Tent or Car?
>>2841210My gf squirts an attrocious amount, literally a stream, until the walls and roof are dripping squirt. The blankets are more like sponges, just to keep from sleeping in literal puddles. On a cold morning, the windows are frosted in condensed pussy juice and it's like sleeping in an eskimo womb. Kinds cozy inder the damp blankets. We've literally had icicles of frozen dripping squirt hanging from the roof like stelagmites. Have you ever eaten an icicle of frozen pussy juice in the morning? Tastes great and a nice way to stir your coffee.
I don't know how to deal with the paranoia of people being able to look in my windows while I'm sleeping
>>2841298Get/make window covers then
>>2841326People can still look in my windows even if they are covered up
>>2841328True. I'm looking in right now.
What is the /out/ consensus on this debate?
>>2841215>boots with soft grippy soles don’t exist
>>2841215Sure buddy. I can tell you're an expert mountaineer.
Trail runners for everything up to and including scrambling and light mountaineering. (i.e 98%+ of what people do outside)Boots for proper expedition mountaineering or hunting. Some guys might be able to hump out a 100lb pack out of a swamp after a successful hunt in trail runners but I am not one of those guys
>>2841268>son let me tell ya about the importance of good bewtsI can telepathically sense your beer gut
>>2841336>first sentence is about almost exclusively being in shoes>ree about boomer fantasy over specific use case for bootsyou gay too or just retarded?
I want to go on a 4-5 day tent hike anywhere in the Alps. I’d like a place that’s not overcrowded and doesn’t require walking under cable cars or crossing busy streets.A day dedicated to a peak with some scrambling or easy climbing would be cool too.I'm not necessarily looking for concrete routes, but more so advice on how to plan a trip like this. I can't find anything that fits my requirements.I live in Switzerland, but ironically it seems like a terrible place for a multi day hike like this.
>>2841003Low IQ contrarian post
>>2840131Take in consideration that a bad planning might cost your life or health. Verry often i read in local news about hikers with expensive equipment who need to be rescued while the mountains here are not that tall and dificult and trails are short. Main trail is around 50km and 2300m altitude. Going multiple days to 3 or 4 thousand meters mountain may require some profesional instruction and safety measures.Just go as we normies do it. Take a 2000m peak with 5-10km one way and return same day.
Done the hike in Switzerland.Ended up being only 3 days, no peaks, because a person from our group was struggling. Still couldn't avoid a road and some huts.I guess I'll go to the Caucasus mountains next, or something.
>>2841056I have gotten lost on small mountains before. A trail that you thought was ok suddenly turns out to be a climb or a difficult via ferrata, and you have to find a different route forward or back (sometimes, 'back' is not even an option). If you combine this with the threat of vanishing daylight and maybe even rain (even a little) , you can KYS veeery quickly. It's a frightening situation and you can panic and make dumb decisions. A 30 m fall off a rock face will kill you at 1500 m and at 3000 m.
>>2841056Beautiful nonetheless.
Anyone into prospecting/panning/using similar tools to get shiny things while you're /out/? I recently bought a kit and tried it out yesterday, seems like a fun hobby. With the currency at all time lows it might even be lucrative.Might head up into the White Mountains this weekend and try my luck.
>>2840923Buy a dredge and go do it, that's how...
>>2839749Eureka! :D
>>2841000Too much for a guy like me with not that much in the bank, I just want to snipe gold off the riverbed
>>2841049You're going to have a rough time starting then. How cold is the water? Can you afford a wet suit if you need one? Why sniping? Do you know where in a river the gold is going to be?
>>2840908it will always be going higher (at least on a decade scale) until asteroid mining is viable
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
>>2841114The comanche adopted horses like many tribes, but unlike many they developed a full pastoralist economy around horses that allowed them to project power and collect tribute from a large area, much like the horse lords of the asian steppes. For over 50 years they held all the surrounding tribes in subjugation or alliance or just absorbed them, collected regular tribute from mexican states of new mexico and texas and chihuaha, and regularly raided deep into mexico. I think it would be cool to do a trip following one of their war trails.
>>2841114I hate Russia and Russians, OP, but the various reindeer herding cultures of Asia are based as fuck and aren't really Russians. I've written papers on them, read books on them, watched every documentary I can on them. There are similarities among reindeer herders from Scandinavia to Kamchatka, but each culture is unique.Here's a list of traditional reindeer herders, of which some to almost all members are still practicing:AlyutorsChukchiChuvany (Chuvan)DolgansDukhaEnetsEvenki/Ewenki/Evenks/TungusEvensKhantyKomiKoryakComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2841299>And here's one of the greatest /k/ films of all timeI meant /out/ - sorry, hippies.
