Is /postholing/ really looked down in the hiking community? Boomers at my hiking group are mad at me for hiking during the snow storm in my state last week. They're complaining about me going up without snowshoes. I miscalculated the snow and ended up having to hike down 2 miles on knee deep snow.
>>2860834yeah you basically did for other people, but another snowstorm and it'll be back to normal again (if someone doesn't posthole again).
>>2860826I have never heard anyone who actually goes out ever complain about postholing other than the actual person doing it because it is a massive pain in the ass. I swear you people spend all your time inside or with weekend warrior rule dorks. Whites have become so weak and gay.
>>2860830Eh it does suck to hike on a trail after someone puts a ton of deep holes in it. Though post holing really is more about it being difficult than inconsiderate.
>>2860826>boomers>hiking group>2 milesI go 2 miles to grab some snacks from the fridge
>>2862015OK Boomer.
i live behind an anthropogenically altered dune. i answer questions
First question: How does a beginner deal with every single safe path, parking lot, and road available being either hilly as hell, covered in gravel, or both? There are no rinks or indoor courts available either. I managed to sneak some practice in an underground parking garage, but I then got told off by an old lady, so that's out too.
>>2864246Outdoor basketball court at local high school.Parking lot at mall at night.Church parking lot on any day thats not Sunday.
>>2864257none of these are applicable - indoor parking lots close at night (and outdoor ones are a mess), schools would frown hard at some random adult using their grounds, and the only church i know of here has a dirt parking lot. Finland is a weird place...
>>2864258In the US there are playgrounds near schools but not directly on school grounds. They're for the public. Such a place may have a basketball court or tennis court. If this is not possible, consider limiting your skating to winter or becoming Jesus.
>>2864246Do you not have like a town square or something?Where I live there's always peeps out the front of one of the city museums.
Any experience using Meshtastic devices out on a camping trip or whatever?
>>2863309My complaint is that range sucks ass for lora. But I am really into HF and vhf radio so I think I am expecting to much out of it. The APRS suggestion is the best in this thread and of course it gets scoffed out of. They won’t jam VHF across the country. That is a retarded fear to not use the best solution available.
>>2858401I don't think it's too hard to believe that bodies can be burning in the streets and buildings falling over and a bureaucrat from central authority still comes knocking at your door for using the bands without a license.Or all licenses will be revoked immediately anyway.So moot, but also maybe not impossible it's not moot.Comedy always.
Its baofeng or nuthin
>>2863803Don't you need a loicense to transmit?
>>2863824not on FRS bands.
You know those threads we have every week about dropping everything and living alone in the woods? Almost in a ascetic manner without internet and no job. Why? What causes it? To me it seems to be wanting an escape of urban life, the responsibilities and never-ending noise, the internet that has been utterly destroyed, to escape corporatism or something along those lines. To utterly reject consumerism and decadence. Now in that sense the desire for that has been noted to have existed since roman times from what i have read. To simpler times, to rural life before urbanization. A romantization of perhaps a gilded past. Don't get me wrong, rural life is superior to urban life but it too has its disadvantages. Especially now when the majority lives in the city leaving only old people out in the countryside rather than the bustling village 100 years ago. The warmth of the village is gone in most places or dying out as is. If you can't find contentness in the now then you won't find contentness in a log cabin in the middle of Alaska.
>>2854860Bump
>>2854858The reason I personally would want to(never will, too many responsibilities) is to escape the horrible bureaucracy and debt traps of modern society. I don't like the way everyone struggles for power, and how the %1 keep everyone else down. So it is a form of escapist fantasy, and to have some sense of control over one's life.
>>2854858It's pretty common for men when they get older. You find out that all you're really doing with your life is spinning your wheels while still faking with all the stress and bullshit of modern life. The idea of ditching all your responsibilities and living a "simpler " life can be rather attractive. Why do you think the while shtf and zombie apocalypse fades were so popular? Just a bunch of dudes that are tired with life.
>>2854858inb4 the mods ban this one too...
>>2854858>don't want to deal with stressful bullshit from asshole family/stupid societal issues that stop you from living how you want>fuck you all, I quit>go live the life you want on your ownThat's why. It's very easy to say you aren't getting what you put into things and you're done doing it and take your shit and go. I highly recommend it if you feel stress every day from some bullshit to prove to yourself it isn't necessary in your life and you can do whatever you want.
