German anon here. Tomorrow, I will be heading to Decathlon to buy some hiking gear. I have never properly gone hiking before - at most, I have gone on 3-4 hour walks on forest trails. I will mainly be hiking in spring and autumn, and occasionally in summer, depending on the weather. Terrain wise, I will be mainly hiking in rather hilly areas with a few hundred meters of elevation, and more flat areas from time to time. I would also love to camp for a night or two while I'm at it, but if that's too much (budget wise), we can just stick with hiking gear for now.
>>2866518How are the shoes in particular?
>>2871838I have no complaints so far to be honest. For the type of hikes and terrains I use them for, they do their job pretty well. I bought 1 size bigger than what I usually wear (but it feels more like 1/2 more) so they wouldn't feel tight when wearing thicker socks when it's colder. Now that it's warmer, I just tie them a bit tighter.All in all, pretty solid and comfy for the relatively cheap price, and I'd definitely recommend them for someone who is just getting started. I recently even paired them with a pair of merino socks and I don't see myself upgrading the shoes anytime soon now, lol.
>>2861316don't buy from decathlon. buy from temu. cheaper same quality.
>>2861316Good choices OP. Quechua for starters, Salomon if you decide to upgrade. Don't buy Skechers due to poor joint support.
>>2865099>Decathlon's outdoor line uses the following system:Oh no, I just bought Quechua Arpenaz NH500 30L backpack, I'm a filthy casual!Still, my outings are pretty rare, but if let alone, I end up hiking for hours. Must be autism.I could add the ten bucks for Quechua MH500 25L, but I tend to carry bulky items like 1.5L water bottles and random stuff so eh, I was over budget anyway. Maybe it will be good for overnight camping or something.
Rank US States (or regions in your country) based on natural beautyhttps://tiermaker.com/create/us-states-36606
really considering moving to alaska. what should i expect?
>>2859861Why are Germans like this? Jesus Christ.
>>2859861>puts Texas above Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, Washington state, North Carolina, and MichiganLol, lmao even. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona/New_Mexico_Mountains_ecoregion
>>2858679Western PA in autumn has some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth. It should be much higher.
>>2874008Surely localsLong dark winters that will send you madEveryone gets gov't hand outs
Does this actually work?
>>2874544You just wanted to post gayshit anon
>>2874547That's a woman
>>2874549That is a very manly woman
>>2874550YESnot feeble and weak like japanese woman
Any recommendations? I'm passionate about them and I would like to merge both interests into some hobbies
>>2873562Bumping this bc I love this combo but id suggest posting this to /x/ instead. A large part of /out/ don’t care for this kind of discussion
>>2873791How does one rent a camera? This seems like a very big city thing.
>>2874094Nah, you can do it online. I used to always rent from lensrentals but wound up buying equipment I liked.
>>2873562Search for haunted/high strangeness areas near you, plan an expedition. Ask around in some ufo and ghost hunter forums, if you want to make friends to help. Good luck.
Arizona and New Mexico. You don't even need to be very far from the cities and towns to see interdimensionals. Some of them can turn themselves into humans by appearance. I will not elaborate further.
meteorological, biological, geological, anthropological, hydrological, or whatever else
>>2871178Does this count as anthropological?
>>2871199There's a desert in northern Poland, that might be related to the temperature range.
>>2873645There are no climatological deserts in Poland or anywhere in Europe outside of the Iberian peninsula. The mean daily temperature range in Warsaw is the same as Berlin, almost all of Poland lies on the north European plain, meaning the map is wrong.The huge daily temperature range in the southwestern USA is will documented however, not because of the surrounding deserts, but mostly because of elevation. The average elevation of the four corner states (Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado) is 5,700 feet or 1738 meters above mean sea level. Phoenix Arizona (one of the hottest metropolises on Earth) elevation 1,000 feet or 300m has a lower daily temperature range than Flagstaff Arizona (one of the coldest cities, ie population 70k, in the lower 48 USA by number of freezing nights observed, 210 nights, more precipitation than evaporation ie temperate climate) elevation 6,900 feet or 2100m.
Realistically. How do we get poor people into practicing ski?
>>2863310If we are going to promote a sport among the poors, it should be competitive nut kicking duals
>>2863310skiing is the poor people hobby. everyone can afford a set of used skiis or you just continue to use the old ones you got as a teenager. then you open your door, put on skiis, go skiing. once you have them skiing cost as much as hiking, meaning nothing.
