>gun? heh, I just carry bear spray, it's actually more effecti-
>>2853331>>2849697>>2849879>>2850431
>>2853716extremely dishonest comparison as the shooter already has his gun drawn and ready and is anticipating it's use, aside from the fact he is obviously a competitive shooterEven the guy in the video you linked would not be able to draw and fire in that timeframe in a scenario where his firearm is holstered and he is caught by surprise
>>2853716is this supposed to make a point?
>>2853748Jerry could do it holstered toohe's also ancient as fuck so why not count that
>>2853711Yes, but attacking people was made illegal in the bear laws that were passed in 1976, so he'll be perfectly safe
heres mine time was about 3 weeks agowas fishing at the river behind my house and had a decent fishing day except for one momentwas drinking with my rican friend who brought some ribs and casting for catfishi had like about 85 yards out and felt a rumbleso im like ill wait for a hit on the hook and then run back and shitwell about 10 minutes goes by and its grtting worselike channeling energy to my sphincter i say fuck that im gonna lose it and start reeeling in my linenow im struggling to hold this flow in reeling in on a 12 foot pole on 40 lb test with a 4oz weight(nriver has some deep black mud), i knew it was gonna be a bad onegod knows 8 seconds into the retreival im probably 40 feet from shore i get a MASSIVE strikeand then it happenedthe force of the fish hitting my hook plus my stance, it must have looked absurb.mind you now, i am wearing swimtrunks (no net) and all this happens in less than a secondi instinctely threw back my rod for the hook land, and in the same action release my bowelsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2852103See>>2853235
>>2853108>Just shit on the ground like a normal person.Because no one wants to see or step in your shit. Either dig a cathole or gtfo
>>2853242He shit in a deep planter box, where nobody is going to step. No point in using a bag. Dogs just shit wherever they want, that’s why it’s the law for their owners to clean it up (they do it for free) and the ones who don’t are assholes. Most people are at least smart enough to poop somewhere off the beaten trail, so to speak.Even in nature, I roll over a big rock, blast it into the hole, and roll the rock back.
Perhaps any female hikers would like to share? :-)
>>2853528Can confirm,I dont clean my dogs shit, am an asshole otherwise
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
>>2850331can't you time your trip so that you sleep in the coach on the way to said city and then take the coach back that same day? or is this a multi day exam?
Did a bunch of this while backpacking. Firstly there are places where it's just accepted people will squat if they're in transit. Train station foyers, airport waiting areas, depend on the location but they're usually well lit, well supervised, anywhere open 247 attracts this for security. I find that if you don't unpack anything, you're seen as someone in transit, they won't move you on because they figure you're gone the next day anyway, and don't want to try to move on a hundred people a year all of whom are just in transit. Second, related, circular transit. Just staying on a train or bus loop, actually being in transit just to get somewhere safe and comfortable to sleep. Drivers often accept this if it's locals they know, but you can boost your chances by telling the driver where you're getting off eg. Promising you will actually get off and not trying to force them to take you to the depot, paying for a ticket, not taking drugs. Even if you're not in drugs at the time, people can tell. Not having anything that looks like trash, not littering, not smoking. Individual workers who are forced to clean up after hobos hate hobos. You either get that, or you don't. Things to avoid:End of the line. Never camp somewhere where people would get stranded, people in distress who have no plan, no options. So if you're sleeping at a bus stop, never pick the last one on a line. Hospitals, police stations, people end up there unexpectedly and are distressed and unpredictable.Places people sell drugs. Not even drug addicts loiter there, drug dealers beat up people who loiter. You might not see a threat, but it's there. Psychos who prey on drug addicts will cruise these places, they are emphatically not empty, vacant, or supervised.Sleeping on the ground. You'll get tuberculosis. Sleep sitting up. Drinking till you pass out because you can't sleep. Easier said then done, but bad things happen to unconscious people.