Are barefoot shoes really that goated? Im buying new shoes soon, and i just wanna know if its truly the way to go. Especially considering that there arent many barefoot hiking shoes, that are somewhat waterproof.
>>2860537They're okay, but try to go for models with stitched soles. Heard people saying that the vegan eco friendly save the planet glue they use on none stitched models isn't that great and can fail after a while. I have some leather moccasin style sneakers from Vivo and they give a lot more sensory feedback on the terrain; Just takes a while to get used to them at first.
A tiny minority of weirdos prefere barefoot shoes over normal shoes. You might be one of them, only way to find out is to try it. I wouldnt tho
>>2856498In my experience 'barefoot' sandals feels more natural to walk in than the shoe types, which makes me still heel strike somewhat. You also don't have to worry about waterproofness. It's important to start slow as your feet will likely be atrophied and you need to build up strength in muscles and tendons. Or you'll risk getting injured, especially if you're running or similar strenuous activities for the feet.
>>2856498i have a pair of the lems boulder boots been walking everywhere with them since 2022 with no signs of falling apart would recommend
>>2862890what the fuck are those, keep them away from my vibrams
>EWG study: Eating one freshwater fish equals a month of drinking ‘forever chemicals’ waterSo am I just not supposed to eat fish anymore? What's the point of even fishing anymore?
>>2854649I 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 cityI 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
>>2855035brackish water fish chads rise up.
>>2854649everything from the grocery store and your balls are also full of chemicals. just eat the trout nigga.
>>2854941You can still fish and not eat the fish. Just catch and release
>>2855348It also matters what state you're in. If you're in IL, the IL-DNR says you get turbo-cancer from fish. But in Missouri, they say no problemo, lol
i might get some ducks because i heard they eat bugs in your garden but not the vegetables. are there any downsides to owning ducks other than buying food for them?
Building a mobile duck coop with a 190L pond. 2.5m×2.5m footprint with 2.5m×1.25m raised deck and pond area. this two-tier design effectively increases their usable space by 33%. they can use the full 6.25sqm ground access for forage and can shelter/shade/rest under the pond deck. there is a ramp they can use to access the upper deck and pond.bottom two photos were from 3.14 and top two are from 3/21. I should be able to complete it next weekend when I get paid. so far I have only spent $135CAD. that was for the 80cm×130cm pond. I will need to purchase a second livestock panel ~$45cad, to enclose the arbor. everything else is salvage & repurposed. I found two matching 40cm children's bicycles laying by the dumpster at work. I used the rear wheels on the back (pond) end and will cut & adapt the frames and forks from them to the front of the coop so it can be easily moved & turned. the lower frame is already enclosed in poultry wire & we will cover the arbors as well. I will build a 165cm tall door and frame on the front end for ease of access. the lower frame clears the ground by 45cm. low enough to prevent escape and predators yet high enough to allow towing without dragging. even without the front wheels on, it is easy to lift and move by hand but we do have a lawn tractor and I will make an attachment option.we live on 10 acres & raise welsh harlequins, muscovy & silver appleyards. this is for the muscovy flock. we turn out the harlequin & apples free range, but dont want to risk our 'scoveys flying away, as they are a prone to wander.the whole project should cost aboot $180
So what makes duck poop worse than other birds? Google's giving me some weirdo tea
>>2864198cool project dude
Top left Muscovy, Bottom Left Harlequins & Appleyards on right.Muscovy are for meat. their meat is unlike any other duck. it is a rare delicacy. harlequins and apples are for eggs & meat. the Harleys & apples lay upwards of 300 eggs per year. duck eggs are superior to chickens for baking, and I prefer them for eating as well.
If you have a heavy Asian population nearby you can make bank breeding ducks- if you only sell them during the month leading up to chinese new year.Its like turkeys for Thanksgiving, except walmart doesnt have an entire freezer section packed with ducks.
I’ve recently read South by Ernest Shackleton and Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake and I’ve enjoyed the contrast between both of these books.The latter is about how powerful and useful the humble mushroom is to both humans and animals and the former is about a captain and his mates defying the odds of being shipwrecked in the Antarctic and doing whatever is necessary to survive in an ice desert and save his crew mates.This has enabled me to appreciate the duality of the natural world more and would like to delve further if you have any recommendation. Thank you :)
>>2862885You're describing human nature and blaming it on specific humans you fucking retard
Anyway. This book made 11 year old me want to run off into the woods and raise a falcon.