>>2841114>kept the head of a general as trophyCan we see it?
What’d I miss?
Thoughts on this brand? I'm getting the Recon model as a jack-of-all-trades outdoor knife (I'm forcing a patina on it).https://roganusa.com/
>>2840301so many other companies can give you something of better quality for your money. not a total joke company, but i would turn my nose up.
>>2840376>temper it>without hardening it first
>>2840975Now you need either a propane torch or a bunch of charcoal and a leaf blower.
>>2840301$100 for 19th century basic bitch 1075? Cold Steel's SK85 and Varustruleka's 80CrV2 knives are less expensive and better steel.Nah.
>>2840301As used by Joe Rogan?
Casual hammock camper here.So I have been hanging my hammock using this kind of a knot I figured myself out at some point (anybody knows what it actually is formally called?) without any issues, it can be easily undone by pulling on the free end yet it never tightens under a heavy load. Tree trunk goes in the big loop.But recently I had an outdoor try hard nerd friend of mine say it's a very unsafe knot. Can somebody confirm this? I don't see the problem.
>>2836954you can start looking for a stick along the way
>>2835240is it the sAme material Warbonnet uses?
>>2835067I know people who do that unironically.
>>2836730>jewsIt's always >DA JOOOZwith you retards.
do we need a separate cordage thread
why does it seem like all you people want to go out and be “in le nature” but don’t give a single fuck about preserving ecosystems or native biodiversity? You feel entitled to go out and be in nature and treat it like your personal fucking playground, damaging the ecosystem and demanding roads and trails be paved through the wilderness so you can “heckin enjoy it”? And then go home and continue to fuel the 6th mass extinction with your destructive consumerist habits? Anyway, I planted some Texas native wildflowers today to help the declining pollinator population in my area. What did you do?
>>2840721>Fascists>RacistsNice bait, but unfortunately, you didn't put much thought into it.>>2840770It's to destroy European spirituality, and nature. The forests were once wild and overgrown, and contained all kinds of mysteries. Without them, we lose our ties to the earth.Blame genocidal Jews and the batshit crazy Freemasons, they are always behind destruction without exception. They hate nature and reality.
>>2837495Dumbshit weekenders come out from the big city and can't comprehend there arent street sweepers/trash cleanup on nature trails in the middle of nowhere. In Wisconsin we call these people FIBs Bonus points for the idiots who bag up their dog's poop then kindly throw the plastic poop baggie into the woods a quarter mile down the trail.
>>2838773but they're not economically developed because they're subhuman browns you dumb cunt retard
>>2840833>for the idiots who bag up their dog's poop then kindly throw the plastic poop baggie into the woods a quarter mile down the trailthese people are the worst
>>2837982pretty sure most regular filters are made out of some kind of plastic
Below Antarctica are multiple gigantic mountain ranges. Do you think there will ever come a time when humans will finally hike them in all their glory without 1000m of ice being on top of them?
>>2841147Humans will find others have been there first
>>2841178what? can you post more details? this seems unbelievable
>>2841147According to Greta, yes.
>>2841147well we're more or less in the middle of the current interglacial period, probably won't melt before the end of it at this rate, even with more pollutionif earth keep it's global climate like it did since Pleistocene with it's glacial/interglacial cycles it's not going to happen everyou can read about it without relying on local /x/ schizoshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternary_glaciation
>>2841203google son, learn to not need spoon feeding.
Just ordered the North Face Stormbreak 2. What tent are you rocking? What do you love and hate about it? What tent do you want?
>>2841265I checked out the KLX after this post >>2830354 and the 650 KLR still seems nicer. What do you think? I would be 200 to 600 miles to destination bike packing in AZ/Utah.
>>2841283Of the two, the KLR650 would definitely be the way to go. The KLX is a great learner bike and a decent trail bike but it sucks at everything else, especially long distance highway riding. I'm planning on upgrading to a 650-800cc adventure bike eventually myself since I also want to do long trips, but it'll be a while, I need to spend more time practicing off road on the KLX before I do it with a much bigger heavier bike.
>>2841283When you're on the road with the KLX you're gonna wish you were on the KLR because it sucksWhen you're offroad on the KLR you're gonna wish you were on the KLX because it sucksThere are two ways to avoid this1) never take the KLX on interstates2) never take the KLR on anything beyond maintained dirt roadsIf you want to go on the interstates and the trails and not want to kill yourself you're going to need to cough up another $5k for something euro and then you're going to be wanting to be killing yourself when it breaks down
>>2841288>>2841291KLR it is>2) never take the KLR on anything beyond maintained dirt roadsThat's not going to happen.
