>like that PNW which have a Mediterranean climate
>there are microclimates in the gulf islands
>yeah man in the small exceptions it's kind of true that's obviously what we're talking about here

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>>2861664
>>2861659
Did you guys really not know that? Haven't you ever wondered why it doesn't rain for weeks and months at a time? You must be transplants, or don't even live here.

Tourists think the PNW gets a lot of rain. What it gets are a lot of months with small amounts of measurable rain. That's not the same thing. 8 months of cold, cloudy weather with ~.03in or less of rain most days, 4 months of warm, very dry weather. That's Mediterranean, my friend.

Go hawks.

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>>2862484
>What it gets are a lot of months with small amounts of measurable rain.
So it rains all the time, got it!

>>2861604
You like that double stuffed, don't you, you dirty bastard? I know I do. ;)

>>2862484
But a lot of that pnw med climate gets big winter storms that do cause a mud season not as much from snowmelt but from volume of rain. Campgrounds and trails close in norcal in the winter for this reason

>>2862942
thats toilet paper, i had a neighbor mulch a mullan for fun one year and it grew 9ft tall

>>2862953
What order tho?

I smoked cbd cigarettes with this in it and i was coughing up all my mucus. Clears them out good and I was like Kirby afterwards

>>2862965
My brother in christ this is one of life's little lessons one must learn on there own. Good luck to ya champ!

>>2862953
Ass first, it’ll dry while you smoke it

>>2862936
That sounds amazing. Even if it was a bit your own fuck up, and you didn’t get lucky by having some helping hand appear ex machina and give you a chain of events total unforeseen, but that still sounds like an experience you won’t forget and can’t replicate. Very very cool honestly.
>>2862937
And cool photo. I assume you’re right that Guinea and maybe Sierra Leone will be more exciting to hike in because its not as flat as most of Senegal and Gambia.
>bushwhack
I assume the bush wasn’t too bad in late dry season because all the bushes and grass were dead, but could you even manage during rain season? I’d assume for most parts the grass would just be too tall and too thick to go through even with a Machete.
Did you plan for this in some way?
I would probably also prefer to leave the toad and official camping spots in Niokola Park, but I’d assume anything that hasn’t been cleared will simply be too hard to traverse.
>military surplus boots
I bought some Solomon goretex boots a few years past that have held up amazingly.

Jesus. i used to do stuff like this back in my twenties. twenty years on if I'm getting on a plane somewhere, it better have white sand beaches, and good food and drinks.

>>2860084
>The nature is harsh, dry, not welcoming
good
>the people are very dumb and either friendly if they can't actually help you
why would you go somewhere where you need help from others?
retard

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>>2862992
The park was emptied by the government in the 60s. People used to live near by but now it is illegal to live in the nature reserve.
Photo is the sign at the park entrance saying its their natures last refuge.

>>2860098
I spent some time in Iten, Kenya and Kaptagat (also Kenya) in the early 2010s on the invitation of one of my coaches friend. Bit of a friend of a friend situation. The primary focus for me was running, those two cities are where some of the world's best distance runners live and train, but the /out/ was also amazing. Hundreds of miles of beautiful trails, red rock areas that reminded me of time in Utah, not as much water or wetlands though. The people there were also very kind, maybe it was just because I was there to learn from them or the athletes represented a higher caliber of individual than the ones you encountered, but I had a wonderful time across several trips there. I never transcended the talent I had as a mzungu, and I'm not sure such an experience would be as fulfilling for someone that doesn't run... but I would recommend Kenya to anyone wanting to visit the continent.

>>2863235
nice carpet
what's the bottom reel?

>>2863238
Dam quick 330. I have a 220 I'm hot rodding for use on rods like this but I exploded the spool winding mono on too tight so until I finish making my aluminum one this is the closest I have

>>2863239
>but I exploded the spool
i keep hearing about this but it never happened to me, despite owning multiple old mitchells that supposedly are prone to this, am i mistakenly doing something right?
i'm getting from ebay one of these old reel that's just a spool on a rotating foot (turn it so the spool face the tip of the rod to cast like a fixed spool reel, and put back to reel in) i want to use some kind of old wooden surface frog lure with it, might even try doing one myself

>>2863210
i didn't even know a 12 dollar combo would have the lure rating printed on it.

>>2863243
>>2863243
>>2863243
new thread

I got eaten

>>2863051

I remember that guy from the pic, he came out of nowhere, drank a beer and disappeared. Seems like a chill dude desu.

>>2863100
Who are you talking to?

