>My parents are pretty lenient with me when it comes to chores.>Wash my own dishes, put my cloths in the washing machine and that’s about it.>They even fold them for me.>An apology for being too rough with me as a kid I think.>But there is still one chore I do anally, and even if they offered too do it for me I’d still do it myself.>Every year on the first snowfall my trampoline must be taken down. The constant weight of the snow will cause it to stretch and warp otherwise.>If I don’t the cloth will stretch causing it to loose tension and you’ll have to work harder to jump and it won’t be nearly as satisfying to use. A while of that and you need to buy a new net and springs, years of neglect the frame will buckle and you just have to get a whole new trampoline at that point.>When I was a kid my trampoline was my safe space, if my parents were being hard on me or school was stressing me out I’d just climb on in and get lost in my imagination. The weight on my shoulders disappearing in the momentary weightlessness of zero g.>I’d imagine fantasy worlds with wacky characters and if I was angry I’d imagine those characters tearing people apart until the anger brought me to tears or mental exhaustion.>My therapists at the time told my parents that they shouldn’t bother me or attempt to “correct my behavior” while I use it and that its healthy for kids to have a private safe space. To their credit they didn’t.> I’m in my early 20’s now and I’ve never grown out of the thing, it is still my safe space, a place for me to unwind, and now that I think about it my sole source of exercise.>Today is the first snow of winter.
>>2852164 #That's the perfect use case for one of those really shitty ones. Some of my neighbors when I was a kid also had trampolines and they would sag after a year of light use, like what's even the point if you're spending less than a few thousand on a trampoline you're throwing.
>>2852131>But there is still one chore I do anally, and even if they offered too do it for me I’d still do it myself.
>>2852131>Trampoline>TrampIt used to be called a JUMPoline until your mom jumped on it.
i’m sorry for your loss op. maybe you could go to a trampoline park? if you go during a school day it should be relatively quiet
>>2852263Still feels weird. It will probably be full of preschool kids and being an adult in anny setting where kids could be freaks me out. I hate kids. A friend advised that I go to a gymnastics place but I can't imagine sharing my safe space with strangers dedicated to mastering a craft.
Okay, so i have like an exam in a very fae away city and i'm extremely fucking poor so i jusr have money to travel but staying in a hotel is out of the wayGive me some great advice to look homeless or atleast places to sleep in
>>2850331what city? cant give good advice without knowing
>>2850447train stations are heavily policed to keep out bums and vagrants trying to sleep there, the ones that arent heavily policed are already filled with homeless people
>>2850993It's just a level of resignation you don't want to cross. Once you become comfortable, and accept, being a bunch bum it means you're already most of the way down a slippery slope.
>>2850382lol I went camping in a cave then the next morning I went and passed the theory test to drive a heavy goods vehicle
>>2850331$19.95/day you can rent this motherfucker. I get some cheap tape & paper for the windows from walmart. Can get an inflatable mattress & sleeping bag too for cheap. Hostels aren't an option in Canada and your cheapest airbnb will be $150+ in a major city.
Just scored a pair of vintage koflach mountaineering boots (picrel) at an estate sale. Would these still be considered viable gear today? Supposedly the previous owner only used them for one expedition so they are basically new.
>>2852001>Obviously you can't take trail runners up most 6000m peaks.Funnily enough, last mountaineering trip I wore my trail runners up to 5100m. Only changed to boots for the final day when my microspikes were no longer cutting the mustard.
>>2851331>Supposedly the previous owner only used them for one expedition so they are basically newone expedition, yes. but they were stored outside for a while
>>2851778Koflatch actually went out of business, so the only full plastic boot still being made today is the Scarpa Inverno.>>2852002Yeah but then you basically carried boots up with you as dead weight for half the climb. I prefer a pair of modern light mountaineering boots which don't suck to hike in and I can wear the whole trip. Carrying an extra pair of shoes just seems silly to me. I get that, traditionally, climbing boots suck to hike the approach in, and I've certainly seen a fair number of "60lb expedition packs with another 7lbs of boot tied on", while the bearer scrambles up in sneakers, but it's just not my style. Seems like an injury waiting to happen, but I also have bitch ankles.
