Has anyone used a wool anorak by Petros for bushcraft? they look cozy and 630g has some heft. also they seem like nice people to support. the tag line "Cozy as the hug of your loved ones" stood out to me as i am fairly estranged from family and could really use a proper hug right now. thank you for coming to my ted talk.
>>2861901thank you for the advice! the measurements for large were pretty much smack dab on my usual for outerwear so i opted for that hopefully it wont be too snug. im going to ice dye it with a subtle colour swirl
>>2861980mines a large and i wish i went with xl.40 inch chest. I hate the way hoodies catch on to your stomach though and don't just ride back down.just be careful washing cause it will shrink.
>>2861901I usually wear a Large but went for XL in the quarter-zipHowever it's fucking huge & I have to wear it as a 3rd/4th layer due to this (I guess it would work over a shirt?)Even shrinking it with a hot water + hair conditioner soak didn't do much. That said, I wouldn't give it up for the world! Might have to buy an L soon.
>>2861871>synthcuck big madlollmao even
>>2861879Interfacing is a layer of fabric sewn in for stability. It's for looks, not function. Functionally, a linen layer will absorb and hold onto moisture, which is not something you want in an outdoor garment. Yes, it strengthens the fabric, but good wool fabric has no need for that.
> be me> Practice charting time.> take a lot of time taking measurements around my basement.> Take measurements back to charting table.> Absolutely fucked. > Repeat measurements repeat charting.> Still fucked.> Drop pen in frustration > North changes.> That was several hours of my life.
>>2854806>Circumstance>decideDo you need a ride home anon?
>>2854809>French And Indian warSeven years war.
>>2860625But but but he could, like, ask an AI to measure it!
>>2861284Yeah. That's why I am doing this, I want to keep my mind as sharp as I can.
>>2855515Just spent $230 in total due to EU import like an idiot, please laugh at me. No but seriously, I've had 1 Suunto and 1 Silva and they both ended up with air bubbles, so I was desperate for something more sturdy. The cost better be worth it.
Discuss /out/ activities and locations in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary.Here are lists of national parks in each countryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Parks_of_Polandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_areas_of_the_Czech_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Slovakiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Hungary
>>2859814That's nice. I'll be working in Žilina for a while in the next few months. I plan to stay there for a while, as I've never had a real chance to explore that amazing landscapes there. I'm Čehún btw, so don't worry, bear eat us first
>>2859850Žilina is a good starting point - hills or mountains, you will have a hard time to decide where to go :)as for bears, if I remember correctly, only on victim was foreigner - belarusian. Still it is a good idea to have mountain rescue insurance (something like 20 eur/year)
>>2859814nice. I plan to do Mala Fatra somewhere early autumn. either with tent or sleeping in Chata pod Chlebom.
>>2859916Not many hikes in "Krivánska" Malá Fatra, as you can see - only 2 to be exact (one of them in early October from Kraľovany zastávka via Osnice and Medzihole pass to Zázrivá - too cold and too little time to manage chain secured trail up to the Veľký Rozsute. Also first time I have seen bear footprints for a few hundreds of meters on hiking trail in Bystrička valey).As a light sleeper I am not a big fan of mountain cabins with shared rooms, so no idea how it looks like in Chata pod Chlebom.Also, you probably know it, from march to june, some trails on your route are closed.npmalafatra.sk/navstevnici/uzavery-turistickych-chodnikov
>>2859552V4... Home... Sovl...The center of the world.
Why is half an acre the absolute minimum land area needed to be self sufficient?
