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military survival manuals sometimes have useful information

this is a good list

http://animeright.news/toro/4-outdoorsman-survival-books-to-read-and-learn-about-the-altwild

The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency by Jon Seymour
old, but good

>>967256
You need to boil it after melting it.

>he's never played "The Long Dark"

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>>967258
>vidya game
Do i need to boil fresh rain water?

>>967256
If it's fresh snow not around any area with chemicals, melting will suffice.

If it's stale snow, around lots of animals or man made areas, best to boil.

Smoky water is fine. A life time of it and you might get a stomach lining issue from the ash, but that can also happen from too much BBQ, medication, fried food, etc. In other words it's fine.

When I boil water on a cold night for drinking, I love the crisp taste with a slight smoke flavor first thing in the morning it's an amazing thing.

>>967209
Save up so if you decide to go get a different degree or change careers you've got something to fall back on. Find a good location to work in and prioritize time off over getting all the pay raises you can

>>967209
How would an electrical engineering degree condemn you to city life?

>>967209
Get a job in the oil industry, or locate in a city near good outdoor places.

>>966966
>40 people
wat anon, you'll need a barn.

>>966966

Your local party rental store

>>966966
What you're looking for is a circus tent.

Develop an entertaining and dangerous skill to lul the carnies into a false sense of security then steal their tent under the cover of night.

wrist piercer

>>966956
Definately this, I am an expert on wrist piercers

>>966958
le thanks xD

>>966821
Who gives a fuck about the environment? People who don't clean after their dog should be shot on sight.

>>966825
Alright, thanks. Just making sure since my country is going insane about being eco friendly all of a sudden this year. Shops don't give away plastic bags, there's TV ads against pollution, etc. So I was starting to wonder if it would be worse to use plastic bags to clean my dogs shit than the actual shit only because dog shit is "ugly to look at" while plastic bags take forever to decompose.

>>966821
Everything that lives poops. Imagine if we had no cars like 115 years ago. What is worse: The shit of 2 billion horses, or the exhaust or 2 billion vehicles?

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I have more 1clic-styles like this

And it very big resolution, if cant see something just open image in new window and zoom up. Map like 1x1 meter in RL
And it also show the truth.

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This one coll too

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>>966723
> Need to hit the books, watch documentaries, get educated... in a few years I'll start going out

you've got it backwards, start going /out/ today
you'll learn more one day innawoods than any book
will ever teach you

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>>966726
>I wonder if I can eat this poisonous looking mushroom
>Guess there's only one way to find out!

>>966726
>you'll learn more one day innawoods than any book

Eh.. he should do both.

OP we need more info though...You are asking for very broad info and giving 2 very specific goals (hiking/cabin). What do you want out of it?

The thing with the boys out logo on it is a quilt that folds into itself for transport and the ziploc bag has bug spray and some fisrestarting stuff in it if anymore clarification is needed feel free to ask.

>>966619
>Namefag
Aren't you that knife freak? As for your gear unless you are going to the Artic or climb Everest, it seems pretty much ok.

>>966631
Idk I started a thread a few weeks back with a picture of my esee 4 plumb axe and folding saw but I haven't started any knife threads. It was probably someone else with the same name

>>966077
Building laws in the USA will never let you do this "legally" without hooking it up to the moneymachine. Perculate for septic, hook it up to the power grid, laws and regulations.

You can thank all the fags with tiny houses or people who want to make a house of used soda bottles.

The alternative is just doing it anyways, but you'd need some serious land to get away with this.

>>966077
>It's always been a dream of mine

And it always will be you lazy faggot. If someone handed you a deed and a key you would still find a way to fail

>>966094
>Building laws in the USA will never let you do this "legally" without hooking it up to the moneymachine. Percolate for septic, hook it up to the power grid, laws and regulations.

That's not entirely true. In most parts of the U.S., you can have a cabin with no electricity or septic, and you can live there a lot of the time. But in most parts of the U.S., you can't legally claim a place like that as your primary residence, as it doesn't meet most states' minimum habitation requirements.

Then again, I know more than a few people who live in places that never got a Certificate of Occupancy, and claim them as their primary residence. Nobody really checks, and at least around here, nobody really cares.

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>>966076
>Spring he says

>>966111
Yea canada sucks. I've been to the beach twice so far this year. The water is still cold as shit but it is pavific summertime teir.

If it wasnt supposed to get cold tomorrow i wouwld probabaly be on the beach now.

>>966076
Spring? Not sure what that is.
It's already summer here in Phoenix, it started a couple weeks ago. Double-Summer is coming up in May, then Triple-Summer in July.

Ned rigs are meme bass tactics. Are there any other ones?

>>965948
Calling it a ned rig is what makes it a meme. Its just half a worm on a ball head jig, nothing meme about it.

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>>965950
more like half a worm and three quarters of a ball head..

A fucking life?

>>965745
fuck off man i'm just trying to have fun with a couple of m8s hunting, but we're all poorfags

>>965748

If you can't reliably dispatch your quary you shouldn't be hunting it unless you're in dire need of food.

What country are you in?

>>965541

> dont really need advice or help but i figured there might be some knowledge out there that could benefit me

sounds like you do if you're asking 'hurr durr best quality and price camp axe'

>>965543
I'm sorry you can't afford a jeep and I'm sure you belive in your Bear Grylls Gerber shit. I'm just looking for /out/ knowledge I'm not aware of. It beats the hell out of someone trolling from another board.

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What I see most people do when they turn a smallish vehicle into a camper is build a plywood platform to put a mattress on and then either slide rubber-maids under it or just make a big honkin' drawer that slides out. Is the picture in your post your jeep or just something similar? Depending on the size, you're gonna have to yank out your passenger seat to make room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG4M2Vfhdo0

This guy has a pretty nice setup, but his is more for long-term living rather than wilderness trips. For a cheap camp axe, I would recommend the Cold Steel Trail Boss. It's nothing especially nice, but it'll last you a good while and preform just fine.

/n/ would probably be the better board to ask. Lost of bike fiends and threads about touring on a bike.

>>965461
I am looking at a touring bike as well. I have been test riding and researching. I really like the Jamis Renegade, for 800 USD. It is aluminium, but steel would be better for long rides, plus it has a really weird tire size at 700x36c. I test rode the Marin Lombard and Trek Crossrip Comp. Both were excellent but pushy on price and were designed for city, not touring.

Other bike tourists I have heard about like the Surly Long Haul Trucker, and Co-Motion Pangaea. Both are really pricey but excellent bikes.

Oh man, my cat just barfed!