>>2870961This summarizes the current state of skiing in Europe, without mentioning that the Alps are melting and snow is year after year less stable. And somehow, despite all that, we are completely overrun by the bottom of barrel scum whose behavior makes niggers look civilised - the Dutch. They're not poor by world standards, but it must be the fact that their brains are not adjusted to lower oxygen concentrations in high altitudes because there is no other explanation for their apelike behavior in Austrian ski resorts. I shit you not, the fact that these flatlanders imagine that they for whatever reason must go skiing every year - RUINED skiing. Hordes and hordes gather every year, they come by in tows of buses too. They get drunk upon arrival, don't sober down by the time they need to leave, they push in the lift queues, they are loud, inconsiderate, fucking rude, they don't know the rules, they literally smoke and drink while going down the slope, their kids will scream into their Snapchat cameras on the lift. I live in a ski resort. My fatigue has fatigue from these niggers. Proportionately speaking, more Dutch people go skiing than Austrians or Swiss go skiing (delusional). And somehow despite all that, in the 50 years of the World Cup races, NOT A SINGLE DUTCH SKIER EVER EVEN RACED. The only thing distinguishing them from the other niggers is that they don't steal your gear, but other than that, Dutch in the Alps is a prime example of why every race needs to be contained in their own natural habitat. tldr skiing is already ruined as it is, there are too many people on slopes, many are uncivilised scum, and the Alps are cooked anyway, so it's over
>>2874461Texans are this but in the US
>>2863310Someone at Carnival asked the same question. Didn’t go well afterwards.
So I happened upon an ad for an "outdoors bidet", which screws onto your water bottle and lets you wash your ass when you take a shit.The woman said that it frees you from carrying your used toilet paper.Herein comes the question, who the fuck carries his used TP?You know you can just leave it in the wilderness and it will decompose, right?
>>2872030it's OK anon, it probably washed down the river where it ended up strangling dolphins and sea turtles
>>2871802>tattoos
I like bidets to mitigate toilet paper usage as some have said, but also because for whatever reason even if I dig up into my ass with the toilet paper I always have to wipe again later and you can give yourself a micro enema from spraying a bidet into your ass and it'll flush out literally anything you have stored up there and then you can spray the rest off and clean it up. Once in Shasta I was taking a bath in the river and I needed to shit out nowhere so bad I literally didn't even hesitate to just drop my ass into the water and shit into it full blast and then turned my ass to let the river wash all of the shit off, cleanest my ass had ever been.
>>2873851>these internet whores look just like internet whores!they are slight variations of the same product my dysgenic friend.
>>2871584>who the fuck carries his used TP?This is going to blow your mind, but some areas won't allow you to dump your garbage on the ground.
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)
>>2873375i know
I'm trying to make two-shoe system work.>light runners and polyurethane rainbootsCarrying extra shoes was super awkward tho
>>2843610I rate thesehttps://www.grisport.co.uk/walking-boots-c78/fuse-trekking-boot-brown-waxed-leather-p941
>>2843610Lowa zypher or lowa renegades
I've got these things and they work pretty well
Post your yak hacks.I got a new Quest Outlands 100 about a week ago and I've already been bitten by the yak hacking bug. I got a 4.5 inch rubber plug from Amazon and cut this hole behind the seat. Now I can reach inside and install nuts and/or backing plates for more tracks and cleats. The hole deburred easily with a razor blade and with the plug in it looks totally factory.IMO the Quest Outlands is the best poorfag fishing kayak on the market right now. The Quest Endeavor uses the same hull and they cut the entire bottom of the seat out to install an "upgaded" seat that isn't actually better, so I figure a much smaller hole with no stress risers won't compromise anything.
I'd love to have a kayak!!!Maybe I'll buy one in the spring!!!
>>2874066Southern hemisphere?
>>2873993Test
I got picrel recently.Just needed something easily transportable to fuck around on calm waters a few days out of the year.Any Anons used that before?
I'm looking for something ≤10 ft I can shove in my car and take fishing after work, seems like everything under $500 either has major warping and structural problems over time or spins out with a gentle breeze, wondering if I could just take something cheap and install a skeg to at least fix the spinning issue. Anyone have any experience with that?
>"backcountry" camping requires reservation and designated campsite
>>2871980I agree with you, but if those sites didn't have names that could be googled or found on Instagram, no jeets or urbanites would go there in the first place.
Why don't more people just sleep outside? A tent will not protect you from a predator. I am currently camping outside on the st Lawrence River. I only use a tent when there is a chance of rain. Sleeping outside is the natural human condition.
