Would you let an old woman search your bags as a pre-condition for a hike?
>>2841702Imagine not being able to smooth talk an old lady into letting you keep your booze on you LMAOOO Fucking gen exers and millennials
Play classical music.Uphold strict clothing requirements.Uphold strict hygiene requirements.Uphold strict behavior requirements.Don't allow alcohol or drugs.
>>2842688Youre missing the point. You dont NEED to pay. Theres plenty of land thats free. Well, if youre not in the UK or China anyway. Again, you got cucked.
>>2841702I hike around Downstate NY a lot (Hudson Highlands, Shawanguks, Catskills) and have never heard of this place. Looking at AllTrails it's a single 1.2 mile out and back... I would not drive all the way the fuck out there for such a short hike. There are dozens of better hikes to do around there.
I'm in Canada and went to this trail that had a stand just like this>pull up random ass booth with old guy watching tv inside>says some shit that it's $15 or something per person to walk on the trail >say "do you take etransfer?" because I don't carry cash on me, basically every trail prior is just a ticket booth you can walk past without paying>tells me I can, connection is spotty so it may take a while>makes me fill out a fucking waver that I'm not going to sue him if I get hurt on the trail in the meantime>out of nowhere, jeet family of 7 rolls up out of nowhere>he gives them the run down it's $15 per person>jeets get upset because they have kids and dont wanna pay>tells them if they don't wanna pay they cant enter>jeet dad looking around confused like he's being scammed>he makes every single jeet (even the kids who are like 7) fill out a waiver >they start acting like they don't understand english and cant understand the waiver or what the guy is saying>can tell he's getting pissed Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
#529- “The Weeb Stick" EditionPrevious Thread:>>2837747janny 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/fishingandtacklehttps://imgur.com/a/1Xw3NNew Bong Fishin Guidehttps://pastebin.com/sDB5SQTqFirst for best telescopic rod is a tenkara rodComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
New rod and reel dayNever heard of the rod brand eurotackle but the it looks and feels nice. It says moderate fast and I'm glad it doesn't feel too whippy. 6.5ft 1 piece should be good for the 'yakClashes amazingly well with the daiwa fuego colors too lolNow i need to grab some line and go find dinner
>>2844376The latter. As for what I am going for I like to target walleye but I even start to have issues with Bass this time of year. Usually I use soft plastics during the spring and summer and have decent look. But it seems Everytime the weather gets cold it gets harder
>>2844401I can't say I've seen a rod with a power line warning on it before.
>>2844404My tenkara rod has a lightning disclaimer on it tooMust be because of the carbon fiber
>>2844402Try smaller baits and more subtle retrieves, even the bluegill slow down and become reluctant when temps start to drop.
Are temu backpacks reliable especially for interailing? If not have u got any budget friendly alternatives?https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&_p_rfs=1&x_csite=goods&goods_id=601099515225228&refer_page_name=bgn_verification&refer_page_id=10017_1757778280239_e341nh9t1i&refer_page_sn=10017&_x_ads_csite=goods&_x_ads_channel=kol_youtube&_x_cid=2003332867kol_youtube&_x_sessn_id=legmzt76e0&projector_num=1
>>2841976I highly doubt it. Perhaps they'd be somewhat decent after some modifications though.
Buy Forclaz/Simond/Whatever name these are sold under. They are usually decent for the low price.
>>2841976>Are temu backpacks reliable especially for interailing? I'm mostly acquainted with AliExpress, but the shit should be the same.The obvious realistic answer is: depends on the pack.Although when compared to "Western" alternatives in the same price range (<100€) the chink ones usually end up being better.But usually those tacticool ones aren't that good.Think established chink brands: NatureHike, 3F UL Gear, if you want to go cheaper and slightly more questionable: Jungle King, Outdoors Inoxto is even more budget but they are more specialized on hydration packs and smaller (<40L) backpacks.And it's not you need a lot of quality for interrailing.Also, consider the obvious budget option of a Decathlon backpack. (60-70€ and you should come out with something good enough).
>>2841976Avoid Temu. You'll get sick, or their gear will fall apart on you. There is no winning when you buy Chinesium garbage.
>>2842232I'm sorry, anon. Apparently a lot of U.S. kids got sick because of the toys that these dumbass suburban soccer moms would buy. Of course they don't look into the source either. Surprise surprise. Their kids' toys are absolutely covered in lead paint and chemical dust.Fucking vile company, Temu, Wish, Ali, etc.
I can’t get past this point on the trail. It’s like a 3 or 4 meter foot vertical drop with nothing to grab onto but the rope. I tried to do the thing where you put your feet on the wall and go down backwards but they slipped on the rocks and I only managed to keep myself from falling by holding hold onto the rope with pure panic strength, then I turned back. Is it simply a skill issue or is there a technique to it? I’m also usually the only one on the trail, so I’ve never seen anyone else do it either.
