Anyone every done the trail? Any advice?
>>2867801Tbh you've never done the PCT or been to a national park.
>>2867805>>2867824Is this the end result of inceldom? You need to get a life buddy.
>>2867857Homosexuality and AGP are the final stage of inceldom. Looking at cute girls is pretty normal.
>>2867824Ask you for her @ so I can fap to my fantasy of making tea with her kula cloth.
>>2867902kamryn35
What's with stealth camping content? Every time I look for videos about places I want to try I get a bunch of recommendations for various stealth camping videos, most of which look like very obvious click-bait. Is this a real hobby or are people just grifting?
>>2865592It's certainly real, and it is fun. There isn't much to it either, hence the click bait.Find an out of the way spot with no sight lines, pitch a camo tent and then kick back. You are stealth camping!
>>2865592Never understood the fascination with stealth camping. I've spent the last 3 years as a vagabond traveling the country. Stealth camping is easy as hell. Find a wooded patch. As long as you pack in after dark and pack out before light you have a 99.9% chance of not being fucked with. Normies hardly leave their vehicle or house when they're not at work. Even if someone does spot your campsite there's a 99% chance they'll go "oh homeless person over there with a tarp better stay away" if they do decide to walk over just say "excuse me sir, do you have a dollar?" And they'll be sure to high tail it the fuck out of there fast
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>>2865592Camping is illegal in my country so the only camping is stealth camping. Most videos are clickbait though, for me stealth camping is just keeping away from paths, no fires earthy colors, setting up late and leaving early.
>>2865592It's not a hobby, its just something people do if it is convenient or needed for a night outside. It's not "I'm going stealth camping!!" but "I'm camping and the only opportunity to do it is to do it stealthily."So yeah, not something that lends itself to make online content about easily. If you feel like it, just do it and learn.
Does setting the vine in straight lines look unatural or ugly?
>>2867644it might be better than letting it entirely do whatever it wants
>>2867644its not that grown out yet, so its fineover time it will spread out on its own, and better fill-in
>>2867644not as bad as english ivy but I hate this stuff for being so invasive in pnw. it does look nice on a building.
It finally happenedI fully self destructed to being a hardcore long time drunk and I have no job and no moneyHomelessness is now a certainty very soonI have no hope but to try small towns in a fair weather place like California until someone allows me to work for them and get back on my feetAny towns you guys suggest? I deeply need to be in a rural/wilderness/small town area I can sell my laptop and get a plane ticket to california, where wages are high and they help people with nothingFor the record I can fish and dig through trash cans for food quite reliably and my favorite weather is 50 degrees and wet
Surely living on the streets in Cali isn't going to help you with your substance abuse issues. And forgive me, but why not LARP as a hobo somewhere more pleasant? If I ever had to reset I like to daydream moving to somewhere I can spearfish. Wages in Honolulu are high to reflect the cost of living, but it would be so fucking easy to set up a hobo camp in the forest just outside the city and commute by bus, I scouted out plenty of good spots.
>>2867759A hand up is not going to be found in the insular small towns. Rural California hates outsiders and bums. Truth is, the more you need money, the less people will be willing to hire you. They won't trust you around their property, and they sure as hell won't let you stay in their home.
>>2867814Disagree. Maybe 20-50 years ago. Fent and meth addicts look so starkly different than a guy with a drinking problem that I'll just look like a free spirit.
>>2867759>plane ticketSorry poorfag, but Spirit Airlines just shutdown. You shouldn’t even be thinking about flying anyway. You need to change your mindset asap. A bus ticket is the way to go. The usual trade off is time. Planes are faster but more expensive. You’re poor and a literal hobo; you don’t have money and have all the time in the world. It’s the first step and you’ve already failed.
>>2867846Planet ticket is literally cheaper than bus ticket
Wandering in nature is the same as finding ourselves?
>>2864355I guess.
>>2864355no. it lets you practice similar skills but sometimes focusing too much on the external has a detrimental effect on finding yourself. you may just need a very bland room with a comfortable chair.
>>2864355Isolation in general made me realize who I am. Solitude in the wild made me realize my part of the world. Edgy but true in my case.
I'm a hateful degenerate with no self control and i disgust myself. Personally, being outside makes me feel human
>>2864355>finding ourselves?lollmaoWhat sort of retard spirituality shit is this?
Found this near a cellar hole in the berkshires. I was wondering if anyone knew how to date it. Weve found stuff as old as revolutionary war but this seems newer. The arrowhead shaped arms attached to the tread made me think it would be easy to identify, but nothing. Im pretty sure its brass.