Other things:Informal accommodation. You can offer people money for anything, you can pay a security guard who's stuck somewhere anyway, to not move you on. It's more that if they didn't care to begin with, they won't have to approach you later.So for example near a train station if you loitered the guard might have to come over, wake you up, demand to know what you're doing. But if you approached the guard and just told them that you've got a five hour wait for your train, they will be like....OK...and? And then you can just go sit down and they'll be like...oh this MF going to sit for 5 hours in my lobby, damn. But they know why you're there, know that you'll leave, either they stop you straight away or won't bother you at all. They might offer you a smoke or a coffee if they're bored. There are many businesses where loitering is fairly accepted, gyms, bath houses, gaming cafes, ok maybe you can't afford a room, but often it's not about the money it's about not having a booking, etc etc. Many people in certain countries, industries will just offer to put you up for the night. Gaming cafes open 24/7, if you book 5 hours or whatever at night they often just straight up ask if you want to sleep because they'd rather the computer free. Very Japanese, Chinese sort of thing. You can beg anyone who's probably local and honest for a room, if nobody has ever asked them, they'll often say yes. Various gifts and good manners is key. I always carry gift items. That's the homeless guy who's homeless by choice, isn't distressed, isn't going to stab you. I tend to advise against camping gear because that marks you as long term homeless, people think drugs, squatters, trash. So you don't use, or don't get seen with dedicated camping gear. Sit up against your bag, zip your spare clothes into your bag cover and use that as a pad, wear a jacket backwards. That's a dude who's waiting, in transit, a traveller, on the move.
>sleep in city>no reason at all just passing through and it was my chosen destination for the day>normally go out innawoods but its at a real nice lakeside and it was a special milestone on the trip>investigate>find picrel right on the pier at the lakeside
>>2853725>go back to the city>there was some fucking protest or idk what earlier that day>pedestrian barriers everywhere>well... here's my personal pedestrian barrier>get all my shit up on that platform>set up my barrier at the bottom so none of the lovevirds and drunks on the pier come visit>didn't expect a flock of boomers all coming out at 4 or 5 to go fishing but other than that great night>wake up like picrelYou got this OP
I need the Indoor companion to my Outdoor machete. Ye Ol kitchen table wants to steal my woman and I need to turn it into firewood. All I have is this OUTDOOR machete, it only cuts natural plants Outdoors. The table has been shaped by man and therefore is an Indoor object.
>>2853590every outdoor machete can be used as an indoor machete, you just have to hold it on the blade instead of the handle
>>2853590Have you considered an axe or a hatchet?
Are these yeti tracks?
>>2853605What is it then? Skinwalkers?
>>2853568>irregularly spaced>offsetno
>>2853568Whatever it was, those tracks are very old and very deteriorated by exposure. There is no visible track just divets in the snow
>>2853615Bear
Fox
What is your opinion on folding kayaks? I live where not every fishing hole has a trail leading to it and I'm not looking to drag a full sized kayak along with fishing gear everywhere I want to go
The Oru kayaks are based. I don’t own one but have seen themIn action out on June Lake in the Sierra Nevada. Sleek and maneuverable from what I could tell. But they are pricey compared to the turteks. Or, you can be gmhardcore and make your own folding kayak… there’s a book on Amazon on how to make them out of coroplast. One guy made a very light kayak consisting of a wooden shell wrapped in plastic wrap!
>>2852922>fuck decoyslol wut
>>2853360like this
>>2853119Tie two ropes to the bag. Second rope goes to the centre of the bottom so when you lift it first it dumps the rocks.
>>2852036I bought one from tucktec years ago and it's ok. Kinda cumbersome to fold back up. It isn't fun to paddle in for long.
Today I had to abort for the first time.I underestimated the snow depth on my route and didn't bring snow shoes. About 200 m below the peak, in really steep terrain, I kept crashing through the surface of the thigh-deep snow between the rocks underneath. For one it was becoming really exhausting, cold, and I was worried I could hit one of the rocks with my shin or knee.It was a bit of a reality check. Thanks for reading my blog post.
>>2852920Old snow fields are the niggers of the mountains. Best avoid them completely, if possible.
>>2852779>Today I had to abort for the first time.Aborting is one of the sanest yet most frustrating things you can do.
>>2852839Driving to the top of the mountain in you F150 doesn't count as a "climb"
>>2852796>>2852839magnificent bait sir
In winter, I prefer doing peaks that I've already done at other times of the year. No pressure to summit and it's not a big deal if I stop short. And I'm already familiar with the route.