>>2843302bring a ladder
Go around it, even if it takes an hour. Buy some La Sportivas they're grippy as
>>2843302The answer was right in front of you the whole time!
>>2844238Based
>>2843323This. Guy hasn't watched Bridge to Terabithia.
Which grade of trail do you like the most?
>>2843971Doesn't exist anymore.
>>2843965I literally don't care as long as it's not paved and it not a talus field. I go hiking to appreciate the views, not the trail.
>>2843965Moderate, I like a good scramble so I can LARP as a climber.
>>2843965Easy. I like to enjoy my surroundings when I'm on a hike. Anything harder than easy and you're constantly staring at your feet and huffing and puffing. It makes it harder to enjoy the nature. But I also don't like being surrounded by normies, and I do like venturing into the wilderness.
>>2844160Based Prairie Walker.
SUV vs Truck. What is the more /out/ vehicle?
>>2843395I drive a 20 year old f150. Not because I need to haul things or tow my boat, but just to make leftists seethe.
>>2843504>no real modification for offroadThe majority of affordable trucks dont even have 4x4 low. There isnt a single small sized pickup that has it, and the only midsized are the frontier and the now way overpriced tacomas and suchAnd even the ones that do have all the 4x4 shit still need to be lifted and get bigger tires and shit. If you want offroad you get a jeep or a bronco or samurai or some shit
>>2843777the new ones did away with the 6 cylinder engine and adopted a 4 cylinder turbo engine they did that with their tundras (went from 8 to 6) in 2022 and had to do a massive recall on the turbo 6s toyota will tell you that a turbo'd 4 will give you the same or better performance as a naturally aspirated 6 cylinder, but what they dont say is that the turbo 4 is a more complicated engine running at higher RPMs and pressure, and longevity and reliability takes a hit. but i guess it also gets 2mpg more too, so worth the trade off? not imo
I own both an old Tacoma with a camper shell and a Mitsubishi Montero suv.I personally like my truck the most because its easier to clean out the bed with a garden hose and a broom. With my Montero i have to worry about getting the interior fucked up so its just a pavement princess for now.
>>2843987kek I'm half myself.Ford as a company isn't bad but a lot of their dealers are godawful, some are decent though. Toyota ironically is probably the jewey-est company in the industry though, they've spent the last 20 years coasting on a reputation they earned in the '80s and '90s while making absolutely mid products and selling them for inflated prices.
Bear spray or firearm?
>>2838018looks to me this bear doesn't speak english
>>2843691If a caveman is smart enough to know that the best defense against a bear is to kill it and you don't, you might just be dumber than a caveman.
>>2844247why is it better to be dead on sunday than have a sore wrist?
>>2844358>doubles down on dumbThe best defense against a bear is to not get attacked in the first place.
Damn. bear spray worked again. You retards told me it didnt work. Why are you lying? "On Oct. 3, a lone hunter reportedly encountered a grizzly bear at close range. The bear charged, and the hunter deployed bear spray, which stopped the charge. The hunter left the area and reported the incident to FWP."https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/three-archery-hunters-in-the-taylor-fork-ok-after-separate-grizzly-encounters/article_193e8849-d7ef-49a6-8c55-4cf81a948fee.html
Hunting season is upon the northern hemisphere>what are you hunting this year?>any changes in gear?>any interesting stories from last year?
>>2843955Yeah i agree, if they’re really that big a problem why not make it open season on them everywhere?
It’s just a merganser but they aren’t terrible to eat if you know what you’re doing. Weather looks better for shooting ducks tomorrow.
I'm going bow hunting for the first time tomorrow if the weather allows it.I'm going for small game as my bow is 38#, mainly rabbits I guess.Any advice?
>>2838453>turkey actually see color better than we do and have a longer vision than people. To a turkey blaze orange stands out just as much as it does it us, if not more so. Theres still debate as to whether turkey can see some colors on the ultraviolet spectrum. So if youre ever turkey hunting, camo is super super important.I have never hunted and want to go turkey hunting next spring. Does this mean I'd be better off going for a shotgun with a camo finish instead of black? Friends were saying that turkeys are really sensitive to colors and some of them don't even wear orange
Chad only gun club opens up to the unwashed masses a couple weekends before opener. I went, paid $15 to check my settings and they gave me a free hat
any idea how thick the blade on a sak is supposed to be are compound grind knives bad at biting into wood
>>2843698The best knife is the one you forgot at home
>>2843347>>2843348Wow it's just like an Opinel but shittier in every way, good job
>>2844342>but shittier in every wayhow so?
