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>>1010542
Those are mil-radians. They are used to find offsets. 1 mil = a one meter error at 1000 meters.

6200 means it was for a foreign military.

For more info - http://www.compassdude.com/compass-units.php

>>1010547
Thanks for the info.... thats really strange.... its been in the family for a while..

>>1010547
It doesnt mean foreign necessarily. Artillery uses radians and also pretty much the only reason you need a mirror. So thats probably an artillery compass.

>>1007771
Walk?

>>1007774

After the walk.

>>1007782
workout. run. exercise. get your body to work, get tired and you will have a good sleep. repeat that, quality of life improves.

>>1005319

Nah, it's just your imagination....no such think as serial killers, skinwalkers, or predator type animals in the woods. So you're totally safe, no need to bring any weapons.

>>1005319
Unlikely. Serial killers don't just find random victims. If there's not a common theme between the victims, it's very, very unlikely to be a serial killer.

>>1005349
This is simply not true, some of us just do it for fun and like mixing things up, makes it more interesting for us.

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Finally got muh pp

i've decided that fishing is actually impossible

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>>1015057

my plecostomus got to around 2' long and unmanageable so i released it into a pond at a kids park. cant imagine how big it is now

Where in northern canada?

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Mmmm... the totally non-sexual fetish for maps thread.

>>1014737
I have this fetish I'm always looking for places to camp and fish. I have so many fucking pins on Google maps.

>>1010929
Get lasik

>>1010929
I just keep careful. I run through the woods pretty hard. Worked in the woods. Worked on farms. Never ruined or lost a pair.

I hear eyes begin to get worse at a slower rate after age 26, so in a couple years is when I'll get lasik.

I'm old, so I'm farsighted
I have a plastic magnifying glass as a backup for my reading glasses
In the mountains, I carry a second pair of sunglasses, which is a pair of the roll-up ones that you get a the eye doctor when they dilate your peoples
I have no desire to be above 12,000 ft without eye protection
I have found other people's lost sunglasses up there, and it always made me cringe

Gf is nearsighted. She brings prescription sunglasses and and her regular glasses.

Went up to cabin earlier than the rest of the family.
Asked my mom to watch the pupper so he could ride up with her pupper.
They showed up and he wasnt there.
He died of a heart attack after i dropped him off.

Bad /out/ was bad.

>>1007497
Did the cabin time help or just make it worse?

>>1007499
Neither honestly.
I took a walk, shed some man tears, and just moved on.
Not saying i forgot him or didn't care anymore.
Life happens. And i dont want to associate my cabin with a sad moment.

Find a hiking spot near you and just go for an afternoon

>>1015167
No hiking areas around here. Only beach with dunes.

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Go play in the sand faggot.

>>1015091
*my first bike bikepacking trip

>>1015091
Ya'll are a fucking menace to normal drivers when you're in the mountains.

I don't particularly care if you're legally a vehicle and allowed to be on the road, but when it's a fucking mountain pass with a 45mph+ speed limit and no shoulder or straight stretches to pass and you're riding 6 abreast taking up every inch of the lane at 5mph you're cunts.
>t. guy who got stuck behind a group of 40 foreigner bikepackers in Yellowstone for NINE MOTHERFUCKING HOURS and only went ~15 miles because despite 300+ cars backed up behind you honking their asses off you wouldn't pull over and let us pass

>>1015104
Sorry to hear that..
I'll be going alone, and mostly staying on paths though.
Take a rectal chill pill, faggot

I have also decided to start learning about /out/ ASAP. What books/channs would you recommend?

I either move to countryside by the time I'm 35 or I just KMS

>>1012724
One step at a time, anon. Work towards it little by little.

>>1012730
...how

>>1012644
bump

>>1012644
Basic run down.

Northern Illinois - Jo Davies County. The driftless area (where the last glaciation didn't hit). Also, Galena is a nice historic town but can be a tourist trap.

Central Illinois - Corn. Although Starved Rock State Park is nice.

Southern Illinois - The Shawnee National Forest, Garden of the Gods, the wine trail and the Cache River for lazy canoeing.

There's this place in Rockford called Atwood. It's a park that has 334 acres of forest, they rehabilitate birds of prey and they have old bunkers from wars. Aside from forests they have marshes and prairies.

Speaking of hygiene do you think water bladders will give you cancer because they're made of plastic. I really don't like my water to be in plastic stuff. But sometimes I have no choice.

>>1011146
now im second guessing buying a camel bump thanks anon

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>>1011078
Olive oil soap. Will do everything.
>>1011146
Aren't they made of magic plastic that doesn't do that? Also who cares, if that doesn't give you cancer something else will. Do you eat fish? They are mostly plastic these days.

Avoid going up hills

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>>1010444
They need something like these. There are a few companies that make this style. Renegade makes the wheelchairs in this webm.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Renegade+wheelchair&tbm=isch

If you are positive that it won't dip below 40 than just get a woobie.

>>1007952
It all depends on who you are. Some people sleep super warm. Just bear in mind that it gets colder in the mountains even if they are the worn down Appalachians. I've made the mistake too many times of packing too light and paying for it with cold sleepless nights. It makes for miserable hiking the next day.

What you could do is cut your sleeping bag down into a quilt. If you bring two pairs of warm long johns (or even a onesie if that's what you got, you could get by with a blanket.

Definitely spend the $10 on a sleeping pad if you ain't got one. That will make a huge difference in warmth.

>>1007952
There really isn't any point not to bring one, if it gets too hot just zip it down. Even if it doesn't dip below 40 the windchill might get to you. I've gone /out/ with just the same mentality with a blanket and froze my ass off, never was able to get to sleep.