This is a thread for enjoying a pipe while doing outdoor activities. If you ask why this belongs on /out/, you've never spent an evening by the campfire with a pipe or bowl or blunt or spliff or joint or vape or edible or dab or oil, silently enjoying the nature around you, and you're missing out.>How to get startedPurchase a cheap glass pipe (or a simple wooden chillum) and a bag of some quality outdoor or mid-grade weed from a dispensaryor your usual guy. You will need a lighter and something to clear the bowl witha paperclip works well if you don't have a proper tool.Pack the bowl loosely, enough for airflow but enough to stay lit. Light the corner of the bowl and inhale slow. Smokeslower than you think you need to, the flower tastes best when it isn't cherried too hot. Tamp and corner or re-light as needed. If you stillhave trouble, try different methods on YouTube until you find one that works for you. Or you can just roll it or whatever.>smoking ganja will get you arrestedOriginally, the government found that weed smokers, following a careful study of the statistics (at a time when hemp was a cash crop) were just peaceful people who wanted to grow their own medicine, enjoy jazz and engage in mild tomfoolery. Nowadays, weed is being legalized against while the average American thrashes in the thralls of poverty. Put two and two together. Marijuana is just another good thing that was under attack by the government.>muh tobaccoNot the time or place (unless you're European.) Start your own thread.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2867150I know. Had to pluck it for circumstances. It is pretty damn good uncured however.
>>2862567If I am exploring the outdoors and am concussed by a disgusting, choking, tear gas-like whiff of some faggot's weed polluting the air, my entire day is completely ruined.I would rather hear beaner-beats on a bluetooth speaker than have to share a trail or campsite with some emptyheaded stoner fags ruining everyone who isn't a loser's day.
>>2867218>circumstancesSux bro. Circumstances are the fucking worst.
>>2867225Saw right thru that one eh? I cut my last one down on time!!>>2863945
>>2867267Ehh better pic lol
Hello! I've always respected fires and kept my campfires at moderate size and placed them somewhere where it cant go out of control if i happen to not be paying attention, i.e on sand, dug a hole for it, in a designated campfire site, etc.But then i look at some outing youtubers and they keep making big ass fires and piling logs on them willy nilly on some moss or other greenery and then go to sleep without batting an eye. Is it just confidence and experience or can you really just kinda do it like this? Is it only doable when it's cold outside so it cant get WAY out of control or what? Thank you :)
>>2866101then you didnt do a decent job building the firepit. please get better at reading comprehension
The question of why a youtuber does something always has the same answer; because it looks cool and gets more views
>>2866080>heat the rocks up insteadcan rocks explode from the steam pressure build up from heating?
>>2866374Some rocks can. Don't heat those ones up.
>>2865975The people you see doing that are professionals. Do not attempt to imitate their actions without knowing what you're doing unless you want to accidently make nerve gas and die in your sleep.
Me and my friend thought its funny to paint fresh panties and hook it on a fence in a corner barley any one goes to
>>2860600>find dead bat in abandoned building>put 5 sticks is star shape, put the dead bat in the middle>leaveI did this 2 or 3 times I think.>>2860631I goatfished. Obviously with no hook at all, just hay attached to the fishing line.From my early teenage years, many things with fireworks like exploding cow dungs, battles with rotten apples or melons, rafts built with phytochemical barrels.
Use to skin rabbits and hang them by the neck from rope off trees so people thought it was a bloody baby hanging over a road.
>>2864424>anon leaves his super scary prank>birds come and take his epic prank away
>>2864424A fairly common one is poachers killing bears and leaving the corpses around. A skinned bear paw with the claws removed looks VERY similar to a skinned human hand.This was actually a topic in a forensics class I took.
>>2861747you and your friends are niggers
Ive been doing a lot of weekend camping and bushcrafting recently with my old school bookbag and it doesnt really cut it anymore.Any recommendations are appreciated. Preferably 40l+, and something durable Ill ideally never have to replace. My dad also has old external frame packs; if anyone has any info on modifying those Id greatly appreciate that too.
>>2866296Used is definitely the way to go, but I got a cheap 60l high Sierra bag from bass pro for under 100 dollars and it has been fine for the trips I took it on. I think the model is pathway
Caribee Pulse
>>2866296You can not know which backpack is good until you tried it filly loaded.This is the problem.Many can injure you badly. Pressure nerves and damage them and you will start feeling weak hands and so on.
>>2867108You can tell this homo wears Patagonia. Army doesn’t care about your onions points and you’re gonna be carrying 60 lbs
>>2866296the one in your op is good. if you want durable get a 5.11.
What's the best and worst country for /out/ in each size class?
