Was he retarded? or free?
>>2830740I don't care for how Krakauer tried to lionize him in the book and in my youth, I ridiculed him. Older now and my thoughts have changed. He was a lost soul coming from a shitty home life. His heart was in the right place, but the whole thing seemed like a long-winded form of suicide. Christopher probably thought that he could never go back home again.
>>2832865>squirrels>squirrels>birds>berries>birds>squirrelsHe ran out of rice and died from malnutrition due to only eating small lean animals. Rabbit starvation. Should have caught some fatty fish.
>>2855525It's fucked up discovering that your dad has a whole other family, and that yours is the illegitimate one. Nonetheless, they were rich, he was well off, educated and he had a good life. He was 22 and rebellious, had he made it to 25 he probably would have calmed down and lived a normal life.
>>2830740All in all prefer a far more settled life. Scary how he looks, compared to me at my worst, in my worst circumstances. There's something kind of fascinating about the contrast between his whitely vigorous teeth, ravaged face, insane hair, and evenly trimmed beard.
>>2832865>73 Ivan IlychThis was a good book
Southwestern Australia has these thermokarst lakes like Minnesota or Russia. Does it get very cold there?
Days below zero degrees C would be few and far between in that location. My guess is last ice age.
>>2853268Yeah it gets really fucking cold sometimes I have to wear a jacket.
>>2853268Yeah we get blizzards and snow storms in australia
>>2856775No you don’t
>>2856794>he's still muttpostingI don't know, I'm starting to feel bad for you
>Have friend>Retired military (Navy)>Came into a bit of money, with the business he and I run>Travels the world in our off season (we are military contractors).>Flys to Nepal with his thot Australian GF>Decides he wants to climb Mt. Everest (lol)>Actually find this sketchy as fuck outfitter that agreed to take him on a expedition that has multiple fatalities on record>Ligit is spending like $40k and more on this whole expedition>Has no experience Mountain Climbing aside from Mt. Fuji and other mountains in Japan (really are just hikes)>Has no glacial or Alpine traversing experience/training>/fit/ in a base way he hasn't trained or acclimatized to this.>Basically giving me the whole yolo line>Literally already at base camp.How do I convince my friend he's going to die and this a beyond a pants on head retarded idea. How the fuck do these outfitters not vet people on something like this? He's on a high because he divorced his psycho whore of a wife that put his dog down to spite him and he's made just over a million dollars working in the defense industry and shrewd investment with me.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2856607Isn't the long queues one of the dangers if you get stuck because you have limited time in the death zone?
>>2856547Being old and balding don't mean you can't hike retard.Also being fat is hardly an issue unless you're obese. You can still have good endurance despite being fat.Do you people even go outside?
>>2856689>Do you people even go outside?Why would we be here if we went outside?
>>2856689American education moment
>>2856751Touch grass retard
Discuss /out/tubers here.
>>2852197I've been watching a shit ton of Homestead Rescue. Its a boomer guys version of a youtube channel. Basically its kitchen nightmares but with acreages and homesteads. There was a black family whose entire property was always wet and never drained and then the Raneys showed up and turned off the hose that was leaking for a decade. Good shit.
>>2852197Nobody mentioned AlfieAesthetics, I feel like a grandpa here
i recommend IohanGueorguiev, very comfy videos showing his bike trips through alaska and south america. he is a very simple, honest and good person and luckily he doesn't post anymore, so he didn't turn into a content creator like many others
>>2856443Alfie dropped-off a long time ago and lost all his traction by not posting for a couple years. Last I saw he was uploading intermittently again but it's the same old stuff and just not that engaging anymore. Kinda sad but also glad to see he's obviously got other things taking his time and attentionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2TEwF634c
>>2854070Sounds comfy. Thanks anon.
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?
I saw a video of a guy with a literal pop-up tent. It's stored under tension and when you take it out, it pops up in seconds.What is this type of tent called? Is it a gimmick or is is something that's fine for very casual camping?
>>2856592Gimmick
>>2856592those are usually meant as one way tents for music festivals and such.
>>2856732Humanity is lost.
>>2855003No sorry I don't use tents.
What's the best backpacking location in Europe?
>>2856513Yeah, we have the aurora where I live.Still, not worth coming here, way too many tourists everywhere.Eating out is extremely expensive, you'll pay 30 dollarbucks for a mediocre burger, for a real meal with a glass of wine and dessert, you'll pay 100+
>>2856436suhlasim, the carpathians in general
>>2853073Why would I go to a tourist attraction and hike surrounded by other people?