>>2867188Fellow metal detectorist here, hello! A local museum has a collection of these. These were used from around 1780-1860 and came in many different designs, made of bronze or brass. While the date of manufacture is not known, this stirrup was probably used by an officer in the Revolutionary War as you suggested.>>2867231Yes, modern stirrups use these rubber pads, but what OP posted isn't made for them. They didn't used those pads yet.
>>2867188>>2867209looking at this hurt my neckreverse image search corroborates >>2867235's info, either Revolutionary War (or Civil War)
>>2867235>>2867239Thank you for your input! I had one other guy from this area say possibly civil war era. It was actually found on a rock wall and hit so hard on the detector I thought it was probably trash and almost didn't bother digging it. Same thing happened with this brass boot buckle I found by the CT river.
>>2867280I put it on the dollar bill for scale, its larger than most of the buckles ive seen pulled out of the area.
>>2867280Dang, that's a nice buckle.
>my favorite /out/ locations are rock citiesWhat kind of person do you imagine?
smelly shoes
I like rock cities as an alternate to views or waterfalls or arches as a hiking destination. It's good to break it up with diversity on longer trips. On my last rock city trip, it was the paid kind with a gate, and there were some loud teens who I could smell weed off of even though they were like 200 ft away, and at first I was annoyed, but then I realized entertaining bored stoned teens is one of the best and highest uses of a rock city. My real beef is how limited the entrance hours are I think you have to be in by 4pm and out by 5pm except in summer. The issue with paid hikes isn't just the money it's the "will I get locked inside a set of gates" game that I do not enjoy.
>rock cityis this really a thing?
>>2867769>On my last rock city trip, it was the paid kind with a gate>My real beef is how limited the entrance hours are I think you have to be in by 4pm and out by 5pm except in summer.Wut?
>>2867776some rock cities are random trails through rock gardens, some are a paid attraction where you enter through a visitors center/gift shop and the hours are limited and there's a gate to enter the whole thingim not sure what is so unclear to yousome trails cost money to hike, some don't
I'm applying to conservation corps. I know the pay is going to shit but I'm retarded and I think it's cool to camp and work on trails all day.Anyone have experiences with /out/ jobs?
I'm gonna be picking fruit for my summer job on my cousin's farm (the family fruit farm), I'm actually running the numbers on making my own. I live in the city (small town really but they don't want to incorporate it to the town because then our taxes would drop and we'd have freedoms), land here is 1 dollar per square foot average so really I could spend a few thousand and make a small farm in the city and just sell to market. This would net me enough money a year in less than an acre of land to just work my land on summers and do nothing the rest of the year.>Why not just work the family farm broIt's not the same if it's not my land or my berries I'm growing.
>>2865149I guess that answers that.
>>2866669>>2865149Lol, yes and no. Actual pay rate isnt the full story. Fire assignments, subsidized housing, SAR overtime, multiple ways you can make more. And in a lot of places you just cant spend money because you are in the middle of nowhere. And theres lots of intangibles like getting to live in a remote place that most people will be lucky to see once in a lifetime. And the people that end up in this work just have more ascetic lifestyles, and most spend their leisure time doing free recreation on public lands. But no you are not getting a big house with big tvs and big cars unless you really work your way up the admin ladder. And getting in to a fulltime position can take some years of low paid seasons first
>>2865152Park ranger for the feds, and more of an old style generalist ranger. I manage land. I work on trails and roads and facilities, I talk to and help people, I respond for search and rescue or medicals, I learn the land by exploring it, I try to stop people doing bad shit, I work on restoration projects, I do controlled burns and go on fire assignments, I run programs for kids and work booths at local fairs, I collect all sorts of data, and perhaps most of all I collect trash. Lots of trash>>2866820To add, all federal employee salaries are public, you can look up the rates of any position. Most fulltime employees doing only or mostly field work are in the GS 5-9 range.
>>2856977Trail maintenance is a volunteer gig where I am...
it's simplejust remove all nearby irrigation setups from existence
>>2863853I would not move them
>>2867581I know. You would just meekly seethe about it on some obscure corner of the internet.
>>2863853not just peopleyou're relocating thousands of cotton farms into another part of the continent to prevent the toxic rain derived from the extinct seabed from happening can be done in 6 months
>>2863837Yeah
>>2864105many kazakhs have desert monkey dna anyways, they enjoy the dust
Never been to this board before but I decided to give it a shot because I'm going on a bucket list trip next year.I'm going to spend at least a month driving around the Pacific Northwest and wanted to know the really good parks and beautiful nature spots I should see and spend time in while I'm there. I'm avoiding the fuck out of any metro area for obvious reasons.
