Archived threads in /out/ - Outdoors - 163. page

>>977821
How harsh is the winter there?
>plan for 0-30 degrees with rain 23.5/24 hours of the day
How expensive is accommodation?
>You what nigger? Dont you have a tent pussy, a cheap hotel anywhere is always $50-$100, what are you 17?
What's the best towns to stay at for the purpose of being close to hiking trails?
>Your purple circle takes 12 hours to drive from end to end you should be more specific
Will I be in danger from the wildlife considering I come from a no gun country?
>Yes there is always danger. Bears and cougars and elk and moose and rattlesnakes. Get bear spray and a knife. If bear doesnt react to spray, hold knife from your chest pointed at bear, impale bear with your last dying breathes

>>977878
>Don't you have a tent pussy
I don't have the experience to camp in snow, let alone for 3 weeks.

>>977887
Yeah so you shouldn't do it. Fucking dumb

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>>977727
I agree. Top notch thread OP.

>>977727
yep, /out/ist is utter faggotry. but newfags are gonna newfag

>Nothing can ever change

Pure /out/ism

i wear a cheezy old leather bomber a lot

it's great, warm and fairly breathable
but heavy

dumb frogposter

>>977569
nice. i have a bomber with a nice fur lining that would be /comfy/ as fuck to wear, but I'm worried about moisture ruining it and also the weight. still, it feels like you're wearing protective armor and in the event of a cougar or bear attack, that layer of leather might save your life

>>977538

take up sailing

>learning to tie knots

Get a rope and a boy scout handguide.
Or google that shit anon

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>family of 8s
>clove hitch
>munter hitch
>overhand on a bight
>edk
>prussik
>fisherman/double fisherman
maybe a couple more that i can't recall because i'm shitfaced. and i literally put my life in the hands of my knots; pic semi-related.

Bait...?
Side note: Enjoy shitting your life away from a shitty meal while /out/. Get something healthy.

>>977348
Like what? So far this is the plan.

Roughly 10,000 calories for 5-6 days.
3 pounds of peanut butter/peanuts
5-6 cans of beans.
1 pound of dates.
1 box of pop tarts.
10 multi vitamins.

This is for each of us.

What do you suggest we do? A week's worth of food is a lot to bring. Peanuts and beans can't be too unhealthy with multivitamins.

>>977357
Thats fine. I was homeless for a year and lived innawoods and all i ate was bean dip tortilla chips peanut butter honey and multivites. Unless you both really love poptarts you may be better off taking granola bars instead of them

Step 1, have to make it further up the trail than 500 yards away from where 100 cars are parked

What do you want to do? Hike, mountaineer, paddle, fish, bushcraft, bike tour, rock climb, hunt, garden?

>>977327
Lurk mora and don't start threads like this

start with full service glamping and gradually wean her off luxuries until she's going on multiday backpacking trips with you.

>>977191

This. If she is not into camping like you are, you slowly got to break her in.

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>>977177

Just show her how all the other girls are posting outdoor content. Its practically all the rage now.

Instagram and pinterest are your friend.

Traditional all the way, use to have one that I got made from a Native around my place (actually respectable and great work). Ended up abusing it and broke it, 500 dollars down the drain.

>>977088
>>>/k/

>>977183
When weapons are discussed with an emphasis on outdoor recreation, they fall under the scope of /out/, without regard to /pol/ affiliations. Archery is an activity, not a weapon.

>Be hiking the Northwest Circuit of Stewart Island on my own
>It's a 10 day trek
>Lucky to see another soul on the track for half of the days
>Had only the solace of listening to my thoughts, the rustling of the leaves and distant waves from the ocean to hear
>Be 3 hrs into trecking on the 5th day
>Could swear I was hearing voices for about 1 hour over and over
>Literally thought I was going insane
>All of a sudden three Hunters singing traditional Maoi Songs emerge around the corner fully jovial like the fucking 7 dwarves
>They say hi to me and carry on

To this day I'm still not sure if they were a figment of my imagination or actually real.