Last thread >>2827097This is a thread for enjoying a pipe while doing outdoor activities. If you ask why this belongs on /out/, you've never spentan evening by the campfire with a pipe silently enjoying the nature around you, and you're missing out.>how to get startedPurchase a corn cob pipe (or a cheap briar pipe) and a pouch of Half and Half or Captain Black tobacco from a smoke shopor online. You will need a lighter or match, and something to tamp it with--a large nail works well if you don't have a pipe tool.Fill the pipe with tobacco, pack it down halfway, top it off, pack it down to 3/4, top it off again, pack gently and enjoy. Smokeslower than you think you need to, the tobacco tastes best when it is burning cool. Tamp and re-light as needed. If you stillhave trouble, try different methods on YouTube until you find one that works for you.>smoking a pipe will give you cancerOriginally the Surgeon General found that pipe and cigar smokers, following a careful study of the statistics (at a time whenmost adults smoked, so they had a good sample size), had insignificant death rate increases. Nowadays, tobacco is beinglegislated against while hard drugs are being legalized. Put two and two together. Tobacco is just another good thing under attack by the government.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2853597Yeah but pipes make sense. With vapes, you have to play with a wick, replace wicks, make sure the "juice" doesn't clog anywhere, maintain and replace the wire that vaporizes the "juice", keep the battery charged, make sure the tank doesn't sit with juice for too long or it will thicken and ruin the tank, and everything is just expensive and he usually doesn't want to deal with that when he wants to be chilling in the backyard watching the birds.It's bad fiddly. Pipes seem like the good fiddly. Kinda like working on whittling you sit and mess with it until it is perfect and then get a little hit of satisfaction. Tamping and relighting isn't an issue at all.With the vape it was like dealing with a busted laggy ass computer where the fiddling is to fix an issue that is keeping you from doing what you want to do and it drives you crazy.
>>2853643seconded on thatvapes suck to deal with if they're not disposable, nor do they last forever
i believe this stem is perhaps a "little" oxidized
>>2852969jew or MAGAcuck?
it's almost annoying how well my $20 MM corn cob smokes, compared to my Peterson that cost like ten times as much
Obviously idk about the specific measurements for a spear (much less polearms) but what i do know is that for personal use (outside of formations) the total length must be at least close to the height of your doorframe (210cm) but i'm going for the shortest end which is 180cm. The shaft would be 150cm long and the spearhead 30cm, again CMIIW because i'm using the same ratio for straight swords. The blacksmith recommended me using sleipner steel or D2 for the spearhead, sleipner costs around 191 usd and D2 149 usd, for the shaft he hasn't given me any specifics yet.For the design, i'm currently going rather simple as starters but suggestions are welcome.Any advice?
>>2851924You know that's not why.
I work metal and make various tools such are effectively polearms.Spears are by their nature incredibly cheap weapons, you only need to buy a spear head, the handle is generic. You fit a spear handle differently but the piece of wood you buy is the same. From easiest to best:Splice and pin. You just get a full tang knife blade, remove the handle, re-hsndle it the exact same way to a pole. $10, you get a c100 stainless blade. Very prone to splitting, so you'd nearly always glue and bind it, put a pipe section as a cap over the end, binding it with wire, whatever. Rolled Steel. Like >>2851933This is essentially the easiest kind of spear head to forge because it's not strictly welded, Socket:With modern welders its far more sensible to just weld the entire head to a socket, and have a full socket. Not a good as a fully forged head but your still talking about any random socket from any old tool with a socket, and hoe is a good choice, and any random blade. Depending on the quality of the weld this might not be weak at all, and especially if you want custom features, well that's no more difficult. Then there's a fully forged head, which probably requires forge welding and is actually especially difficult, even compared to swords and the like, which are typically just made from bar stock and not forge welded at all. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Pic relate, Socket spear from China, cast bronze. To get one of these cast isn't a big deal, especially if you have made a model of what you want.
Welded spears. Very easy to produce a one-off
>>2851889>he doesn't larp as a tractor hoplite
Thoughts?5" and brown handle
>>2848193Supporting the business and people of Ukraine is NOT the same as endorsing the the gov't or it's leaders, Gov't is the same everywhere, it fucking suxx.>>2848216they are decent knoifes for the price, yeah>>2848399dubs have spokenI don't like the Gar(((berg))), I'd much prefer a full tang version of the Kansbol in CPM3V with Micarta handles but that's never going to happen.
>>2848197>macbook airgay
>>2848197You inspired me somewhat. Had no idea they made knives, thought it was just carving tools. $39.
Please purchase an advertisement, and post it in one of the 20 general gear threads.
>>2841892>you vill live in ze pod>you will use ze bic>you will use ze garberg
A or B?
>>2853515nta>A types don't even have to leave their car to get better scenery than B types.There is nowhere in B where I can go and be sure I'm even 10 miles from the nearest person.lollmao, even
whichever has the least amount of guns
Wow America sure is beautiful
>>2848423>There is NOTHING in A but the Pacific Northwest, Yosemite, and the Sequoia National ForestAre you really this retarded? is it wilful ignorance or just lack of intellect and experience?
