can anyone recommend a good pair of hiking boots? price doesn't really matter, i'm just trying to get a decent pair of boots that won't bust a hole straight through the bottom like my last pair (my walking posture is fine)
>>2843610>can anyone recommend a good pair of hiking boots?My Dad is a lifelong Elk hunter, and has tried MANY different brands of boots. He swears by "Asolo", and due to the hype, is now using "Crispi", and he likes those too. I have a pair of "Asolo" that do the job.
>>2843610I use boots for autumn-winter:Merrell Speed Strike 2 MidAnd trail runner sneakers for spring-summer:Altra Lone Peak 9+Both are great
>>2866761>make boots
>>2843871I think there's already plenty people coming on you, crocodile
>>2868830These are good as hell, use to tramp with them and they lasted 2 years of constant asphalt desert and mountain walking. I roughed them up fucking horrible and they didnt start showing functional wear until about my 6th trip to the desert after a year and a half of putting them through hobo hiker hell through both snow and swamp too. I use cowboy boots with tread now aince its easy to repair longterm and comfy as fuck.
I want to live like this.
>>2870256nice.,,thatreal.
>>2870223The fact that you shitters do this on slow boards too is genuinely fucking pathetic.
>>2870276>shitters do this on slow boardsneed,,,moulin,,wipesclean.
Is a hunting backpack overkill for someone who wants to go thru-hiking?I was looking at Exo Mountain backpacks specifically. I will be doing some future hunting trips so I was hoping to be able to have one backpack for both situations, but a lot of people I've spoken too said I should get something smaller for solely backpacking.Opinions, /out/?
>>2870375Flextrek Whipsnake 37,000,000,000,000 or you may as well not be hiking
>>2870375Not that its overkill but thru hiking wants a balance of comfort and weight saving.4-5lb for a backpack is a little high when you're planning on doing 15-17 mile days.If you must have that pack just be ready to make weight saving cuts elsewhere, like bringing 5 days of food vs 7 days, or spending a lot on lighter tent/clothing combinations.I have the Osprey Atmos 50 which is around 4lb and I shaved weight from everything else to keep my pack weight low for the PCT.
>>2870375It's the wrong type of backpack
>>2870375I want a pack like the collapsed pic on the left except thats as big as it gets. Long and narrow. Extends up to or past the head. Doesnt extend far away from the body. Good waist belt.
>>2870375The k4 is a great hunting back, and it doesn't feel heavy when loaded up so I would say go for it but if possible wait for Black Friday. Exo only does one say a year and that's it. the 7200 you posted is also way too big, you will never fill it unless youre hiking Alaska for a month and are loaded up with puffys. the 5000 is better suited for just about every scenario
if you hunt, what kind of deer caller do you use?
>>2866457I don't. I listen, thats what no one else did.
>>2866457>these are the people that destroyed the roman empire and conquered all of europe for a whilewha da faaa
>>2866457If it hits the back of your throat when you use it, you aren't using it as a deer caller.
>>2866457dead silence
>>2866457none. Western hunting is big open desert, you need to hike, track, glass, and maneuver to a good shooting position if you spot something.
You are in the middle of a huge state forest, several days of walking away from civilization.Suddenly, you come across this structure. What do you do?
>>2866358Copper, lead, iron.
>>2866358Youre not too brite are you
>>2866335drop some malachite and cassiterite aroundwait for the inevitable bronze age episode
when is he building a proper furnace with animal skin bellows to produce bloom iron
>>2869161based
I'm planning a first time camping trip next monthI'm going solo and backcountry hiking in middle of Ontario, Lake Superior provincial park. Watched hundreds of videos and read hundreds of guides on camping so I'm confidentwish me luck bros
>>2868488Break a leg
>watched hundreds of videos >read guides on campingNone of this shit means anything. Do a smaller overnight trip somewhere before full sending it on a big backpacking trip. Test your gear. Practice pitching your tent. Try sleeping with your setup. Test your shoes on a long distance hike. Watching how-to guides is not enough
>>2868488>first time camping>I'm going solo listen to this guy >>2868558that way it's not actually "your first time"
did OP die?