>>2839400>under the stars otherwise.Did that once, woke up wet due to dew (I'm a poet and didn't know it.)
Sometime this week I’m hoping to hike the Presidential Traverse in New Hampshire, weather permitting. I’m just looking for some sort of reality check on the book times, which are 12-14 hrs for ~20 miles and ~9000ft. I am fit, and have plenty of experience hiking/backpacking. I’ve done the Pemigewasset loop in the Whites, and moved quickly over that ridgeline. I’ve done 20 miles with a heavy pack and plenty of daylight to spare - albeit over maybe easier terrain than the whites. I understand the potential risks posed by the extreme weather, although this week looks good other than cloud cover. Just looking for someone to tell me if I’m grossly underestimating this.
>>2841294>>2841296Thanks great pics.>North East Ultra 8Hadn't heard of this list but after doing the presi I'd love to take a crack at these next.>Winter TraverseActually was hoping to take some mountaineering instruction in the whites this past winter but it didn't work out. Hope to get up there this season.
>>2841306You don't need mountaineering instruction for a Mt Washington ascent so long as you religiously, religiously follow the forecast, don't take any chances, and fucking turn around if it's looking worse. They say the weather changes on a dime, but you have about around a 0.5 to 1 hour notice if you see the weather changing once you're past the treeline.I took the ammo trail up since some old forum posts said it was the safest and I didn't need any snowshoes. I struggled on 3/8th microspikes, but 5/8th were doing good for others on the trail when I went up. Photo was from Jan. 6th, 2024 - I only have a Signal backup.
>>2841306>Actually was hoping to take some mountaineering instruction in the whites this past winter but it didn't work out. Hope to get up there this season.Unless you plan on doing something like the flume slide, lions head or huntington you probably dont need a mountaineering course. It builds good skills but there aren't a ton of hikes in the whites that require real mountaineering experience (crampons, ice axe, ropes ect.)like >>2841309 said, common sense and checking the forecast is most of what you need to keep safe. The other part is bringing the right tools, especially traction. Snowshoes, Microspikes and poles ect.
>>2841309>>2841314Yea I was hoping to do the course to build skills to use elsewhere on bigger mountains.Looks awesome in the snow.
>>2841314>Flume slideI was quite retarded.. that was a terrifying hike with no crampon/axe.I dropped my glove and it took 10 minutes to slink down a few steps. I'd do it again though if anyone's interested joining me in this upcoming winter. I'll be spamming the upcoming winter hiking thread probably, I have the 48 peaks in 1 winter planned out.
I think I am going to start bow hunting this year. I have woods behind my house that has some decent sized bucks. I have an old compound bow that is 25ish years old. Anyone have a recommendation on a bow? I would like something up to 85 pound draw. What do you shoot? What do you hunt?
Got the self climber, deer are about to get droppedI've got lots of rope, carbineers, belay devices, and harnesses left over from boy scouts and the army. So I'm fucking golden to go way super far back in the woods opening day at like 3am and climb way up a fucking tree, safely lolPractically counting down the daysCoworker sold me this bad boy for $75. He bought it brand new for $300 something and used it a single time, and hung it in his garage for the last couple years. It's dusty as hell but its mint. It barely even has scuffs on the cables.
>>2839222The gayest possible way to huntBe a man and spot and stalk
>>2839239If you can't do it all, youre even gayerI do all the hunting, all the kinds. While I love a solo stalk or a drive with family. Being 30' up a tree on a specific part of this specific public land near me is the place to be this year. I just know it, and I'm gonna get it. I've been scouting this area a lot over the last few years, and I know opening week of bow season is going to be popular. Where I'm gonna be set up, at least 4 or 5 hours early then sleep till hunting time, all of the joe shmo's who really only stick to within a few hundred feet of established trails. They should shake everything up, in my direction where I'll be sitting there chilling.Do it all anon, stop limiting yourself
>>2839222Climbers are the way to go esp for public. Practice with it before you go out though so you know the right tree thiccness for you so you know what to look for. It will also let you adjust the seat to your liking.Also get a ratchet strap for the bottom platform. Having it secured to the tree makes the hunt faaaar more comfortable since it removes all worry and rattle of that bottom platform. Just three cranks and that bitch will be dug in. Top one doesn't need to be secured. Both the top and bottom can be strapped together with it too for transport so the metal isn't banging when you're walking.Put a folding saw in your pack too. Even a perfect looking tree can have a little bitch sticking out that you need to trim off.I have a few climbers scatter around my property. I like them better than perm stands. I'm able to move a few trees down if that is where the deer are coming from and even moving just 10 yards can make all the difference.