>>2844342>just like an Opinelhow so this too
Homedrawn editionpastebin:https://pastebin.com/Mvfh8b87New USDA zone map has been released: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/Koppen Climate Map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/K%C3%B6ppen_World_Map_High_Resolution.pngSearch terms:Agrarian, Agriculture, Agrology, Agronomy, Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Berkeley Method Hot Composting, Cold Frames, Companion Planting, Composting, Container Gardening, Core Gardening Method, Cultivation, Deep Water Culture (DWC), Dry Farming, Espalier, Farmer's Market, Forest Gardening, Forestry, Fungiculture, Geoponics, Greenhouses, Homesteading, Horticulture, Hot Boxes, Hügelkultur, Humanure, Hydroponic Dutch Bucket System, Hydroponics, Keyhole Garden, Korean Natural Farming, Kratky Method, Landscaping, Lasagna Gardening, Ley Farming, Market Garden, Mulching, No-till Method, Ollas Irrigation, Orchard, Permaculture, Polyculture, Polytunnels, Propagation, Rain Gutter Garden, Raised Beds, Ranch, Rooftop Gardening, Ruth Stout Garden, Sharecropping, City Slicker Composting, Shifting Cultivation, Soil-bag Gardening, Square Foot Gardening, Stale Seed Bed, Sugar Bush, Truck Farming, Vermiculture, Vertical Gardening, Window Frame Garden, Windrow Composting, Alpaca, Snail, Toad, Trumpeter, Turkey, Worm, biochar, vermicompostinglast thread: >>2832316(Un)official /HGM/ discord: https://discord.gg/TvN3Ed4Geh
>>2840655>Caponisation is the process of turning a cockerel into a capon.>Caponisation can be done by surgically removing the bird's testes, or may also be accomplished through the use of estrogen implants.>With either method, the male sex hormones normally present are no longer effective.>Caponisation must be done before the rooster matures so that it develops without the influence of male sex hormones.www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capon>bacha bazi is the pinnacle of paedophilia, was/is a holiday delicacy in both in Europe and China.
>>2841460based
>>2844258It's morning now so here it is, prickly pear planted near a palm tree, almost 5 years old.Tangerine on the left, behind an eucalyptus I am using as windbreaker and for logs later.
>>2844301i think you win the price for most wildlife in your garden price this year hands down.
>ascends Mountain without proper gear>don't tell anyone when you plan to return>disoriented by blizzard >can't find track>dies of hypothermia three hours walk from a roadhttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/mystery-surrounds-deaths-of-two-hikers-in-victorian-high-country/du6a48d1rBecause you can see the top from the road, i think people get the impression they can just walk in and out, without really understanding the weather conditions at the top, and how quickly they can change. Never good news.
A managed chalet was built at the top, specifically so hikers could wait out blizards at the top (pic relate).You could have sheltered in place for a week in it if you really had to. I can only imagine that they were caught in a blizzard at the top, decided to try to descend anyway, got stuck in the dark in a blizzard and couldn't work out how to get either up or down.
Sometimes I wonder how unprepared these people are. I read through Freedom of the hills before I even did my first 3 mile hike, the scariest part for me while hiking is coming across other people and having to greet them because I'm autistic. Do these people not do any research before going into the outdoors?
>>2843892Ah women
stupid people will always find a way to kill themselves
>>2843896You read through a technical manual about placing rope ladders and other winter mountaineering skills before you went on a three mile hike?You're definitely more than autistic.
for me it's chukchi nomads>siberia>northern peak>reindeer/fishing nomads>dealt with american whalers>survived several wars against russian empire>kept the head of a general as trophy
>>2843794No, it shows two locations for probable genetic swap between species.Are you so stupid you can’t read a map too?
>>2843799God I hate you.
>>2843852>popular and long-held view
>>2841167>The Sami are the indigenous people of NorwayWrong, norwegians were there first. Same in Sweden. Scandinavians are native and indigenous to scandinavia, not samis.
>>2841793>Europeans cannot be indigenous by definitionScandinavians were the first people in scandinavia, how are they not indigenous? Retarded american
realistically speaking if i were to go innawoods and>distill my own alcohol>grow my own tobacco>smith my own firearmswhile living off the grid for the rest of my life how angry would these guys get? i want to live like a settler but there's no free land left.
>>2844187yet you're a fool to be guided
>>2844194>parasitei want to learn to do everything for myself and have learned a lot already. i am not a parasite. i contribute often and more than i should. i'm just asking if i should be concerned about government fucking my shit up once i'm innawoods. if i'm homeless in the city nobody cares. if i'm homeless innawoods and thriving that is not allowed.>>2844195>guidednevermind. i'll figure it out myself. i thought on /out/ people would actually be outdoorsmen and could share expertise or advice. maybe the lesson is to shut up and figure it out yourself. then tell no one.