>>2867159Also Dominican Republic, surprisingly diverse in the Caribbean but has the same issues as Philippines; not so easy to move around and people are animals
>>2867119India is the worst in general
>>2867166>the next morning we woke up in Switzerland, only this was taller and warmer and better in every wayJeremy Clarkson in Indian Himalayas
I've traveled a bit.>dark blueUSA>the other blueArgentina>forest greenPakistan>pea greenMorocco>puke greenCosta Rica is great, though I've never been to the Caucasus or Jordan>blood redTaiwan>purpleAndorraComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
USAArgentinaChileNew ZealandCosta RicaRwandaFaroe Islands
KEYSTONE WAS THE FIRST RESORT TO OPEN YESTERDAY AT 3PM!
>>2864708I am aware, I'm saying that nonetheless, slushy snow isn't the snow you want to learn on if you can help it
>>2865681Just did it on Sunday. Skied Left Gulley. So fun! Taking laps is a serious workout if you're trying to move at a decent pace.
aw man ive been hot and sweaty all week from the shitty temperatures here and this thread is making me miss january soo much
>>2866087I was peeing outdoors and a deer saw my penis. Get to worry about that every night at 2am till I die I guess.
>>2866568
where my geochuds at?
Ok so I took a look at /sci/ and every single thread was dumb and sounded like a buzzfeed article with a buzzfeed comments section.I aslo took a look at rate my professor and some geo students were complaining that the prof made them hand draw sketches of rocks. First off do they actually make you do that and second, what’s with people getting into the field who find it boring? You’d think people would be able to tell in advance>>2866316That sounds unideal but itsn’t the whole point of geoscience to go in the middle of nowhere far away from normies in the first place?
Got my bsci in geology about 3 yrs ago. Done some consulting work, sat some drill rigs, and have been doing exploration/geophysics for the past year with a winter stint as a lifty in mammoth (snowboarding all day for work is still the best work). Currently in Nevada doing a survey for a gold/antimony play. It’s fun. I hone a mountain all day and am essentially a field electrician splicing wires and looking for cool rocks while the computer beeps and boops to guess at what’s in the ground. Living in a motel right now. Excited to be on my way home soon but I make good money and get lots of time off to climb and be retarded. Found some cool paleo scrapers and bones so far. We have a crystal finding competition every day. I’ve won twice. Not everyone on my crew is a geologist or has a degree.
>>2865781sup dawg i'm a hydrogeo with 15 years experience. the job market sucks ass and i'm probably going to be laid off (again) soon.>>2866913takes me back. i spent a lot of time at the cortez mine outside crescent city. nevada is a lot of fun but that motel lifestyle isn't for me anymore.
>>2866591There are huge opportunity gaps in the field of geological software.
>>2865781I did my degree in electrical engineering and every month or so I wish that I enrolled in geography, meteorology or geo information systems instead. It feels almost too late to start my career over again in a different field, or at least I don't have the money to almost stop working again to focus on the new degree. Anyone know if it's possible to switch into geography and related fields, or how to make it a little easier?Unfortunately I haven't found any part time geography degrees where I live yet. It's in no way comparable but I did discover this nice little geo information systems course for python: pythongis.org if anyone is curious.
Where are my /divers/ at?
>>2861024*painfulNot peaceful lol
>>2861024You have the testimony from drowned people who have been resuscitated. Once you get past the parts they've experienced, it's "just" passing out from lack of oxygen and your body shutting down, bit by bit.People describe a desperate struggle to breathe remaining air and holding their breath until they are no longer able, and then an intensely burning sensation as the lungs fill with water. After a while of that, they pass out.>>2860749If you're doing such deep dives, you're either very interested in what you're doing and don't mind it, or you're getting sufficiently compensated for it to not mind it.For your regular compressed-air diver, it's no big concern, you just don't dive that deep. That's for the technical divers with their mixed gasses.
>>2860221>I associate line signals with the old bell divers back in the day.if it works it works.
So this is where you people went. I was sad when the /xs/ thread died shortly before my first dive.Question, is there any chance that an average town dive club will teach you to dive without a BC? It seems a real neat skill to have, but I get the impression that most consider it "unsafe".