>>2861988sorry i fucked up my mathits only 30000 per acreso youre right on
>>2861992Theoretical farmers are a fucking joke.>using numbers from high-yield GMO crops that are planted and harvested by million dollar combines and soaked in pesticides to prevent loss.At the height of harvest ive spent 14 hours in just one day picking and canning green beans from just a 500 sq/ft plot. And then had to do it again the next day. And the next.And the next.How long is it going to take to thresh that 120 pounds of wheat? You have a flour mill?Youre going to thresh and then press the sunflower seeds for oil?Youre going to boil down those beets for sugar?How do you prevent loss to birds in the sunflower field?Youre drying legumes and canning fruit? How much time will go into that?You have an irrigation system to cover 10,000 sq/ft?Where do you get fertilizer to cover 10,000 sq/ft?And we're not even getting into crop failures due to storms, pest or blights. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2862028i agree, its not practical. but that wasnt the question i was answering. >Theoretical farmers are a fucking joke.worked in ag for a while, operating equipment sometimes, water cannon, bagger, bi directional auger, dummy stuff. i wasnt allowed to run the seeder or the sprayeri ran a seed cleaning plant for a while too, and worked in a canola crushing plant making animal feed from heated canolai also was an avid gardener, and i tried the self sufficiency thing for more than a decade>At the height of harvest ive spent 14 hours in just one day picking and canning green beans from just a 500 sq/ft plotnot a fan of canning myself, all that work for mushy vegetables. i liked freezing, a lot quicker. i fermented some too, never green beans though, mostly just pickles and green tomatoes>How long is it going to take to thresh that 120 pounds of wheat?i had a large watering tub and i just shuffled my feet over the whole plant, and hand winnowed the seeds. using that method it would probably take a dayi didnt do it in large quantities though, wheat was five dollars a bushel at the time. it was just curiosity, and for seed savingbut there is small scale threshing equipment, if you wanted to waste your time, and ive seen small fanning mills at farm auctions for under a hundred bucks>You have a flour mill?no, i bought flour>Youre going to thresh and then press the sunflower seeds for oil?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2862028>Youre drying legumes and canning fruit? How much time will go into that?the legumes dry on the plant like grains, so no timei froze fruit whole without blanching, just berries and wild plums. i dont like canning. sometimes i would can apple sauce, but thats it>You have an irrigation system to cover 10,000 sq/ft?its only a hundred feet by a hundred feet, a sprinkler and a hose would do, my garden was bigger than that when i lived in saskatchewan>Where do you get fertilizer to cover 10,000 sq/ft?my garden was around half an acre, i just got it from manure piles. theyre everywhere in my area. i like sheep, less weed seeds for some reason. the first year i cleared the land i put in a crazy amount of cow shit from the local hutterite colony. it was all freeafter that a four or five truckloads a year was enough. i also mulched a lot with straw, round bales, its very cheap, just turn it over at the end of the year>And we're not even getting into crop failures due to storms, pest or blights.the only real problem i had is with cruciferous vegetables. the cabbage moths are ruthless around hear, and we get flea beetles really bad too. i had to grow my cabbage in pantyhose. in the end i gave up and settled for mustard greens>Sustenance farmers spent all of their time just processing their food for the next year. You cant have a full time job because when the crops are ready you have to harvest.The theoretical 1/4 acre only works on paper.thats why i dont bother anymore, its a time consuming hobby. i work too much now, and its just way cheaper and easier to buy farmer directComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2862028>using numbers from high-yield GMO crops that are planted and harvested by million dollar combines and soaked in pesticides to prevent loss.youll get better yields in your own garden, with fewer failures
/out/ with dog
>>2860385I recommend giving it one more shot, try backcountry camping on Santa Rosa once it opens in Fall. I've spent days back there exploring canyons and beachcombing without seeing another soul.Anyway here's my contribution to the thread, say hi if you ever see a guy hiking with this dog.
>>2860402Well when you mention not seeing another soul that piques my interest. Nice dog and nice photo bro.
>>2859329I've been around a whole lot outside, but this is something a little beyond my experience in terms of textural subtlety that's possible via screen. As far as finding a brown mantis singing at about 17Khz in a particular Oak Ridge Prairie shrub, that's a close comparison.
>>2860296he is still a goofy puppy in this pic
>>2860517What
MRE cases make decent frisbee holders. B case gone. What’s the first menu I should rip open in A?
Fucking hippy.All those damn frisbees.Probably roll joints on them at rock concerts.
>>2861242I did use that fat orange one as a plate one time
>>2861236Menu 2 Shredded Beef in BBQ or Meatballs Menu 8
>>2861236What are those?
>>2861976They are frisbees for disk golf
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.
>>2860826no
>>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
Are there any outdoor brands that don't use poison like gore-tex or their own in-house poison? Fjallraven is the only thing I could find but they still use basically plastic clothing only too
>>2861964https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935124022771no more spoonfeeding, there are more but you can find them yourself fed retard
>>2861967>Living near PFAS-polluting facilityIs a goretex garment a facility? No. Are you a retard? Seems so.>Go and find the proof of what I saidNo.