>>2863051
Not really a trail story, still Appalachia, or a couple feet off I guess, idk. Used to live up at the north end of Georgia. Family was really poor so we were in a hostel sort of set up and getting ferried around as homeless people to places that would take us. Churches and the like. Spent a month in an empty barn house that would take us. Pretty nice place, but my brother and I were slammed into a small room on the back end of the house, with a window out into the backyard. I was sleeping right under the window. There were no houses for miles back that way but we did have neighbors, they were in the same situation as us but I didn't really like them. The backyard had about 500 feet of clearing until you hit the trees. It'd freak me out looking out the window at night, the moon would rise straight above the trees meaning the room was always filled with moonlight in the late hours. Woke up one night and felt something was off. I stood stark still for a minute, listening to the fan in the room before realizing what it was. Some guy was standing at the window looking down at me, I realized his shadow made the room dark. It took me like a minute before I screamed, and the dude bolted from the window. Woke my brother up, he's older, so he wants to go confront the guy. He tries to chase the guy by going out the back door which isn't too far from our room, and I follow him not wanting him to get stabbed. We watched the guy from the backdoor as he booked it into the woods on bare feet, running the whole yard fast as shit. We found out the next day it was one of our fellow homeless neighbors getting high as shit, PCP or something. We left the mountains very soon after, renting a place from our distant in-laws. They were still looking for him by the time we left.

>>2863189
Bear don't talk he come into tent and pulling you out in your sleeping bag. Bear eat all honey. You cannot hide honey bear.

>>2862859
> flatten the land
> backcountry

Are you fucking retarded? Even if that was on the table, space is not the only consideration here. They need to restrict traffic for the sake of preservation; the more people hiking and pitching tents, the more the backcountry is going to get trashed.

>>2862854
It is not literally adding sites, the land is federally designated wilderness which by law it has to retain wilderness character. That means room for solitude and land that is untrammeled and has no permanent structures. They dont have a choice, congress has told them to manage it this way

>>2863141
You can just stealth camp just dont be an asshole and camp in a designated spot that someone might have reserved i dont think anyone has a problem with this also sometimes shit happens and you can't make it back. Follow stealth camping code, set up at night and be out by the morning and no one gives a fuck campsites are just nicer and if you can reserve a spot you might as well

>>2863145
add trash cans
pay people to go in and clean it up every so often

>>2863146
abolish the wilderness designation
allow maintenance and alteration of all land via power tools along with blazes and signage and shelters and all that good stuff

>>2863153
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you're not from here, or that you've never done any backcountry stuff, and don't really know what that word entails. The demand to use these spaces has unfortunately grown exponentially over the past twenty years or so. Even if they weren't camping overnight, the increased foot traffic alone would trample vegetation to the point where it would significantly alter the area, and ruin the experience for everyone. There are plenty of accessible outdoor areas in the PNW that don't have these restrictions on them. We're not going to let you (or anyone else) ruin the few that are being properly managed and preserved.

>abolish the wilderness designation

Oh you're just a troll.

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>>2861316
>250€
Unless you are climbing actual mountains or spelunking you can just hike in old clothes. The only thing that matters is experience and boots/socks. The decathlon tennis socks are good, and the hunting boots are good for the money. But you don't need to spend 250€. Just buy a 20L backpack, pick the cheapest one because you won't notice the weight difference for casual hiking.

When hiking carry a poncho or rain jacket (ponchos are lighter but they suck with wind), a meal, a 2L water bottle, spare socks, a first aid kit and a knife. That's all you need unless you are doing technical stuff. Pic related are my favourite decathlon boots, unless you are walking on wet rock, because they are kinda slippery.

The Quechua shoes aint that bad if you are not doing mountains. I have a pair that have served me pretty well for just normal walks (~6 hour long treks through hills and woods and shit).

I did bought the MH100 as first shoes for walking. Really good shoes to start with. Only issue is your feet will have the worst smell in the world.
I liked the high shoes to protect my ankles. It s really good as a beginner because you can walk like a retard among the rocks. But yes it s not for intensive use, after like 10 to 30 hiking into the rock it kind of fell apart. I was using them to go climbing, so we did take some shitty path into the rocks.
Decathlon is honest with their product, they display their lifetime.

I strongly advise to go with this one because it s cheap, and after a few hikes you will see other shoes and know what you want.

Other important information : get a wind breaker AND a down jacket. Always separate the heat from the layer which protect you from the rain. You will often need to take off your down jacket because you will start sweating a lot and it I'll be raining.
I bought the MT500, I had a Patagonia for like 4 times the prices before and I still prefer the MT500.

Otherwise I always pick the brand "simond" it s like 2 to 5 times cheaper than the brand with the same specs. Maybe a little be heavier, instead of 500g you will be at 600g but who care when you walk.