>>2870930nah I'm still alivegoing there next week
If you're going car-camping you are obligated to use your house-on-wheels as part of your camping setup.I'm thinking of getting some of that mosquito netting with the weighted bottom to make the trunk into a pop-up camper. There's more than enough room to sleep.Rain will require a full tarp from the roof back, but that's easier.
>>2867266>why is that? I mean, bring a tent perhaps?Why bring a tent when you brought a house on wheels.I like integrating transportation with shelter.
>>2864840Get a used hearse.
>>2865032that's because tents are for tourists a hammock mogs your bed's mattress
>>2868335Or just... a wagon... for the living
>car camping means literally sleeping in your carIs it a millennial thing?
Post your preferred hiking shoe and the rest of us can judge how /out/ they are
Gonna name drop them here because I see literally no mention, probably gonna sound like a marketing shill, but Aku is a fucking amazing brand. I guess they're bigger in EU (Italian company), but still a relatively small player. I heard they're popular with SAR in the UK and Nordics. Found out about them on a trip to Iceland. They do have a US web store, but with less selection.Literally the most common comfortable shit I've ever worn. Never get blisters. Also they're the only company making a three season Mountaineering boot that's actually comfortable to hike miles on the approach in. Since I discovered them, I've slowly replaced all my /out/ footwear.Light hiking / scrambling - Rock DFSBackpacking - Superalp GTXMountaineering / snow - Aurai DFSThey also make tacticool versions of a lot of their shit, if that's your jam.
>>2863812He killed his wife and she’s in Valhalla now
>>2868049get on my level
>>2864922i loved those shoes and there was basically nothing left of them when i finally had to put them into trashlooks like they are no longer discontinued so thank youand in case you are the varusteleka guerrilla marketing faggot then have a fuck you as well
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/
Found this on Facebook Marketplace for $60Would this be good for my first set?I am a complete amateur
>>2865156Yes, this board is dogshit for most of these reasons.
why is there a golf thread on /out/ ?janny-chan tatsukete
>>2868729Seems okProbably would serve fineOffer em 40
>/out/>golfone of the gayest fat threads i've seen yet on /out/
Realistically. How do we get poor people into practicing ski?
>>2863311Real tard brained shitMade me laugh tbdesu. Just go outside.
>how do we make poor people able to practice for a sport that is extremely expensive??? This is like asking how do we let poor people test drive lambos for free just to then turn around and tell them they can't buy one
>>2865521>It's not a bad ideayea, it's a horrible idea
>>2863310>How do we get poor people into practicing ski?you don'tonly if you have a lot of flexibility (aka uni students) you can get some dealse.g. some shitty <50km ski area in France or Austria with some hotel deal for like <100€/day for skipass + hotelthen you're still missing skis+boots+clothing thoughwent Skiing with my kids for the first time this winter for 2 weeks>600€ cost of getting there (car)>2x500€ for second hand ski+boots+snow pants+snow jacket for kids + 2x150€ for new helmets / back protector>~2x400€ wife + my equipment fractional for this season>ski pass for 12 days 2x550€ adult 2x250€ kids for a big Austrian ski region>4000€ for hotel>1000€ for eating out for lunchComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2870937correct, people go skiing to get away from browns and poors.poors and browns universally destroy everything they touch. they should not be encouraged to venture out into better areas, if anything they should be ruthlessly contained.
Unless I'm planning on gutting an animal, why would I need more knife than this?
>>2870512if you actually do shit, you're gonna quickly find out that the people who won't shut up about "taking care of tools" don't actually use them, and are just worried about resale valueand sure, its great to make sure your tools don't rust or using them only on the correct application, but some tools are made to be abused, and a full tang hunting knife is one of themtheres plenty of stuff you can do with a knife that'll fuck it up too, batoning is a classic example of this
>>2870512>that can't be done better with an axe?Are you going to hike with an axe?Bringing some cast iron pans too?