>>2861967>when I make an outlandish claim it's YOUR responsibility to find proof that it's truelol, no, lmao
samefag
>>2861962did you even read the links that ChatGPT sent you? It gets into our bodies at traceable levels via ingestion, not skin contact or respiration. Assuming you're not using your coat as a soup bowl you should be ok.Now, as for other stuff, you gotta work backwards. How do you get something to be hydrophobic? You don't have a lot of options. Wax coatings are temporary and must be reapplied after a single season. Wool is great if your use of it is light, or if you have multiple jackets and cloaks, but is that reasonable? Not really.Just wear plastics, anon. You have so many layers between it and you that you'll be fine. If you've ever typed on a keyboard while eating food you've done more plastics damage to your body than 20 years of wearing goretex. good luck.
>Time is 1:42am in the UK>Actual snowstorm covering my town>Decide "Hey I'm a fat autistic POS, lets go for a walk since snow is cool">Gear up in boots and scarf with gloves ready for a nice hour long walk So there I am walking up a hill enjoying the peace and scenery. I am a fat mid twenties male so I am not really expecting what happens next. I see over the crest, a man walking in the middle of the road towards my direction. I think nothing of it because why the fuck is anyone dodgy going to be out at this time? So I continue walking up the hill thinking nothing of it. As we get closer to eachother he sneakily starts walking onto the pavement in front of me. I'm a bit weirded out at this point so I go "Alright mate?" as a friendly gesture. He doesn't respond, I call again and he still doesn't respond. Might be my imagination but I swear he was walking brisker at me. Now I am really pissed off what I did next because I ran like hell. It's almost 2am, the roads are dead and its just me and him, I've never had a proper fight in my life and all I'm thinking in my head is "GUY HAS A KNIFE AND IS PROBABLY A MIGRANT". I am a fat bastard but somehow the adrenaline made me speed away faster than I've ever known. Despite the snow I didn't slip. So what the fuck was the guy's problem? Why did he start walking on the pavement only when we were crossing paths? My town isn't known for things like this but occasionally it does happen. I'm just so pissed off man because I feel like a coward. Still thats the most running I've done in years so I was coughing my lungs up for 10 minutes after.Maybe I should join a boxing gym.
>>2856974Do you have the vid? Please post or link it if you do.
>>2856882>Maybe I should join a boxing gym.Step one to making a hobby of after dark strolls: you gotta be the meanest thing that goes bump in the night.So yes, you absolutely should join a boxing club.Best thing about becoming a trained fighter is you learn to recognize each other by just body language alone.You learn to recognize and read someone's intent just by the way they are walking.It could be that man you encountered had bad intentionsIt could also be the reason he was having a walk in the dark snowy night was because his mother had just died, so he was so in his own head he didn't even hear youIt could be he is just having a really bad dayMaybe he got fired from his job, by a cracka ass motherfucka that LOOKED JUST LIKE YOU!!I generally do not call out to people on my night walks, if they enter my path I put my hand in my coat to grab ole trusty slice n dice and make hard eye contact so the other guy knows he might be looking for some rabbit but what he is about to pass on the walk is in fact a prowling lion With other trained fighters its simpler because we simply give each other some room to pass and make eye contact, a silent nod of acknowledgement so we both know our business is not with eachother and continue on our merry way.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2861313NTA but it's not hard to find, grabbed this off /pol/ archive for youIt's brutal, and with sound is a bit traumatic and that cop did not see it coming Guarantee for a month after anyone in that town even looked at a cop wrong they got a boot on the neck.
Out for a walk?Yew gott a liewsanse for that walk mate?Ok anon. You have knowledge of Robin Hood.In that story of Frair Tuck who bested Robin Hood in a Staff Fight on the bridge over a stream or else I remember a cartoon. Get a long walking stick or a staff.And learn how to use it. Simple as.Get good put a iron butt or spike on one end.
>>2856882it sounds like you don't deal with actual insane people often (drugs, mental illness, general vagrancy)if you got the creeps you did right by leaving, not worth finding out if he wants to stab you
How does this happen?Femanoid gets into an argument with a friend at a bar and storms out into a snowstorm with no coat or phone and dies. https://www.kake.com/home/missing-emporia-teacher-found-deceased-police-say/article_edb44dbf-62b6-4fc5-85f2-eed5fb1c62c2.htmlHow would you have survived /out/?
>>2859109Drunk people die from hypothermia all the time. A guy died in my neighbor's back yard after he rolled his car and sat on the swingset.