And yes a 25l is largely enough. Just take a bag with the clips to put it around your waist. And I like to have other clips like in the alpine bag to put other stuffs outside of my bag, like my jacket or flip flops on the top

>>2862707
>Only issue is your feet will have the worst smell in the world.
This is usually due to the use of poor materials such as paper or wood fiber. Once they get wet with sweat/water, bacteria begin to multiply inside, breaking down organic material and this causes the shoes to smell like corpses. Always check the inside of the shoe before buy and remember - changing shoe insoles 1-2x per year greatly reduces this.

>>2861351
A cotton baselayer will work against your insulation and is a very bad idea. When you sweat and your cotton base gets wet your body will use energy to dry it. Cotton will hold on to more moisture and dry slower than synthetics or wool. If youre hiking in 100+ F then cotton could be good as it will cool you down, but in normal or cold conditions it will be cold and uncomfortable. It could even kill you given the right circumstances.

For moisture management theres basicly two directions you could go:

A fast drying synthetic base that wicks moisture away from the body and dries fast. If needed combine it with a fleece that breaths well and transfer moisture to it’s outside so that it can vaporize. Materials like Alpha Direct, Octaloft or a grid fleece will work as active insulation. A wind layer over the fleece will make it alot warmer.

Merino wool. You will stay wet for a longer time but it will be comfortable and warm even when its wet. If its cold a wind layer or hardshell on top of a merino base will help trap heat. You might not need a insulating layer

>>2855348
do you have a source to this or map where it's safe? i'd like to know more on where it's safe to fish/live. Thanks for the info anon.

>>2854649
I looked into the specific study results and it's pretty weasel-y. For example, they sampled quite a few fish from the Connecticut River, but the majority of those were taken immediately downriver from a major city

I don't want my fish to have chemicals. I'm also not super surprised that a Largemouth taken in Hartford a mere 500 feet away from the airport tarmac might be not that good to eat

>>2855035
brackish water fish chads rise up.

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>>2854649
everything from the grocery store and your balls are also full of chemicals. just eat the trout nigga.

>>2854941
You can still fish and not eat the fish. Just catch and release

>>2843950
You're not only a normie, you're the stereotypical cliché of the guy that day dreams about checking out of society and living the "good life". Hell I bet your wife even mentioned that you two could start a YouTube or tiktok channel about your homestead in order to make money! You'll have to get one of those cute little dogs and give it a silly name like that moron in west Virginia with the stupid beard and piercing through his lip. Of course you don't realize that guy has to live in fucking west Virginia and bums off of other people to barely make a living.... in fucking WEST VIRGINIA. By the way, your wife will be doing OF in 6 months.

>>2862794
that's what this board is for though. if you are trying to shoot down his dreams of going /out/ then why are you even posting here

>>2844040
>DUDE I litteritly /out/ daily
so does 90% of the world's population

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>>2862794
You sound upset

>>2863122
Why are you necrobumping an obvious bait thread by responding to a post from five months ago? Why are you even responding to bait?

>>2862627
a bit.
she's very shy.
>mud season on the trails
god, I hate early spring

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>>2862627
Yes

>>2862775
Imagine calling for the Devine presence of God, but then neglecting to capitalize His name.

You are a redditor faggot

>>2863065
you think He feels neglected?
He mad?

>>2862775
Mud season is the worst. Having to wash the dog’s feet in the tub 3x a day is miserable and so is having to try and predict which part of the driveway will be firm enough to park on each day (it changes).
>>2862733
My snow is basically all gone, because we got an inch of rain Friday. The rain also fucked up the lake ice bad, so ice fishing requires a boat to get to the ice on some lakes now. The sap is running in the maples though, which is about the only thing I enjoy about this part of the year.

And while now the base is gone and the ground is getting soft, we’re not done with snow for the year. The problem is that you can’t really do anything on it because you’ll tear up the soft ground unless we get a foot+, which probably won’t happen.

>>2858930
>Okay so reintroduce bison lmao
apploying this accross the board along with immediately switching all grazing to wholistic rotational graazing would fix all of our problems regarding desertification due to overgrazing. if only it was all that simple as just pushing a button

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>>2862580
>residential use water

>>2862822
>18%
Doubt

>>2862823
i dont think you realize just how much water hectares upon hectares of crops drinks up

There is no solution to this predicament that does not involve a precipitous drop in the global human population and the subsequent halting of the global techno-industrial enterprise. Deportation is a red herring.

>>2853353
>bloodthirsty beasts
Your use of emotional language shows how little faith you have in your own arguments.