>>2874353bugswind & dirtplenty of places there is literally always a chance of rainsneks
>>2874353mosquitos mostly
>>2869046>Reserve backcountry site in Rocky mtn NP>2 fucking months in advance >Barely get a spot (there were like 3 left)>Finally do the trip>Not a single other soul in the entire areaThis is my fucking problem with this. Retards eat up all the reservations and don’t even go. I’m grateful we had the place all to ourselves, but fuck these NP fan girls that force me to plan a trip months in advance just to ensure I can camp at the site. I know there probably wouldn’t be rangers to check anything, but without the permit you’ll get a ticket leaving your car overnight.
What kind of pants do you guys wear for hiking/camping? I'm looking for something not too expensive and preferably slightly fire resistant. You guys always have interesting recommendations.
>>2869511If it'll be 40 or under, which is really the only time I wear pants outdoors, I wear REI Activators. Water resistant, /comfy/, and somehow warmer than a base layer + regular synthetic pants.
>>28695115.11
>>2869511You know FR clothes are super hot and uncomfortable, right? Also, they almost certainly cause all sorts of cancers
>>2869511i use to use fjallravens but then they changed the fit for fashion fags so now i just use dickies relaxed cargo. the only thing i miss is the ability to tighten the ankle to prevent ticks from crawling in my pants or thorns destroying my socks.I usually just buy a few during black friday cause they cost like $20 for a pair and last a year or more. They're ok breathability. If it's super hot i'll just cuff them up a bit to my calf but they dry fast. it rains a lot where I am but light rain and usually if the rains around my knee and below I don't notice too much since they're loose.It's a 65/35 polycotton. Never had any char burning a hole.A ton of manufacturers use this fabric blend: milsurp (truspec), dickies, red kap, big bill (prob most durable. made in canada), ben davis. they're lighter than jeans but just as durable and they tend to fit to a higher waist.alternatively i'd just go for military surplus pants. army uses 50/50 nyco (nylon cotton). should be more burn resistant. us army fucked up fit after bdus and the crotch tore out more often sadly and not sure how current iteration is. i still have some of the desert version from the 90s. they're a ripstop. the old 50/50 bdus would last forever but a little too nonbreathable for me.
>>2869738Nomex greens suck ass. The sages barely last 2 rolls and the crotch and pockets tend to blow out. I guess if you aren’t getting too dirty they’re ok, but if you don’t wash them often enough they start to just fall apart. The darks are ok but feels almost slimy once they get dirty. The kevlars give you cancer.
why are outdoors youtube vidoes so comfy?
>>2874439>noooo! my trader joe's alt coomsoomerism is Totally Different from that vapid normie coomsoomerism!
>>2874396They're a quaint escape fantasy from the utter boredom and tediousness of modern life.
>>2874439giving retards access to ai was a mistake.
>>2874441I've noticed a trend recently where many of the big outdoors youtubers are getting sponsored by Temu to review their gear.
>>2874457Temu has poisonous gear btw. Dont get anything from them if you can help it. A lot of their products have cadmium and lead in them for some goddamn reason.
Just got this little guy for trail maintenance. I like it so far. It's not as fast as my crosscut saw since it only cuts on the pull stroke but it folds up and ties to my pack so that's a big plus; easy to carry on a bike.The katana boy 1000 looks awesome but with a $1000+ price tag, a 4 foot closed length and 5 pound weight it would be as cumbersome as my cross cut saw and wouldn't cut much larger logs and it's a rare occasion where I need to cut anything over 18" anyway.
>>2874458I carry a 12" 21v in my SxS.
>>2874400cutting salami
>>2874400Feld dressing and skinning game also gutting fish. It's a puukko.
>>2874400the balls
>>2874401>>2874425How does the length, hook and angle help with that?
>>2874459The drop point provides better control for fine cut work. The wide belly provides a lot of blade area for fast precise skinning. The hook is called a gut hook. The blade is on the inside of the bend with a flat outer surface, so you can cut open the belly without the risk of nicking the stomach or intestines.
Has anyone ever tried to defecate into a canister with an opening diameter of an empty toilet paper roll?Space toilets have a similar size. I know you need another container (Pee bottle) because it's impossible to do number 2 without number 1.I'm thinking of using a decomposing additive and dump the liquified content later.Any tips?
>>2873812Just get a collapsible toilet off amazon and a box of commode liners. You just throw your shit in the trash like a dog. That's what the government wants.
>>2874285Because your poop contains microplastics and edible oils that can't break down in nature.
>>2874285Imagine going to a place where there are no woods.
>>28742854chan, off all places, the website where we mock jeets to death.
>>2874378There's a difference between shitting in the streets vs the outdoors.