>>2848412You should. They are amazing.
Not sure if this is a good board for this question, but i don't know where else to post this. Does anyone know where in the USA can I find a place similiar to picrel? (Sorry, i can't draw it) Desert and plains (with the first being majority of the land preferably) with mountains or mesas, and woods around or only the occasional pines. A national park or something?
>>2850918Las Vegas valley floor is at about 2,000 foot elevation.Mt. Charleston is 12,000 at the peak, ski lodge is at 8,000 feet.Its a ~45 minute drive from The Strip to the lodge in Lee Canyon.
>>2850950There's some very nice hikes on the mountain.
>>2850951No pines on the valley floor>mountain is being blocked by the foothills
>>2850918Minecraft?
>>2850918You can cover hot low elevation desert (below 3k ft/930m), followed by mid elevation shortgrass prairie and juniper savanna (5k ft/1500m), then cool ponderosa forest (always below 37C in temp, 6-9k ft/1800-2700m), then followed again by shortgrass prairie and juniper savanna, followed by high desert/sage brush desert (5k ft/1500m) driving in Arizona on the I40 west to east, totally and completely flat as the European steppes the entire way. Other cool drives in Arizona are as follows.AZ high country using either the 260 or FR300 and Lake Mary rd from Alpine Arizona to Show Low AZ, then to Payson AZ then to Happy Jack AZ then to Flagstaff and finally Williams AZ. 300 miles entirely through forest, never dropping below 4,600 ft (1400m), going as high as 9,300 ft (2800m).AZ 191 from Safford AZ to Eagar AZ.SR89a through the Verde Valley mounting the Mogollon rim through Sedona to Flagstaff via Oak Creek canyon.SR288 from Tonto basin through the Sierra Ancha and finally mounting the Mogollon rim near Forest Lakes AZ, saguaro cacti to cool ponderosa forest.Safford AZ to the top of Mount Graham, 2,800 ft (850m) to 10,000 ft (3000m).Tucson AZ to the to Summerhaven AZ and the top of the Santa Catalina Mountains, saguaro to ponderosa pines and aspens. Catalina highway. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Southwestern Australia has these thermokarst lakes like Minnesota or Russia. Does it get very cold there?
Bunga bunga?
>>2853268it gets pretty chillie for Australia standards but nothing even close to Minnesoter or Rusher
Are all those lakes from the ice age or something?
>>2853268>like Minnesotadont believe MNs lake are that (had to look it up) as there is no permafrost in MN. Those lakes are glacially scoured out lakes. granite filled with water.
>>2853268Arizona (one of the warmest western US states), gets colder every single winter in its high country (-30C) than the all time 100+ year record lowest temperatures every recorded in the entire continent of Australia and New Zealand. So in short, no they do not get cold. And -30C is not really that cold by Dakotan, Montanan, and Minnesotan standards, people still go outside and do yard and property work like normal in those temps. AZ also ironically has places that get hotter every single summer (51C) than the all time record hottest temps recorded in Australia. AZ also has places that average more winter snowfall than NZ's all time snowiest places in record breaking years.
did you know that the colorado river doesn't reach the ocean anymore, and hasn't consistently since the 60sit all gets sucked up for irrigation and municipal water on arizona and mexicothere's just a dry delta in baja california where it once wasa similar fate has actually befallen a bunch of rivers in the southwest
>>2850988white devils
>>2851578Hes saying people should just not live where there isn't water. Its kinda of mute argument cause no large scale human settlement on earth exists without massive hydropower setups providing big water reservoirs
>>2853357Maybe stop growing almonds and alfalfa in an arid environment.
>>2851051>Californians ... almondsJews, the family that has the ridiculous water rights for growing almonds is Jewish, and they primarily export their almonds to Israel
Freshwater should never reach the sea. Its too valuable and to hard to desalinate
I’ll give you my cherry blueberry cobbler for your recovery trail mix with pretzels
>>2850769Surplus MREs are cheaper than the shit you’re gonna find at cabelas. Maybe you should get a better military industrial complex
>>2844236Actually love these, do not like pushing cement out my ass for an hour though.
>>2850789This tbdesu, plus i get to save on gas/electricity by not having to cook it. God bless the MIC
I wouldn't touch one of these if my life depended on it. I heard even just smelling one permanently turns you into a bubba.
>>2844236For me it's the chicken pesto pasta with the cayenne pepper packet