>>2853716
>this retard thinks a peashooter is stopping a BEAR

nice recoil buddy

>>2849726
I asked

>>2849652
i think i posted something about it in another thread
brit (and other colonizers) came up with tte consept of a stopping rifle. a rifle designed just to stop a charging beast of any size. usually two barrel, kinda short and in an insane calibre like 600 nitro express. in a scenario like op's video you dont have time to reload any kind of action, you cant always trust an auto or semi auto, but you can trust two rounds of 600 to the face of anything on four legs. for bears a shotgun with slugs or buckshot will work just as well, and you need to carry it in your arms ready to fire at any time when in bear country. its up to you and the conditions if maybe a pump or semi with more rounds is preferable or the speed of firing two rounds instantly is. the blokes exploring africa and asia went for two quick rounds rather than 5+ slow rounds.
its a bit confusing to me that the gun knowledge from 3rd world explorers went kinda lost in america and even europe.
i think only svalbard has a culture of guns for bear protection and they dont come at you suddenly you got plenty of time to see them and react so they use regular rifles or big calibre revolvers.

>>2863021
I think the lack of double rifles in America has to do mostly with the detachment of the safari culture prevalent in colonies, as in the early 1900's when safaris were more popular, most hunters in America were doing it for food and not leasure. In the modern sense of hunting guides I think its just the fact that double rifles are too expensive and things like pump shotguns or large caliber handguns are seen as good enough.

I don't know, when I hear the phrase wanderlust, I just think of mentally stunted trust fund recipients that are trying to sound more intelligent than they actually are.

People from the 3rd world still have this innocent sense of wonderment, as well as some of the old people around my hometown in the western US, who never got drawn out of themselves by postmodern irony or by the willful cynicism which >>2862804 kindly illustrates. No you're never gonna go back to the way it felt to be a kid, but you can still chase wisdom and joy, it's out there in abundance, that's the great thing about the world, it never changes, only you do.
I once went hiking across a temperate rainforest, I won't say where, which had recently been gifted from the gov't back to the native people. The first thing they did was ransack all buildings and stop maintaining the trails. Nothing from my maps or research reflected the reality of what was there. The point is I had to shred all my expectations, and so was able to accept what I found with complete innocence, rather than try to assert myself within the space. Then add to that the feeling of complete isolation and the knowledge I was 6 days on foot from my destination. The result was like crawling out of Plato's cave and feeling something real for the first time. Like finding out Narnia is real. I've had that feeling 2, maybe 3 times in my life, always while hiking somewhere I had no map or preconceived expectations. I'm sure that's the way early explorers felt when walking across the Americas for the first time.
It's important to note, you don't have to seek out untrammeled wilderness to get this feeling. You just need the realization that the cynicism implanted in your brain (blame 4chan, instagram and Alltrails) is an artificial thing you weren't born with, and you don't need to take it with you into the woods.

>>2862935
I felt that looking at the susquahanna river for the first time

>>2862956
theres a jillion different overlooks of the susq at various lengths of its course

>>2862802
Misanthropy.

>>2861952
someone must have that gif or webm of a guy walking through african bush and then something comes at him, you dont see what it is, it happends so fast
>boom-boom from his double rifle
>boom from his mates rifle
>you hear a beast fall in the bush
>he say something like "600 nitro express" or whatever as he reloads and giggles to the camera
dressed like a typical boer or south african, speaking in boer english

>>2862918

Based as fuck

I wish double barrel rifles weren't so absurdly expensive

>>2862981
drillings as its called here, two 12 gauge side by side with a single rifle shot usually 6,5 or 7,62 is very common for certain types of hunting here and not really expensive. you can load one barrel with a slug, buck or birdshots in the other and still have a long range powerfull rifle round available. all 3 will fire when needed but it takes time to reload. its the poormans h&h double stopping rifle. mostly used for big bird or deer hunting but can kill anything a 12g slug or 308 can.

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>>2862986
ok that was a single 12g, they exist and is most common in double 12g

>>2859941
sorry. found my secret

>>2844571
Humans aren't supposed to sleep alone.

NPR story I loved (when it was good), they flew flew a bunch of Amazon tribesmen to NY for some sort of anthro study. They got them all hotel rooms. The tribesmen stopped them and asked if they were really expected to sleep separately. Said they were worried about bad dreams.
Funny because these dudes were the kind of tuff living in the jungle your whole life makes you.
It's just nature op.

>>2845426
He robs sperm banks but only what he can fit in his mouth.

>>2862536
bodied that freak

>>2844571
>>2844585
I think about how it's the same as the day, but just dark now. I imagine how it was during the day, and how empty the forest was, then just keep that image in my head like the lights are turned off and it becomes casual