>>2853073I may or may not have called Trump a fascist, a dictator, a grifter and a muppet on 4chan, so that's not exactly an option for me.
>>2856703Just don't start protest groups with funding from international intelligence agencies and you won't have a problem.
Any good spots around Ann Arbor, MI /out/? I want to go on a weekend hike and camp but I haven't found a great trail in the area yet myself.
Pinckney area is a pretty area for smaller hikes
>>2856111I agree that Pinckney area has some pretty areas for smaller hikes. Perhaps I'm just not well explored despite going to university in A2 but honestly I'd go out of SE Michigan for good spots
>>2856694Got kik or discord? Im not very well explored either but maybe we can brainstorm together
Is there anything I should know to deal with winter conditions hiking? I've never been hiking with a significant amount of snow or ice, but am planning to do some in January in the Appalachians around VA, WV, MD, and/or PA.
>>2856659Most trek poles come with rubber feet that you can take on/off for use on like paved surfaces. the carbide tips should be used for everything else
>>2856666those pieces of rubber are inevitably lost because they get hooked by rocks or ice, they can last just one or 2 hikes depending on things. if you shim them properly and are careful where you put them they can last much more but they will fall off eventuallystill, you want to wear them always because the metal or carbide or whatever, the pointy tip fucks up the trails. except on snow i guess where as someone said you want the tip to bite the snow easily, up to the circle thing that stops the stick from going further
>>2856676Why are you using them on rocks and ice? Like I said they're intended for paved surfaces. >the pointy tip fucks up the trailsOh. You dont go out do you
>>2856676>still, you want to wear them always because the metal or carbide or whatever, the pointy tip fucks up the trails.I always have the carbide tips out, it does scar up the rocks a bit on some higher traffic trails but that's just the reality of the situation. I do agree that the tip covers are lost easily, it's one of the most frequent pieces of garbage I pick up while hiking.
>>2856686>>2856685they do scar rocks but my point was about dirt trails, almost everyone wears them exposed and each of them makes a small hole in the dirt and over time they all add up on top of water and other natural erosion causes and the trails get fucked up. obviously it depends on how popular the place is, how steep and what kind of terrain etc but i'm pretty sure they cause real damage. i've seen areas where you can see grass destroyed a couple meters to the sides because the trail gets so bad that people avoid it and in the process they fuck up the grass too>they're intended for paved surfaceswhy? i don't see why you wouldn't use rubber tip there too
Hi /out/, i noticed in the last few years a very strange trend with the weather. It started around five years ago, when the °c jumped from night to day almost 10 grad.It became worst over the years, jumping from one day to another day 20°c. In the next week, there will be anohter jump but this time it is very brutal, from night to day +20°c.Is this a climate change thing?
>>2856525The poles are shifting. Theres a hole in the ozone thats causing these crazy weather patterns along with the pole shift my nigga.
>>2856543this is germany, last time such a spike happened it was followed with a flood in 2021
>>2856525>jumping from one day to another day 20°c.>anohter jump but this time it is very brutal, from night to day +20°c.Do you not have weather?
>>2856587>implies this is normalanon, this is not normal.
>>2856667Whats not normal? that the temp varies from day to night or that some days are warmer than others? thats very normal. Explain why you think this is strange/
Anyone munched on seagulls? My local chicken shop the chicken wings be leathery and tasting licl like fishsticks yano.Anyone tried munching on seagulls cuz i look at them and Im like fuck bro that's free protein n that and i can serve my boys a feast for free yano its economical in austerity inflation n that or is eating seagull mental health idk I just look at these lil tings flying around and thing shi man its just free food n that.if any of you munched on these seagulls lmk if you ever got around to making halal seagull sausage rolls.mans feeling mischievous yano I'm feeling like id bulk HARD on £0 carnivours diet putting the money aside for crypto feeling like a POWERFUL guy yano.
What the fuck are you talking about freak? Yes you can eat any bird. Fuck off to where ever you came from.
