I was /out/ today and now I feel like something is crawling on my stomach but when I pull up the shirt there's nothing there. But in a few minutes the feeling reoccurs
>>2874778
Take a shower and put on some other clothes, you probably have an insect of some sort on you
>>2874778It's the bugs, Anon. The bugs are in your skin. They're under your skin. The bugs are in you. Cut them out. Dig out the bugs in your skin claw them out rip them out get rid of the bugs the wriggling the constant wriggling cut them cut them cut them cut them
>>2874778Meth....Its one hellluva drug
>>2874916Oh no, not again!
today i saw a tick crawling up my hiking pole. I had permethrin sprayed on my pants, socks and boots so i wasn't too concerned but nope!spray permethrin on your poles too. mine have a foam grip that absorbs water so it can be soaked, otherwise wrap a treated cloth below the grip
>>2874224i was in Liechtenstein akshually
>hike through shallow rivershehwhat now, tickfucks?
>>2874114Yep seems there's more of them this year.Found a couple of those tiny seed ticks on me, one was on my dick. Had the whole thing in its mouth
>>2874545>leeches inbound
>he doesn't wear sexy pantyhose to make hetero ticks turn away in disgustamateurs
I'm looking for some hiking near college station what are some good options for me?
>>2868602The Kalalau Trail is a good option! Right outside your door step really
you trying to find your murder victims?
>>2868602When I was there ('85-'89) the best hiking path was from $dorm to the chicken. I assume the chicken is still there, so that would be my recommendation.
>>2868602Lick Creek Park is pretty nice. Don’t bother with anything close to town, the cops are dicks and will accuse you of doing drugs or gay sex. For some reason all the closet cases like to blow each other in the woods. I don’t know what the fuck is wrong with the people at Texas A&M, there were fucking glory holes all over that campus.
>>2868602basically everything will be west of I35Colorado river bendgarnerenchanted rocklonghorn cavernstake a long weekend and drive 9 hours to big bend, it will be the best decision you've ever made.
The weak (you) should fear the strong (John Primitive)
>>2874327>He built like 6 different mud huts. Half of them fell downYes, because mud huts are a temporary structure, as most structures in the stone age were.>But he keeps stalling and going backwards, instead of advancing and making Primitive metal tools/systems to eventually evolve to premodern systems and tools.Do you understand how difficult it is to do metallurgy on your own using nothing but stone age tools? It took mankind thousands of years to figure out how to smelt and forge iron. He also doesn't have access to copper or tin, so he can't even make bronze, and the only iron source he has access to is the iron bacteria mud. He also can't hunt for animal products like leather, sinew, bone, etc. because that would be illegal to do with primitive tools.Then you have the fact that he is one person by himself, which makes everything he tries to do exponentially more difficult and time consuming. In the actual stone age, you had a community around you who would all pitch in.
>>2874399This time he'll make some charcoal
>>2874791See>>2874408>>2874390
>>2874311trolling or just indian?
>>2874332jeets don't know the meaning of words
I wasn't ready for them last summer, I realize that. Now I'm ready.
>>2874847The leather ones from keen are the best choice for this category, tevas always seem like they fall apart right away theyre really flimsy
why not just classic tevas? the fabric between toes things is kind of annoying
>>2874861literally the opposite of my experience. I've had classic tevas last 5-10 years, and i don't treat them lightly
>>2874847tried them, the problem is that if you try them in water with rocks/sand, the shit just enters your shoe and never leaves. they're only appropriate for dry hiking which kind of defeats the purpose imo
>>2874896>>2873106Tevas are worsethey use velcrovelcro is noisyand they’re more difficult to get into/out ofand the thong doesn’t bug me, YMMV>>2873128I’m glad I have toe socks because I get blisters if I hike or take long walks in mine
seen mountains.seen deserts.seem boreal forests.seen grasslands.seen canyons.seen ridges.I crave something newthe maddening sea of greenit calls to me
>>2874584My tax dollars via the Tides Foundation>>2874581>>2874698>>2874702>>2874769Also my tax dollars via the Tides Foundation
>>2874581>prairiesPretty much don't exist anymore because they've all been converted to farmland.
>>2874790Literally not true.>There's no rainforest anymore. The Brazilians chopped down all the trees.
>>2874579What about marshes?
>>2874584The Russian propagandists are Jewish you moron. Literally Russian Jewish mobsters run the whole thing.
humiliation ritual
>>2868910There are black bears in South-East Ohio, but their population isn't very high.
>>2868900They stole my pickynic baskets.
>>2868900what is humiliating about that?
>>2869028No, please come visit
>>2868900I want to say I had my food stolen from one of these because I didn't hide it. It was stolen by a human.
>can't go outside cause the wildfire smoke has made the air quality india-tier and makes me want to die when I breathe it
>>2874781Smokers pay for that experience, bud
>americans think they could invade and occupy Canada>can't even handle one day of our normal summer air
>looking forward to a pleasant nightwalk like usual>moment I step outside it smells like the world is on fucking fire
>>2874819It is
>tfw me at the bottom row
I really like the color scheme
>>2873593Thanks doc
>>2873593
>>2874453Kek
>>2874453Congratulations on figuring out the joke
>>2873604I guess you could argue it's good for fileting and skinning, and for any precision work that requires a sharp blade really. If you can't carry the extra blades in the handle then it kinda sucks.
Just imagine - you’re walking around at night in the forest, and then suddenly you met a puma on your way - what will you do?