Coming back from the depth of pg 10>>2860749>decompressionyou'll run out of air before you even get into deco with recreational diving.>>2864793never heard of a place that doesnt rent
First edition for my /spee/ fellow amateursHere we talk>Equipment>Courses>Game advice>Personal progress>Anything related to your own practice of the sportPro tournaments and large events discussions will stay on >>>/sp/
>Pro tournaments and large events discussions will stay on >>>/sp/>>>/sp/154160334
>>2865727>he does it for free
>>2865214>get first tee time of the day>run and hit all you want>?>profit
Well this idea for a general failed miserably
>>2867197Well it was going ok but then people insisted we couldnt talk about the masters here, only on /sp/, so everyone went back there. At that point why come back? Not enough obsessive autist neets to maintain this thread like the sumo one
I used to love hiking.Today I went on one, usually it helps me soothe my mind and its a good place to be when things are down. I usually also take fun pictures and romanticize the whole trip, look carefully at the wildlife, plants, feel of the air, how the wind feels...I have come to a point where I felt none of those things, worst of all is that I still posted the pictures of me smiling and the view to instagram as if everything was so perfect and dandy. Pretending to be happy.I no longer feel anything for anything. Depression has hit me so deepy I get no satisfaction from anything and have no one to connect with about any sort of experiences I go through.I go to the gym everyday, count calories, do cardio, hike, have a job, take insane amounts of supplements, go to bed at a proper time. What the fuck is even the point anymore... When the things you used to do in order to cope, when nature is portrayed as this hail mary to mental illness or built up stress... When none of these things even work anymore. What does one do? What do you do anon? Have you ever felt like this?
Brother I feel you. You need to find purpose. For me, that is a sense of community. Very hard to build as a childless man without some sort of role of responsibility (teacher, professor, cub scout leader.) Seek other people. There lies your answer.
>>2864646men will go coast to coast before going to therapy
>>2866803and sometimes up the mountain too (though that'd fit the dharma bums better than big sur here)
>>2863765>I usually also take fun pictures and romanticize the whole trip, look carefully at the wildlife, plants, feel of the air, how the wind feels...Do you know what direction the wind is blowing from? Do you know the names of the plants and why they can grow there? Do you know how to look for animal tracks, or what animals live in that forest and why? Do you know what ecosystem it is? Do you know the names of the trees? Maybe part of the reason that hiking is no longer providing any benefit to you is because, like everything else in your life, it is just a generic aspect of a list. Are you shocked to learn that a purposeless task leads to a feeling of emptiness? The same is true for the rest of your life. Passiveness can look like activity when you're kind of stupid.
>>2863765Enjoyment is life.If you dont enjoy anymore, you dont live.Your life is over.Time to kill yourself.Make space for someone who will enjoy. Who will live.
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?
Sometimes a wrap a belt around my neck when I whack it.This trains all my muscles and it will train yours too
>>2853460>me after a successful rockhounding trip
>>2863659True. Backpacking , hiking is a lot of work. Not.much fun in it.The satisfaction ia when you achieve your goal, the summit.
>>2865859>It's in our genes as hunter-gatherers,Dont be a fool.Those people never existed.It is all made up fairytales.Humans are the only species on earth rhatbdo not belong here.Not only they are not fit to survive without gear but humans are the only specie that grow hair all the time.Tell me how can you live without steel blades of scissors to cut your hair.When it gets 1m long and starts tangling in bushes in the woods.Don't be rediculous.How did humans cut their hair, burn it with fire?whatbabiut the beard. that too?ahahahhahahahahahComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2867113I wish I knew for sure that you were shitposting but I worry that people this fucking dumb actually can get online now
Sorry if I've just insulted your favorite /out/ location but a few months ago I made a thread with mountains captioned as Appalachian locations and nobody could tell something is wrong, even though one of the pics was from Czechia, others were from Poland and none was actually from Appalachia. To make things even worse, I had to stop myself from using the highest parts of Carpathians cause they just look too stunning to be Appalachia. Basically Appalachia looks like one of these mountain locations I visit because they're cheaper than ones with more dramatic landscape and if I wanted to go on holyday by plane, I certainly wouldn't choose Georgia (Appalachia) over Yosemite or Georgia (Caucasus).But maybe I'm wrong and someone who actually visited Appalachia can tell me why are they truly special?
>>2867134Eh, I haven't spent a lot of time outside the eastern US, but I have visited the western US and Europe, and Austria was very pretty, don't get me wrong, and Oregon had some nice parts, but Appalachia has nice canyons and rivers and you can get above them looking down. I had a nice hike last week where you sort of meander around a mini-gorge (you can take steps to the bottom if you wish but the waterfall was mostly dry), and eventually get to an overlook of the main river it flows into. The trail was in crappy shape (overgrown/narrow) but it was still a nice experience. I assume trails are probably in better shape in Europe and western America.
>>2867134Tbh I see a lot of that on this board. They've never gone anywhere so they think that the Appalachians are the only /out/ place in existence. It's kind of sad but that's their life I guess. Personally my top states are Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana.
