heard of marathons?
>>28540911 hour easy running sessions + 1 long run per week, is literally how you train long distance endurance
>>2853460i just do the master roshi thing and always carry my 12kg "stealth" backpack when i leave the house or go for an hour "powerwalking". like 2 or 3 times a week. good cardio too i look sexy af now.
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What is the thinnest /out/ glove technology available today?
>>2846992Your hands are going to be swimming in sweat.
>>2846972Something like this
>>2846972https://ozerogloves.com/product/ozero-9002/Found these on a bike trail. They are my idea shittly done: wetsuit material (neoprene) but too thin. And like some are saying, sweat is a problem. I put some mickey mouse cotton gloves as liners, but somehow colder than cotton alone. Gonna end up making mittens put of ace back support brace....like mfers are playing piano in winter weather......WHERE THE FUCK ARE ALL THE MITTENS?https://ozerogloves.com/product/ozero-9002/
I did some research, and apparently those weird fucks up north use a mesh base layer. Maybe that plus latex over it solves the problem? The mesh should wick the moisture away, while the holes provide air isolation. The latex traps the air. All still very thin. Just needs some ultra-thin layer over this so it doesn't look like I work at Subways.
>>2854218Thats outdoor guy who's wife just got sick, that was the subject of his last vid. Someone finally had my idea. It doesn't wick shit. Its all about boundary layer. And windproof layer off the skin just traps air. Mesh allows that. Those polyester vapor protocol gauze coveralls they use in hospitals will boil your alive, but the are virtually nothing. Its also a other layer on scrubs. So just another layer, any layer, has air sticking to it as a fluid. All insulation is about trapping air (or a vacuum).