I'd really recommend the San Juans or their Canadian counterparts. I always love the ferry out and my time there. Spend some time in the skagit county area on your way up. Deception pass is gorgeous
>>2866956What time of year? >>2866961Very funny anon
>>2866980What the fuck are you talking about?
watch out for oregon drivers. they are the most retarded of anyone in the country. bend is highly over rated. stick to the coastal areas. but watch out as there are faggots everywhere
>>2866956>at least a monthWhich one? There are seasons to contend with.
Do you work a job that allows you to experience the outdoors? Do you plan to? Tell us about it. I was a beekeeper for many years. It was such an enjoyable job. No clipping or marking if the queen wanted to leave she could and the hives were always in beautiful spots. Sometimes the rain would destroy the tracks to get in and so we had to hike several hours to the hives. What I really enjoyed was realising the bees remembered me and working on them wearing no protection. Such beautiful little creatures it gave me a strong appreciation towards them.
>>2864632A fake email job is more your speed then.
>>2860933i was a beekeper for a couple of seasonsworst job i have hadlifting bee supers for hours every day during pollinationbeing sticky all the timedeadouts and scooping rotten syrup full of rotten bees from the supers in the springhaving to work the hives on wet days and getting fucking mauledmade me hate the smell of bananasall for shit wagesi work in the oilfield and mining now its a shit job too, but at least the money is good
>>2866973why do you keep working shit wage jobs?
>>2867440dropped out of high school and the military wouldn't take meno life skills it sucks
>>2860933Tower climbing.>Exposed >Great views>ThrillingAnd you literally climb *away* from people. Very few can or will follow.
#535- Special EditionPrevious Thread:>>2863243Thinking about picking up a new hobby? Want to get a memecaster? Haven't mastered the Palomar knot? Click here!http://www.pastebin.com/u/fishingandtacklehttps://imgur.com/a/1Xw3NNew Bong Fishin Guidehttps://pastebin.com/sDB5SQTqFirst for best telescopic rod is the one you exchanged for a 4pc.Talk about fishin'
>>2867506>>2867506>>2867506new thread
>>2867445shimano miravel 1000 or a sahara fj 1000 if you can find it discounted for $80 or less.
>>2867509That's not premium.
>>2866145Nice dink, faggot. I'll keep catching the big ones for you dw.
Last year's mid-autumn Largemouth feeding frenzy was crazy, cought this one on a ned rigged craw
Do you have meme gear? I kinda want this because.. uuuuh
>>2866849The point is portability
>>2866205i bought a scrub daddy recently, does that count?
>>2867270At least it's not a scrub mommy
>>2866826nigga its just water in your ass theres nothing gay about it dumb performative male
>>2867270they're actually maybe the best cleaning sponges you can buy.
Post what you take and make
>>2866341My favorite backpacking meal of all time is hormel dry pesto, pasta and beef sticks
>>2866344>we still have the fucking filterretarded lazy admins holy fuck
>>2866921>hormel dry pesto???
>>2866972I had hormel and knorr mixed up
>>2866367>that dark, dense bread... I don't know what it's called in Englishit's not called anything in english, we don't have rugbrod in those packs of thin sliced, dense, but not crackers. that's the #1 thing i miss from europe / iceland in terms of camping, because you can put anything on it.this year i'm gonna start combining home dehydrated ingredients with purchased semi-raw pouches of fish, in addition to the usual non-perishables like boiled eggs, cheese, sausage, crackers, olive oil, butter, sauerkraut, hot sauce, etc. i feel like rehydrated grains cooked in broth, with homemade vegetable and mushroom medley, and a packet of raw salmon, would be the perfect camping dinner.i'm also gonna start using a nylofume bag inside of my bear canister, to keep it clean and prevent smells. i don't wanna fuck with having a perfect trash strategy, i wanna keep it in a ziplog bag and know the entire thing is like 95% less likely that a bear plays with it.
>holesMy Darn Toughs just got their first hole. Any other brands that I should try out for long distance hiking? I know they got a great lifetime guarantee but I'd rather not let it interrupt my travels. Also interested in toe socks but they all seem to have their seams on the toe-ends and I find that to be annoying.
>>2867172> 40% nylonbrutal> silverfor under mattress not under foot3M™ Micropore™ surgical tape blister countermeasure trust the industry leading expert as well as the opinion of /r/ultralite
>>2867214I'm not putting tape or bandaids on my foot every single time I go out you silly buggerIf a pair of socks fixes my blisters I'm gonna wear it
>>2867171Are they wool or some special snowflake cotton-poly blend?
>>2867039>And if you're homeless, you don't have an address for Darn Tough to ship toIt's called general delivery m8, I am homeless and buy shit online all the time
Homeless are the fucking worst.