Please don't sing in the woods.

ew, no

i sing creepy songs when deep in the woods in order to creep out anyone else near bye
like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9LnkKQfuc

I spent over 900 on clearance merchandise, which of course was not able to go towards the dividend. There was a couple other things I almost bought but didn't because it was clearance.

I did get $10 back from my Camelback which got me a new tube for my bike and an adapter so I could fill said tube, Which I actually needed to go by anyways.

I have received more than $5 back from REI many times
I never thought it was worthy of starting a thread

>>976810
>being so new you don't understand editions
>thinking your opinion is relevant
lurk moar, faggot

>>976697
>no mountain house sweet and sour pork
How do you expect to have a top flavor higher than 6?

Also, with the MH flavors, try mixing them. Breakfast blend mixed with biscuits and gravy. Rice and chicken mixed with teriyaki chicken, etc.

BP Louisiana red beans and rice is my favorite BP flavor.

Haven't tried any wise company food, but reviews are pretty poor of their flavors.

Have fun. And try to be objective as possible.

>>976697
>eating food while camping that you don't normally eat while not camping

Sounds like a fun way to spray local plants with diarrhea.

Mountain house is great. Make sure you get the water right though. Too much makes it runny, too little makes it crunchy.

My favorite from them is the stroganoff, chicken and rice, and the breakfast one with eggs, bacon, and peppers. Pretty good tasting to be completely honest and this is coming from a guy who doesn't usually eat typical trail food.

Easy to prepare too. Just add a little hot water, shake, close for about 10 minutes, then eet Dat sheeit. I heated the water in a shitty steel cup from walmart over a folding esbit stove (the one with the fuel cubes)

Pretty quick and good.

When I think pocket knife I think random 20$ folding knife honestly. I went into the army navy store and bought a folding K-Bar with serrations for 20 bucks after asking the guy for a rando utility folder.

I think when you're looking for an every day carry pocket knife it's really not worth spending much. It'll do the job.

>>975340
>I think when you're looking for an every day carry pocket knife it's really not worth spending much. It'll do the job.

Yeah I definitely agree man. That's what I liked about the RAT and the Cryo. I got them on Amazon for like..20 bucks. The steel gets razor sharp, and holds the edge for a fair amount of time. I don't see why people spend over 100 dollars on "nice" benchmade and spyderco knives unless they're just into metallurgy and like collecting knives. I don't see the use for anything any more expensive than 30 dollars for a utility knife.

>>975341
I carry around my ~$100 benchmade most days. Its nice having something that doesnt get loose over time and that was exactly what I was looking for - assisted open tanto half-serrated with a secondary lock. If I could find something of similar quality for cheaper I would jump on it.

I really like some CRKT knives, but none of them stood out as much and I've had a history of them getting loose over time.

Ok so what's the point of this thread

>>972996
Do they have a point or not?

>>972990

Are you too pussy for Ben Nevis via CMD Arete or something?

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>>972673

>>972673
>look down on this style of out
as long as the point is to enjoy the outdoors, there is no wrong way to camp

>>972673
I done some shit, and I don't look down on car camping at all
>essential for getting to some trail heads
>great for acclimatizing people to high altitudes before backpacking
>legitimate way to travel all over the US
>often free
>still sleeping outside
>fun
>bushcraftingfags can destroy all they want, because it's already destroyed
Only downside is that there can be other people, but I don't sperg out on it

>>972602
I'm just talking from my ass here but somehow I feel like that Germany must have good property ownership rights. Those fuckers used to have great privacy laws to but I know that went down the shitter though.

Then maybe Austria or Switzerland, scandis would be a nice option but they have freedom to roam and such which is nice if you don't have land, but I would not like to have people on my property.

In southern Europe there's "tons" of land for dirty cheap and it ain't too bad if you don't mind bureaucracy.

>>972614
>bureaucracy
I think this is also a problem in Austria/Switzerland/Germany when owning Land, you're not even allowed to just build a cabin to store random stuff in without getting a license.

>>972682
>I think this is also a problem in Austria/Switzerland/Germany
Yeah probably but there's northern Europe bureaucracy and southern Europe bureaucracy.