>>2874538>about to fucking neck meHow do you know it's exact intentions?
>>2874202>>2874209It's a baby cougar. Very cute.
I saw a mountain lion on a trail once but it was during the day. I saw what I thought was a long vine in a tree moving. I thought it was moving weird so I looked closer and realized it was a tail and saw his face staring down at me. I just walked backwards for like a 300ft and left lol
>>2874209I see what you did there....
>>2874569It appeared necksome in that particular moment, although I admit I didn't have time to clarify. Frankly it would have been nice to scritch the kitty and have a cuddle but that didn't happen :[
I do a lot of it. It makes me feel more connected to nature, I get to work with my hands and literally eat the fruits of my labor, and it's a great way to supplement your diet and rely less on the grocery store.Everyone I know says it's gross to eat things that grow in the woods, and I'm weird for knowing so much about whats growing out here, I kinda get it, it's not a normal hobby, but I really enjoy it, and wish I could find more people out there who do it.Anyone here know about any online communities where I can hang out with other people into foraging?Pic related, it's a bundle of mustard garlic I found today while at work. I'm a happy man.
>>2873140You have absolutely no idea what peed on ir died by that plant, or if at any time anything was sprayed in the area. Wild plants also tend to have a lot of debris, and critters on them. So yeah you should be rinsing anything you bring back. Unless you enjoy eating dirt, piss, and bugs. If you enjoy eating dirt piss and bugs then eat away.Some foragers will eat parts of the plant on the spot or after washing it with water on hand. Mustard garlic flowers are actually a very popular field snack, but it depends on the plant and which part of it you're eating.Honestly, you should be rinsing what you buy in the produce aisle too because you don't know what conditions it grew in and if it still has any fertilizer or pesticides on it, and rinsing it is usually just a quick extra step to make sure you're not eating anything you don't want to, but it's a lot less important than washing anything you forage yourself.Pic unrelated. It's what my clover harvest looked like after processing for tea
>>2871384Buy a book of edible/medicinal plants specific to your area, with color photos.>>2873634Mouth watering.>>2867811I used to forage a lot back in Washington, but I've been less enthusiastic about it in the Sonora desert. Besides a few cacti fruits here and there. Most of the edibles here are legumes that have to be soaked and ground in to flour; which I have no interest in. I did used a skinned prickly pear pad to treat severe sunburn in the bush recently.
>>2873634Holy shit, nice find! My wine raspberries are starting to fruit. It's looking like it's going to be a very good berry explosion this year.
I tried Queen Anne's Lace tea for the first time. I found a nice little field of it. It tasted pretty good, kind of like a cinnamon carrot cake. I'm definitely going to start going for it more often.
What are the best easy hikes and things to see in the dark red area? Also open to the yellow area, and theoretically the YOUP, but it seems like the dunes west of Traverse City have the most nice stuff to see, and I recall /out/ years ago telling me to go to Sleeping Bear dunes, and it does look nice, found something called "pyramid point" that seems worth doing.
>>2873769What the fuck happens in Gaylord? lmao
>>2873769Tourists out of my hometown
>>2874368I was near Crystal Falls in August last yearDeer flies were swarming my car so badly when I parked to go for a hike that I didn't even care to open the door. I said fuck it and just drove around for a while before going to a pizza place.
>>2874650jeez I hope its not too bad I brought repellent hoping it won't be so bad near the coast
>>2874670Deer flies hunt by sight so smell-based repellents don't work on them Only effective way to stop them is blocking access to your skin
>"You're being a gearfag! If it's good enough for the trail, it's good enough for the trail!">"Okay, then I'll buy this milsurp that I think looks go-">"REEEEE YOU'RE A LARPER! TACTICOOL! TACTICOOL! THOSE PANTS WILL FALL APART IN A WEEK!"Shut the fuck up, you fucking fairy. Better to be tacticool than a gearfag who's in denial about being a gearfag.
>>2872680Depends what the gear is. US poncho liners, for example, are really good, imo.
>>2872960Useless meme garment
>>2872987It’s not a garment.
>>2872680Milsurp is designed to be indestructible by 80 IQ grunts. It's far more durable than civilian outdoor gear. (And correspondingly heavier.)
>>2872663>another neverserved obsessed with the image of something she will never be
I'm living in weird weather conditions. and I've seen a moth he size of a small bird. Is this normal? Eastern Colorado
Yeah.There's a species of moth that stays as a larva for almost a decade in America. They're big. Can't remember the name of them though.
>>2874516Luna moth?
>>2874528Nah. Luna moths have multiple generations per year with the last being an "overwinter" generation that remains dormant through the freezing months before emerging.
Black witch it appears
moved far away from the city and my nose is fully clear and not stuffed up even slightly for the first time in 20 years
>>2871325They are. They’re toxic politically and psychologically as well as environmentally too.
>>2871325It's made worse by all the 5G towers everywhere. They are trying to kill us.
>>2871325Placebo effect. Non industrial cities these days are less polluted than rural areas where agricultural and resource extraction industries can do whatever they want unchecked, and retard chud neighbour are burning trash in their backyards.
>>2873821nah all the auto pollution adds up fast in cities
I'll take the cities with pharmacies and medical facilities over rural country living. Much easier to get medical care in the city. Some areas I grew up in were miles from the nearest town that had an ambulance. Many tales of farmers rolling their tractors on uneven ground and dying in their fields waiting for help that never came.