>>2859825Most of movies and documentaries by Werner Herzog. Jungles as an hardcore and fast mix of predation, sex, decay and parasitism.(compared to "calms" deserts, plains and temperate forests)Aguirre - fitzcarraldo for jungle fictionsEncounters at the end of the world (documentary on an antartica base) He is/was an out guy and did other movies about volcanoes, caving, aboriginals, german mysteries...There is also some epic exploration authors, what I may call innocent colonialism, it kind of stopped in the last century, sometimes with brutality, or far less morals, environment concerns, cautions, meds...Authors like Jules Crevaux, Sir Richard Burton, siberian explorers, poles explorers, even spanish conquistadores. Navigators like Joshua Slocum.Also Thoreau ( I thought it was overestimated but it's not), and Charles Darwin's travel diary.You can have a look into anthropology for studies of the concepts of nature and culture in other civilizations ( Philippe Descola, Claude Levi Strauss "Sade tropics" novel, or any other badass anthropologist.)
>>2862884>evangelicalnot Christian
I found Cry of the Kalahari in a previous book thread, and it bears mentioning again. It's equally wonderful, beautiful and tragic. If not for the pictures the authors took, I would have struggled to believe some of the things described in the book. Really the kind of book to leave an impression. White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris, by Brian Herne, also has some amazing stories, these from colonial Africa and through modern times. It also shows how some of the great white hunters realized the error of their ways and became conservationists in their old age. The description of the Mau-Mau crisis is almost bizarre at times. Anyone who's read their Wilbur Smith can probably recognize a good few events the good Mr. Smith adapted for his books.No Picnic on Mount Kenya is amazingly lighthearted for a book by a prisoner of war, who decides to escape the POW camp to climb Mount Kenya. Beautiful depictions of nature, supplemented with photos and drawings.Helge Ingstad wrote The Land of Feast and Famine after his years living as a trapper in Canada. It's wonderfully down to earth, and clearly written by someone who has a great deal of respect for nature.
The nature is harsh, dry, not welcoming, the people are very dumb and either friendly if they can't actually help you, annoying when they want to help you ged rid of all cash in your wallet or rude when they don't care for your existence.Frequent interaction with the wild animals is what made it worthwhile though.
>>2860084>The nature is harsh, dry, not welcominggood>the people are very dumb and either friendly if they can't actually help youwhy would you go somewhere where you need help from others?retard
>>2862992The 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.
>>2860098I 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.
>>2862992The maintenance is too complicated.
>>2860577> Food isn’t very good and you’ll probably be taking a bucket shower thoughNo thanks.
Realistically is there a way to fix this?
>>2861109No, biodiversity isn’t a binary thing, it’s linked to the geography, climate, etc. you can’t just say “I want more biodiversity.”
>>2862420>you can’t just say “I want more biodiversityYes you can. Nature isn't perfect.Half the US was covered in a glacier in the last ice age. Plants and animals are expanding their range every year and colonizing new places.Many coastal rivers that drain into the ocean barely had any freshwater fish until fish stocking programs. Look at Ascension Island. That literally was a case of people saying "we need more biodiversity" and turning a volcanic rock into a tropical jungle.
>>2861109>>2861198uh, extremely opposite two mapsso, which diversity is better? you cant have both at the same time, eco freaks, explain yourself
>>2861379Operation Endemic Fury
>>2861109thatmemewiththemushroomthatlookslikeajewnosetellingtheforesttoletinthevines.jpg
Thinking of doing some kind of a spiritual trip. Getting a light bag, some clothes, and just go somewhere. Taking some money to buy food but also try to meet people and let them give me whatever they want.Maybe go somewhere and build a little shed and spend some time there. Bringing no phone and electronics. No books even.Writing a small letter to my gf before I go telling her to not worry.I've been reading the life of the Buddha and I would really like to try an experience like this before I have responsibilities in life that would prevent me from trying it.Has anyone done something like this ? How was it ? Would you like to try it ?