>>2844187Unfortunately that's the history. The US, even it's founding documents (bill of rights, landed gentry definition of voter eligibility), is a spinoff of an empire. Freedom is what you get when you're far enough away to not be worth the trouble. As to lolbertism... it is direction to rebirth the east india trading company.
>>2844182only useful answer.
>>2844187>I am not a farm animal!>is an animal>lives on a farm
Those who have been to Alps and Scandinavian mountains, which place did you enjoy more? Are there any good cheaper alternatives?
>>2844123What about Dolomites? Italians have great food.
>>2844123>the problem with switzerland is the swissthis
>>2844122>lot of mosquitoesthisBinland is 9/10ths mosquitoes, the rest is autistic drunks and pine trees.
>>2844125We're unironically full. We had an average of 3 deaths a day this summer season. Rescue choppers are in the air all day, every day, anywhere you go.There's this one instagrammable lake at the end of an EE track (experienced excursionist, proper attire needed). Went there late August. Dozens of normies queueing the ferrata with all sorts of dogs (usually clitlickers, labradoodles, the lot). 3 people trying to overtake eachother at the same time. People wearing flipflops. 3 parking lots the size of football fields full of cars. Went again 3rd week of September, middle of the week and it was barely any better. You're better off in Slovenia, Bulgaria or north of Bergamo.
>>2843792The Alps, there are greater changes and it might get far worse whilst Scandinavia in 7 years is probably going to be very similar. However I would recommend you to visit both if possible.The Alps are a cultural landscape with accessible history, in the center of fantastic major cultures in Europe. A lot of money has poured into the Alps in the last 200 years and it shows. You can go on high mountain ridges for days from hut to hut on an excellent trail network, meeting lots of mountaineers without the need of descending into a valley. The smaller mountain huts (below ~50 beds) can be very cozy, the bigger ones not so much.In Scandinavia you will experience wilderness, quietness and relaxation. You can camp and fish easily, you will feel more free. Unless you are taking a very popular route, you will be usually alone in the Scandinavian mountains outside of the parking lot. Usually you won't hear anything. The mountains are smaller but should not be underestimated, you have often the same experience as in the Alps.Don't expect to see that much wildlife in any case. The vegetation of the Alps is more interesting and the northern part of Scandinavia is just birch swamp forests. In Norway you can see mountains going right out of/into the Ocean, Sweden has vast forests of wilderness. Check this out: https://www.norgesnasjonalparker.no/en/>Are there any good cheaper alternatives?Considerably cheaper: Caucasus (Georgia). Balkan and Carpathian Mountains are enjoyable too but imo less interesting. Worth if you are interested in the respective countries/cultures.>>2843793>Norway: better foodComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
The thing I was afraid the most happened today. I had to take a shit in the forest. Holy fuck. I got explosive diarrhea 6 miles into a 12 mile hike, and I didn't have any toilet paper, I had to use all my water to clean my ass, prior to this I had never pooped in the forest, I was legitimately shaking from the anxiety. It was watery diarrhea so it was easy to wash away with all my water but fuck, I had to use my underwear to make sure my butt was dry afterwards then I had to throw it away. I had to walk the rest of the hike without water and smelling like shit because when I was washing my ass some water kept dripping down my legs, fuck my life, it was so awkward, but not as bad as I thought, I feel like I could actually do it just fine next time if I was prepared. Getting off trail was the scarier part, I came across this big ass spider that looked like a black widow, but I was in such rush I just smashed it with my trekking pole and kept looking for a spot to poop.
>>2843863I am that anon and I have never had either diarrhea or constipation or any such issues, nor have I heard anyone mention it except in the context of legit food poisoning or severe sickness. It's just not a thing that happens unless you're fucked up already. I think there really is something wrong with your water or with what they're feeding you with how normalized it seems to be over there. I was pressured into taking the shot (and I think most people where I live took it) but I never noticed any kind of difference in my health. I'm sure some did have side effects, but I don't think it matters for this topic.
>>2843863>Do Europeans really never have diahreaa a decade or is this guy lying?Outside of being sick? Never had it.And usually when I'm sick I know by the morning, not mid hike. Although it could be technically possible to become sick mid multi-day hikes.Captcha: 2000WIt's how bright your ass lights up when you have the american shits.
>>2843577here you go champ
>>2843577I had to poop in the forest once but I just used leaves to clean my ass.
>>2843585This.Dig a small hole afterwards to bury the used ones.I know someone that carries a literal dishwashing sponge for poo-mergencies