>>2870507For regular hiking and eating prepackaged food from your gas stove you don’t need one, but you should have one anyway. If you’re hunting or fishing you don’t have junk getting inside a fixed blade like a folder. Carving by the fire is much better with a scandi or convex ground blade. Light bushcraft like pot holders, skewers, tent and tarp poles and pegs, trap sets is harder with a Swiss Army knife. When they get more important is if you have to do more involved woodworking like splitting wood for a wet weather fire or an improvised splint. Obviously modern fire starters negates this somewhat, as does not going into remote areas in saturating or below freezing conditions. However a $16 4oz Mora Companion might keep YouTubers from making videos about you being buttfucked to death by bigfoot in case you fuck up in bad weather.
>>2870507Bear attacks. The smallest knife I know of to kill a bear was a 3.75 inch locking Buck 110.
>>2870512>an axeI guess if you bother to bring a fucking axe to a hiking trip, you dont need a sturdy knife too.
>scrambling or climbing>a trail run (at least 5 miles)>summiting a mountain (at least 5000 feet above sea level)>swimming in a lake (bonus points if you swim from one shore to another>taking photos of at least 5 wild animal species
Trail running is based only fatties disagree.
>>2867865>mountain summit>5000ft Tell me you're from the east coast without telling me. Did you remember to get your bumper sticker from the "most difficult mountain" on the east coast?https://mt-washington.com/bumper-sticker/
>>2867865>a trail runif you can run on it, it's not a trail
>>2867865>5000 feet above sea levelwhy would sea level even matterboomer number flexing is so fucking retardedthe Everest is a joke
>>2867963>>2870927Elevation is not the most important aspect of a mountain. There are 5000ft peaks in the Chugach that absolutely mog any 14000ft peak in the Rockies.
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?
>>2863765>When none of these things even work anymore.You're depressed, and sounds like you normally fix it with hiking. I do that too, but it's not just exercise and nature that you need.>exercise>novel experiences>socializationThese are the magic ingredients to cure depression. Hands down, if you're depressed, you're lacking one of these things. Hiking might solve two, but it doesn't hit all three. Obvious exception for going through tragedy or high stress situations, I'm talking about depression where you can't explain where it's coming from.
>>2863765so how do i unsubscribe from your blog?
>>2863765Unironically have sex
>>2868326by not posting here
>>2863766if it ain't raining we ain't training
I'm looking for some hiking near college station what are some good options for me?
>>2868602I'm guessing your homosexual lover is going to college since I would assume a college educated person would understand how to find hiking trails. There are many apps devoted to just that, and maps and websites. And most people that aren't retarded would look at any map of Texas and think "hmm what's this huge green section right here next to college station. It says sam houston national forest I wonder what that could be."
>>2868602why did you type this here instead of claude
>>2868602Go to the rec climbing gym and train and then drive to Reimers.
General thread for freediving and/or spearfishing, since I don't see one mentioning either.My personal questions:I've been thinking about taking a certification course so I can learn to do these things correctly and safely. I'm probably happy just doing the diving, but spearfishing seems like an easy and practical extension. I only casually skindive and rod-and-reel fish at the moment. Does anyone have experience taking such a course?I know I'll need my own gear early on, but each instructor I can find seems to have their own equipment shops, so I imagine they wouldn't be impartial about the quality of other gear on the market. I live on the Pacific coast of the US, so I see that a 7 mm open cell wetsuit is strongly recommended. What good/bad features should I look out for on wetsuits and other equipment? For non-competitive diving, carbon fiber fins are almost certainly not worth the price, right?
>>2865742lol I jerked off in a hot spring once and all the minnows came and ate it
>>2865852I pissed in a waterfall. No fish, but it remains the highlight of my entire life.
>>2760903oh no not the algae
>>2758772what's wrong with his dog