>>2852002you can use strap on crampons with some trail runners
>>2852127>>2852258The thing is, if it gets steep on snow/ice you want mountaineering boots that suck to hike in. The rigidness goes from being painful to being the only thing keeping your lower legs alive when you're front pointing for hours. (Even less technical climbing is painful in non-shanked shoes) With how light other gear is these days I think it's easily worth it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/climbing-influencer-dies-live-streaming-140845585.htmlAnybody got the vid
>>2843815Do climbers just leave their gear up there? I never thought about it before but obviously he isn't getting it back down
>>2843789>>2843786>amateurishMany experienced climbers don't bother tying knots at the ends of their ropes when abseiling because they know (or think they know) the rope is long enough.They know they should tie knots, but they don't bother out of laziness or convenience. It's not really a sign of amateurishness.>>2850204No. Usually there is an established anchor up there, like a tree with slings around it, or a proper drilled metal bolt with a metal loop for your rope. For abseiling the rope is doubled and you descend on two strands of the rope. When you are down you can pull on one of the strands and the whole rope comes down. There are also some setups that allow you to create a temporary anchor that comes down with the rope when you pull on a third separate strand or pull on the main rope a few times in a certain way.
>>2843815HE DIDN'T FLY SO GOOD
>>2850218>>2844155falsehoods, don't know what they're talking about>>2843779>>2843789>>2843798the ring of truth
>>2844157These guys have gotten pretty solid sponsorships . Just by looking at the brands the movie starts and ends with.I think they have done it not in an alpine style ascend, haven't they?
What animal makes a very loud scraping sound?I like to hike in the woods at night and I don't follow a trail and I have never seen another person before so I think it was an animalChatgpt says it could have been a deer scratching it's antlers but watching a video it doesn't sound like what I heard at all, it sounded more like metal being dragged across concreteIt was loud AF and repeat a few times before it stopped tooI didn't see anything because i keep my phone in my pocket in case I get hurt and just use my night vision to get around but that only lets me see so farI've been doing this for over a year but I've never heard anything like that beforeI'm in Europe BTW
>>2851290
>>2851290metallic scraping noises are often associated with paranormal phenomena
>>2851290Picrel, obviously...There's no other explanation.>I'm in Europe BTWAh, yes, the great country of Yurop.It's not like there are different species across the continent.
>>2851290I often hear noises like that too, due to my location there is 0% chance of bear. I usually suspect it's a rat or badger, or something. It can get kinda annoying and keep me awake
>>2851352My guess is that you heard a red stag roar.
Religious Utah MORMON father charged with TORTURE and child abuse for taking his little kids on a way-too-hard hike:https://archive.is/lPaquthe trail in question where he was found with his 8 year old daughter, and 2 and 4 year old son:https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/broads-fork-trailIt's 2000 ft of elevation gain over 2.2~ mi each way so pretty steep. Initially, some news reports hailed the rescue and the father’s efforts to keep the children alive in unforgiving conditions. There was even a GoFundMe fund-raiser, where Mr. Smith was said to have suffered frostbite in trying to keep the children safe, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.Two of the children were in critical condition after they were found, the sheriff’s office said after the rescue, and one was in stable condition. Mr. Smith was in fair condition, the statement said.District Attorney Sim Gill of Salt Lake City said during a news conference that the children were told to “march on” despite being afraid and that the path Mr. Smith took, known as the Broad Fork Trail, was “not an easy hike that you would take a child upon.”Mr. Gill also said that the children discussed climbing over “rocks that were slipping” and having to hold onto vegetation as they were trying to hike.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2852068>She said Smith insisted it was a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience and blocked her from going back down the trail, allegedly telling her, “You shall not pass.”fucking millennials, jesus christ
>>2852068>The daughter told investigators she begged her father multiple times to turn back as the storm intensified, but he refused.Fucking Americans.
>>2852069That sounds like he was trying to suicide his kids in the mountains with him
>>2852171one is still in the hospital, other two are ok I think
>>2852194>americanHes a Mormon.Its a cult.Americans will admit that some nigger gang banger in South central L.A. is an american but nobody claims Mormons.