>>2856650Just living my best life yanotake it easy
Me and some friends have this dream of walking from Seattle to Miami. I'm currently working through the logistics of the trip. Our current plan involves 15 hours of walking a day, well have packs with pad sleeping bag and mainly just a lot of water, we only want to carry enough food to get to the next place we can buy more with a little extra just in case. Timing wise the summer after we graduate is looking like the most likely time to do it. Heat wise I'm not really concerned about the Washington through Wyoming section of the journey, we've all done lots of intensive summer backpacking before, I've worked 10 hour shifts in 100+ degree weather before. I am however worried about Nebraska onwards. I'm from the mountain west and have no real experience with humidity which i am told makes things entirely different. a conservative estimate would have us at the Wyoming Nebraska border by the end of July and in Miami mid September, but we will likely be moving faster than this. Is covering this region on foot in this time of year doable or will our plans have to change?
>>2856185> Instead of fantasizing about going outside, why don't you just... go outside?i do quite frequently. this is the just big goal. 15 hours a day really isn't that crazy at all especially once we make it past the Rockies. everyone in this group is pretty experienced, and we've all covered 25 miles of way worse terrain than we'll see at any point in this route in under 14 hours. those first two weeks might get a little rough as the days start to stack up, but will be totally doable. the pioneers did 15 hour days and half of them we're like midwestern shopkeepers and farmers who had never gained more than 500 feet of elevation in their life.
You're planning to spend all fall and winter hiking through the entire midwest and then spend all of peak summer hiking through the south? Don't be a retard. Just go hike the PCT or something
What's your plan so far as far as your route is concerned? I'm really interested to hear/see what you've got planned so far.
>>2856182the biggest threat is low iq southerners and especially super low iq southern cops. they are literally the dumbest people ever.
Thoroughly clean all of your gear once you get home. Never leave it dirty. It is a slow and relaxing process almost meditative. Do not leave your gear dirty as a performance to other men. Maintain your kit.
>>2856466I keep my gear dirty because the dirt adds to natural camouflage.
/qtddtot/ - Questions that don’t deserve their own thread>>2793358 (I think)
am i retarded to not want to camp in 0-10 deg C
does anyone have those STALKER /out/ challenge lists? cant find them and i tossed my laptop with them on it.
>>2856113or any challenge lists? i want to larp this year
>>2856016Terrain and micro terrain. Avoid low areas or areas which appear marshy. Slightly up the hill, ideally on a small rise. Depending on the ground it might hold or shed water. Lastly toss a ground sheet underneath you, smaller than your tarp. That'll help from water soaking upward without catching rain. If you are in a tarp, you can even get a waterproof bathtub floor or get a bugnet with one.
got a new backpack, it's super nice but the back panel and shoulder straps feel a bit stiff. that's normal, right and will go away with use, right?
Can you advise me some gear to go hiking in Svalbard (north pole)?>inb4 you're an idiot and you're gonna die
>>2855697why not?
>>2855815a coworker of mine did a few tours to the desoltate islands surrounding svalbard, norrway got weather and radar stations there. he where dog sledding on his time off one day and got tired of the krag rifle on his back hitting his head on every bump, so he took it of and put in on his sledge, and right there the dogs took off and ran home with the sledge, rifle and all his gear. and he had to walk home in icebear land, unarmed, no gear, nothing. it was just a 5km walk or so but plenty of time to get eaten by ice bear.yes svalbard has these signs at stores and its one of few if not the only airports where you can rent a gun.
>>2856033Wow.
>>2856035i dont really enjoy telling other peoples stories here, they should be telling them themselfs but they are boomers who can barely read a newspaper on their phone. im lucky enough that i work with some of them boomers and when its suited i tell their story. that guy btw, his tour was at hopen radio (google maps it) with some detours to bjørnøya, jan mayen and svalbard. and he didnt tell his wife about it>im going for work>when will you be home?>in 14months...for the stories and experience, you should look up such guys and listen to them.
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I'm gathering ideas for biomes and natural environments. I'd like to know if anyone knows of any natural environment or biome that they find pretty. It could be a description, a picture of nature that you like, anything helps.
>>2855418AgreedAnd Mediterranean
>>2851440Woodlands. Only woodlands.I dont care especially for forests but i like them, but anything else like beach, plain etc, i am not interested. i just like being surrounded by woods. Dead and live trees.
>>2856483>woodlandsSomething like this
>>2851740Yes anyone who doesn't appreciate this clearly isn't white, looking over an evergreen forest is the greatest continuous pattern to exist on earth.
Oak savanna