>>2840253The ratchet strap trick is something I have never heard before and I will 100% incorporate it into my setup because thats an awesome ideaI've been hunting with climbers since I was in middle school. My dad got onto them pretty early on and would basically set us up in primo trees on the property and drive deer to us as kidsWhen I can buy my own property further down south in my state where the woods coverage is better, I'm gonna do it up the same way. My dad would have 3 or 4 climbers around the woods throughout the season and you'd just hike out and go hunting. That's the dream. Just like you said, as a kid the deer would change movement around our back woods, specifically around the ravine. If my older brother or dad was like hey man I saw a bunch of big does down by the rockwells property, you just move the stand down the way fifty-hundred yards down the hill and youre in there.
Would you make any modifications like going through La Dotse?
>>2840987>Mind sharing the entire tour?https://mapy.com/pl/zakladni?source=osm&id=1080805934&x=6.9376267&y=45.8765242&z=12There are some options that differ a bit>How many days is it?About 10
>>2840995Wild stuff.Well, the reason for omitting La Dotse seems to be that it's either an ungodly ascent/descent, or a long way off the route and you have to backtrack. And it's probably not worth it.Please post lots of pictures if you do this tour, I'd love to see it.
>>2840954Love to see a mapy.cz user on here.
>>2840995Is this route in red is really just strolling on a well groomed path, with regulated concessions spaced out for snacking and covered huts for overnights, yes?
>>2841277I guess it's doable for anyone with decent basic stamina. There doesn't seem to be any steep bits, but many longer ascends. And probably full of people.
/qtddtot/ - Questions that don’t deserve their own thread>>2793358 (I think)
>>2840027I really want one, they're just fucking expensive. A quilt would be ideal for most of the camping I'm gonna do and I've seen how tiny they pack but the cheapest decent ones are pushing $400 and I need to stop pouring money into motocamping gear and put some into the bike itself for a while.
Anyone know where I can get this kinda shoes?It's an all rubber construction and looks alot like soccer cleat, ubiquitous in SEA. I bought 2 pairs (one with cleats and one without cleats) back when I was backpacking in Thailand but I couldn't find the same thing here in FL. Back then I would use this kinda shoes for trekking in the rainforest, going to the riverside or just going fishing with the expats>just buy crocs broIt's not the same. I could go on a jungle trek with this rubber shoes no problem and I wouldn't worry about slipping. I couldn't say the same with a pair of crocs
Are the outer layer clothes from the chink vendors any decent?
>>2841211Get korean ones. They're not that much more expensive
>>2841240Any recs for brands?
>stop by stream/river to get some water>keep walking upstream afterwards along trail>see pic related in middle of that stream/riverWhat do you do at this point? Do you just accept that you fucked up and will likely get sick?
>>2839158t. most intelligent /out/ user
>>2839158lmao based retard
>>2840600+1 on the filter, but forget about the pump filters unless you're shitting money. Those things cost around 3x what a sawyer mini costs, while having 1/1000th of the lifetime. While you probably won't need the 4 million litres the sawyer is rated for, the 200-500 a katadyn supposedly lasts means you'll most likely have to buy a new one every year, unless you're /in/ like most of the gear queers on here are.>slow as fuckYeah, though it varies by model. For example, I've got a sawyer mini and a mini squeeze, and the squeeze takes twice as long for some reason.>you have to backflow every fucking timeAre you filtering toilet sludge or something? I backwash around every 5-10 litres, normally, and when I forgot the syringe for it once, went ~25l without washing. Took a little longer, but still worked.
>>2840474I was on a trip with my buddies and they took some water from a very clear river and some had those basic bitch filters. I even washed my face but didn't drink any. Day later in the evening after another hike everyone that drank from that river got fucking wrecked. Puking from 9pm til 3am, wasted and barely conscious.Turns out there were literal gypsies bathing and shitting upstream.Moral of the story: don't drink water near gypsies, or just boil, use heavy duty filters not some basic ones, they're useless.
>>2839153I drank some water from a river that had dead sheep in it, I got severe vomitting and diarhhea I awoke in hte middle of the night in my sleeping bag with severe stomach cramps and nearly couldnt make it out of my bag and tent, it was a time crunch, my guts were so weak i knew if i brought my knees to my chest to get out quickly id of arse sprayed in my bagi managed to break free from the sleeping bag and crawled in pitch black about 10 metres from my tent but I couldnt make it any further and projectile vom shitted in the morning i awoke bleary and took a look at the scenesome hikers labrodor was lapping it all upi tried not to laugh in fear of leakage10/10 would recommend