This is literally the most gun that anyone needs in the woods, unless you’re in bear country. Even then, if you can aim then you’ll be fine.
>>2833152>>2833171Man why are you such a fag though? Bear spray is undoubtedly effective but guns are cool. I just have both in bear country desu.
>>2851784>not sure i'd be able to draw and accurately hit a bear You dont stop when it has you on the ground.You mag dump into its chest at 6"
>>2851252>designer loved his gun so much that he vowed to teach it how to fly....
>>2850981Extremely lucky shot to the ear canal.Has happened exactly one (1) time in all of recorded history.
>>2849722You have it broken down and stored in your pack inconspicuously while traveling, parking at the trailhead, checking into your hotel etc.
fantasy books recommendations?
>>2850963zoomer problems lol
>>2850963His writing is preferable to Martin's incest fantasy
>>2849507Conan>which one?
>>2850963sex is fine in botns since its not explicit (offscreen 90% of the time) and severian is explicitly left unfullfilled by the handful of women he sees. It's also heavily implied hes lying about several of these and using them as justification for his actions, given the book is a memoir. Also sev's what, 17-19 during the bulk of the series? Of course that shit is gonna be on his mind.book 3 is peak /out/ with him walking through the mountains with the green light of the moon seeping through the thin atmosphere. creatures like alzebos are cool as shit too. My only complaint with the series is the last couple books shy away from the strange locales as much. If all you focused on were sev's exploits with women instead of everything fucking else going on around him, thats on you. Cause thats only like 5% of the story
>>2849507The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick RothfussAnything by Brandon Sanderson
Discuss /out/tubers here.
Ever wondered if a lifestraw actually works?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ido-pGUfE
Where are all the mushrooms edition?
>>2851223doing a grade III with you
>>2851560I had sealskinz gloves years ago and they weren't great since they eventually leaked and don't have that much insulation. Their socks are much better presumably since it's less intricate to make>>2851649Grade IV.
>>2851560Mountain Equipment Couloir
Good evening lads. I am going stove camping on my todd tomorrow, going to try this patch not far off a little town I know. Pic related. There's 4 options as you can see, no pine trees unfortunately but a nice thick copse of poplars by the looks of things, might make an interesting spot. I'll take some pictures and post them here if I remember. This is how I try to camp, finding little patches where nobody will bother me not far from the town. But I need your advice, where is a nice isolated place to go within yorkshire? I want to go to kielder solo but I need more experience first.
>>2852075nigga
Photo bread. Previous: >>2829058Fall colors at the San Pedro River on Thanksgiving.
The Whetstones as seen from near the San Pedro.
Post a picture from your last /out/ing.A wonderful meadow where I had lunch and a smoke.
>>2849929Nice, I share the pic with my friends of you on the winter Mt Washington summit with your face scribbled out and Alice poking out of your coat. Great pic anon
>>2849767>>2849929>>2849940hehe
>>2849969I was in the White Mountains October 22 and 23. Was I around some anons and didn’t even know?
>>2847391Savour these days my man.
>>2829058The Whetstones seen from near the San Pedro River.
Just scheduled a job interview for a position in Couer D’Alene so can anyone redpill be on the panhandle? What should I expect?
>>2852099special camps for californians, and california adjacent parasites is the only solution.
>>2851063He wants to be around the remnants of the Aryan Nation. Culture is thoroughly inbred fash.
>>2852099No no, not Boise, Eagle. Eagle is where Boise keeps its white flight. The name is a play on this.
>>2851063youre right boise is the best place to live in idaho hands down
>>2852097Other state that starts with an MThoughbeit are problem is mostly FIPs not Calis
Were we ever really safe in San Antonio?
>>2844415Coastal NorCal is better than any coastline on the East Coast.
>>2843998What
>>2848555Eh... I get the point you're trying to make but no.
>>2846121>what is national forest>what are state parks>me and all my friends are poorfags with no landSucks to be you, nerd.Texas is awesome and I'm glad you dumbass citydwellers can't find your way /out/ into the woods to ruin things for the rest of us.
>>2851312You know that Texas is 99% city dwellers...