I like bringing my tin whistle with me on a walk and play a few tunes somewhere quiet
>>2864129My brother and Dad needed help with the family business, and if it falls through all my siblings will basically be fucked. My family has always been extremely good to me, so I do the same for them.>>2864145Nothing is profound it's all a joke that's funny as fuck. I've met with Brock Pierce about 3 times and I'm pretty sure I met a disguised Epstein at one of his parties in Puerto Rico that was being used to advertise crypto business infrastructure to the local populace. I could've personally killed Epstein and changed literally the entire reality we are in right now dramatically, if I had the foresight and insight necessary at the time. Anyone here can do the same it's as easy as quitting your job and wandering around to meet people for a few years.
>>2864169You just admitted to attending a Jeffery Epstein party. You fuck kids?
>>2864172Literally almost everyone in Puerto Rico was there they were an open party.
>>2864027>meet people and let them give me whatever they want*Give them
What's /out/ opinion on boot knives? Thinking of getting one because they're the easiest fixed blade knives to EDC that are also large and easy enough to conceal. Survival knives are too large and look mall-ninja-tier when edc'd and neck knives are usually too small.
>>2856313I like them. I wear steel toes for my job every day and I leave one in my right boot as a backup knife in case I leave my main one back in the shop
>>2856313Idk man i like the control the rigid spine on normal knives gives you way too much too ever consider replacing any of them with a dagger for serious use but if fun is allowed i find daggers are simply nice to mess around with/throw. Their weight or mass doesn't matter comparing to lugging around a throwing hatchet for luls and it's not as horridly autistic as throwing ninja stars.It's more of a city weapon for me.
>>2860147paracord is 100% a meme
>>2861513No its not, idiot. Its a highly utile cord.
>>2856766*sucks your cock* Cry about it faggot, bet you liked it lol
Today is the day lads. Frost earlier this week. Temperatures rising.No I won't tell you my spot.Post your spots in this thread.
>>2863931Fruiting bodies stick to the stumpThusly, you are removing a percentage, no matter how small, of those fruiting bodies.NEXT!
>>2863935Troll, got it. No more food for you.
>>2863974How is that a troll?You can the stems make morel slushy and use it to inoculate soil. So...there are spore on there.
>>2863926I really wish I could go mushroom harvesting. Sadly most of the wild mushrooms in my region are either worthless or will just straight up kill you.
>>2863929Right is Amanita phaloides. RIP if you eaten them.
Guys, I think my dad will kick me out soon.Can I realistically survive in Winter?I live in a wet part of Europe in a city in the plains, but the mountains are close and that's where my heart lies and will head there, since I want to be far and cut all safety nets and bonds to them, not because I hate them, but because I love them and don't want to hurt them no more.I have little funds and thus not enough money to use a car, I have a bike, but it seems unwieldy in the forests especially now when there is probably snow and if not snow a lot of mud.Can one survive with only a backpack until spring, I don't know where if I would lay camp, we have some land in the mountains, but that would probably lead me back to them.But a backpack seems too little space, I would need a tent, some pots and tools, clothes, books, a sleeping bag and a couple kg of flour, I'd eat fish for meat and also I will need my laptop, although I wouldn't have electricity and it would probably get wet.I have this image of Sam's backpack from Lord of the Rings.Books and clothes seem like they wouldn't fit, I'd also have to somehow cycle trough the books at home or borrow from libraries in the mountain cities. I also am tempted to take one of my telescopes, but it definitely won't have space because of the mount and tripod.Books and telescopes are desires and I'll have to settle for libraries, e-reader and laptops, but clothes seem essential for a long winter trip.Farm and shepherd dogs will also be a likely problem.My hopes are that the wild will toughen me up.What do you guys recommend?
>>2860199gng lowk jst lock ints is not that hard
>>2860229>do i need many clothes or can i have just 2 changes and cycle trough them and wash them every couple daysYour problem is drying clothes. Wet clothes will kill you in the cold. If your clothes are wet from sweat or washing you MUST NOT wear them.Three sets minimum and double that in underlayer (socks, shirt, underwear).
>>2860199>i come from a family of doctors, engineers and uni professors, all my grandparents and male great grandparents went to universityYou're chinese, go back to your country.
Yeah
>>2862226>lost romanian kidYou could just say Indian (gypsies are Indians)