>>2861520>The bar she was at recent changed managementHindus?
>>2859508KC fag reporting in. The prosecutor for that case is actually a client of mine. The dudes were doing poppers and passed out. The dude that lived had no idea they were back there because he passed out first.
>>2861520Go gorillaz>>2861742NTA Albanian
>>2861745>AlbanianShe was most definitely drugged then. Why didn’t her friend go after her is my question.
How do I become one of them rangers like Aragorn?Reading The Lord of the Rings some of my favorite parts are the ones with Strider's show of skill.I love how he is completely aware of his surroundings and is able to instantly read footprints and use herbs and quickly make himself and his companions unseen and escape danger. At times he seemed more in tune with nature than even Legolas.I have seen quite a few threads on here of people being scared of the dark and I feel like if one had good old Strider's skill and knowledge he wouldn't be afraid no more.Aragorn wouldn't be startled in the middle of the forest by some bear, he would know about that mountain lion following him for the last 2 miles. He wouldn t get poisoned by some mushroom or die of hunger because he knows what is good and what is bad to eat. Strider wouldn't get lost in the forest since he has been drawing a 3d map in his head this entire time.How do I become more like Aragorn, obviously he has had 80 years of experience but what books would you recommend and things to do in the forest to become a little more like him
>>2845708>use herbsAs far as identification goes, I would start with trees. They're easy and fun to get into. From there you can move onto other plants and mushrooms. Knowing where tree species grow and why they grow there will be helpful later too. For example morel mushrooms feed off of dying elm trees. If I know where to find elms, it's a lot easier to spot a tree than a mushroom. And like with anything, it takes time and practice. I hope you have fun becoming by more like Aragorn!
>>2861275Ive become pretty good at identifying plants, but I suck with trees, you can't eat most of them and i got the habit of constantly scanning the ground now
>>2851684Middle Earth elves are legally and spiritually married as soon as they have sex with someone, and they will physically spontaneously die rather then be subjected to sexual immorality, so yeah I think so.Source: it was revealed to me in a dream. A dream called "Laws and Customs of the Eldar," from Volume X of The History of Middle-earth.
>>28457081. Learn to use a cloke properly. It's a coat, it a tent, it's most your shit.2. Minimize all other gear. Your welcome.
>>2845708It's pretty easy. Just need to live in a fantasy world and commit to it
anyone in the UK willing to go camping with me?I'VE NEVER BEEN CAMPING BUT I'VE DONE some outdoor cooking! it's really fun. i'm like rin from yuru camp! but brown!!! im a huge introvert and would love to go with someone if you're down and live near london...i got a tent, outdoor stove and gas, pots and utensils! and i can cook! i'll bring my cat with me.for reference i'm a 5'2 girl and i weigh 46kg. pls no creeps or fat people
>>2859692Bear paws typed this
>>2859883boku no picamp
this is probably real
>>2861694So do you normally rape people you disagree with if they're not brown? Do anglos really?
>>2859635Post a pic of yourself and I'll consider it
>>2832923
>>2860618should be snow covered but not this year
Where should I camp next month for a few nights 3-4 hours from Las Vegas? I’ve already done Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce and Valley of Fire. Death Valley?
>>2861401Eastern Sierra
>>2850091nice
>>2861692yeah feel free to make a new one
Never heave anywhere without it.HOOORAH Support The Troops!Shart In Mart!O\
>>2859307I've used these, but be aware they're porous
does anybody else wash their ass with soap right after shitting each time?
>>2859773yeah I always carry my tactical bidet when I hike
>>2858042Wet ass mf.
>>2860555i myself prefer the tactical enema bag. really gets in there and cleans it out where the bidet leaves some behind.
What's it like to dirtbag? seems like a cool way to earn ones stripes in the climbing community
>>2861644it's the newest word homeless crackheads decided to latch on now that the word "hobo" is considered derogatory and no longer romantic
>>2861646so just "full time backpacking"?
>>2861647or stealth camping, rather
>>2861646>>2861647>>2861648it's not a term used by homeless crackheads, it's used by vanlifer climbing white water rafter etc types who dont like being associated with homeless crackheads when they say they're 'van lifing'homeless crackheads call themselves homeless
>>2861595>>2861599The communities basically pride themselves on being so expensive that proles can't take part in them, it's basically about as existent as amateur big 14 mountain climbing, that is to say, it's only done 'amateur' by people who have the money to do it pro