>>286713299.9% of /out/ has been outside less than 10 times this year so take a wild guess at how many went outside AND abroad
I agree there are plenty of nicer places in the world in terms of grand views and pure mountains. But I'll never not love Appalachia. Such variety of habitat even if it's shades of the same greater ecosystem you can feel the differences as you go north southThere isn't that much temperate deciduous forest in the world let alone much where you can still (while difficult) find true old growth trees. Would have loved to see her in her prime though before the chestnut blight and fauna removal
>>2867175there's a decent amount of old growth left, but, much of it is on private land, OR, is hard to access, if they left the trees, it's probably because they were difficult to get to so it will be difficult for you to get to those trees toobut you do get a neat effect where if you have a 200-300 ft deep gorge you can have old growth trees growing out of the bottom and reaching the upper rim of the gorge which looks pretty neat irl
Hey /out/, peak season for foraging is upon usPost your harvests and discuss foraging and eating wild plants itt You do that, right?Pic related, some wild asparagus I just picked and flowering wild garlic in my backyard, that reminds me I gotta go to the forest very soon and get more in my super secret wild garlic spot
I get dandelion, plantain, river onion, blackberries and very occasionally plums and apples. I wish it was enough to make an entirely foraged meal but they do go well in stews/baking breads.
>>2862084I live in spain and here we have many abandoned lands of grapes/olives and random fig trees, in the summer I go and fill kilos of them and eat them after I wash them in spring, like an ancient meditarian king kek. And I know they're neglected because those that I leave just rot there (and the rabbits eat them, we have many of them also, I should start hunting). People stopped caring because the price to harvest outweighs the profit they can make, and the lands are mostly owned either by boomers who barely can walk, or inherited to zoomers that live in big cities like madrid or just care not. That what you get with this stupid governments, and you can find the same fruits left to rot just KMs away being sold for high prices in stores.
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What can I do with garlic mustard? It's everywhere and it smells like it tastes good, but I have never cooked with it.
>>2867157I make pesto with walnuts with it
What's the single best outdoor tool and why is it the axe?
>>2867079you do sometimes want some chopping implement to delimb trees or cut brush though, which are less convenient to do with a saw.however there are much better tools for that than a hatchet, be it a machete, billhook or anything similar.
The Pulaski. Delimbs faster than a saw (though not as cleanly) does everything an axe does, works as a grubbing tool and sometimes used for driving wedges or stakes with the top end. High utility, simple low cost maintenance.
>>2866065 A saw is superior to the Axe.
>>2867121Fact: An axe can fell buck and split, a saw can only fell and buck.Saws have their place.
>>2867082>>2867079Hatchets are literal garbage and im tired of pretending they're not because of that gay book. You'd be better served with a 2 pound boy's axe with a 20" handle. With a 14" folding saw you're unstoppable.
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?
>>2865686yup... YUP!!!!!
If god didn't want me throwing car batteries in the lake he shouldn't have made it hold so many
>>2865424go ahead, fucking murder me for picking up trash. for taking care of your buisness. put a bullet in my skull already! this world was never made for me and my life is characterized by profound suffering. i would kindly die for what i believe in, that we've only got one chance to do the right thing. except this isn't your "back yard", this is the place my town was founded. and this isn't YOUR property, this is someone's nearby that this double nigger who threatened me is up in arms about. it's in the middle of town, not the middle of nowhere. yes, you have a right to care about who goes on your land, but fuck off if you think you have a right to police other people's, and fuck you if you can't even show a little bit of friendliness to someone who is just trying to be neighborly, to care about the place we live. the way we treat our land is a perfect representation of who we are, and if that's anything to go by, my town is the definition of a shithole. i see people littering virtually every day. furthermore, amarillo is a town that is the windiest on average in the entirety of the US, so i'm being bitched at for trying to remove trash before it eventually blows away, because the fire opened a lot of the land. like, genuinely, i don't fucking care about tresspassing, i don't care about who owns what. i am not a criminal for caring about what i do. try wearing my shoes for a second, imagine you've found this shit everywhere and there's this asshat who's living literally no different than a homeless man out in the middle of a fucking field, with his tent surrounded by trash, who begins to scream he's going to kill you FER TUCHIN MAH TRESH. in reality he could be some prick trying to avoid registering as a sex offender. anyways. this is what makes me think life isn't worth living anyways and nothing i do actually matters lol
>>2837495>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?Because I will be dead anyway. So why would I care for preserving something when I will be long gone.Let it all become shit after I am dead so those after me to have it worse.This will.be my revenge to them.Preserving nature is pointless.Exploit it and enjoy it while you can and you are alive. Tou won't last a long time.
>>2837495you would have to deport people and that's really mean
