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>>943646
I got lost because we were dumb fucks exploring a dried up water tank somewhere in the forest.
Found the trail after two hours because the trees were thick af and we couldnt find it.
Scared the shit outta me desu

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>>943646

Still lost.

Please send help.

Phone about to die.

For the love of god.

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>>943646

This was when I was still in high school. I've tried my best to re-create my route on this map. It was in Missouri, in hilly - not mountainous - and heavily forested country.

I had done this hike many times and I *knew* that at one point there was a fork that went down to a creek. I thought I would be clever and bushwack down to the creek and then meet up with the trail wherever it crossed, heading back up to the main branch after my detour.

Trouble is, I didn't really have any practice bushwacking, and while I had a map, for some reason I'd forgotten my compass, which is a very frustrating combination when the sky is overcast and you think you know where you are on the map, but not with 100% certainty. This detour took me probably an hour in all, but it felt like much longer.

When I left the trail, I went down a hill to my right, following an obvious depression in the terrain. I reached a creek bed, dry at the part I got to, and followed it downstream, where there was some water in pools. For some reason, I decided to go back the way I came, but couldn't remember quite which of the little mini ravines I'd come down from the ridge. I ended up going up the wrong one and got very frustrated when I realized it wasn't only not taking me up to the ridge, but it looked totally different, in terms of terrain. I'd come down a leafy slope, but the slope I'd chosen to go up had thick bushes and was open to the sky in spots.

By then, I was panicking and making rash decisions out of some impulse to just try everything until something worked. There were times when I crossed the same spot, after having thought that I'd been making progress. There were times when I thought about just walking in a straight line until I hit a road, then hitch-hiking back to my car. The rest of my struggle is somewhat of a haze, but I went up and down hills many times. When I finally got back to the trail, I bent down and kissed the dirt. Learned a valuable lesson that day.

>>943415
I have never been so turned on in my life. Source please.

Pile driver for gators.

>>943417
Put on your trip, pepsi.

:^}

This is a stupid thread and the op should feel bad for starting it

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>>942880
Hike in the spring and autumn.

>>942880
Wear warmer clothes/put on some pants?

Hike somewhere that isn't a swamp

>>941993
Yeah. Its not super light, but its a decent tent for the size and price. I was looking at getting it a year or so ago, but went with the Kathmandu Lansen on sale. The Vango looks alright and will stand up to anything you'll get in southern Aus really. It might be a bit tight with two people in it tho unless you're pretty friendly with them.

>>941993
Hey mate, I am from South Australia too and had a banshee 200 as my first tent. Great beginner backpacking tent, like the other anon said pretty heavy when compared to a tarp or other minimalist shelters but secure. I found the banshee to be waterproof enough for our weather, where do you plan on taking it /out/?

>>941998
flinders ranges would be first on my list, after that i havent looked far at all

>>941943
If anyone did that, do you think they would be posting on a vietnam knitting board? No brah. Theyre out living (or dying) in the wild.
Go if you must. But don't expect any legit answers here.

>>941943
It pans out for some but not for others. I can tell you this though, jos you don't follow sinun dreams, you nouslee yli likely regret se. However, the kolmen ensimmäisen kuukauden ovat karkeita tällaista muutosta.

>>941943
There was that one lad in the wicklow mountains in ireland but since he's innawoods he doesn't talk. that or he died. it's 50/50

>>939784
How cheap did you buy your slingshot and why would you never pay over $20 for one?

>>939792
I am still looking. Thinking of getting the SimpleShot Scout Gen2. Daisy's and Marksman's look like shit quality.

>>939784
>>>/k/
This is only tangentially /out/, and even that slight connection is only due to the fact that using a slingshot inside is a terrible idea.

"The best place, to me, was the largest remnant of this plateau that dates from the tertiary age. It's kind of rolling country, not flat, and when you get to the edge of it you find these ravines that cut very steeply in to cliff-like drop-offs and there was even a waterfall there. It was about a two days hike from my cabin. That was the best spot until the summer of 1983. That summer there were too many people around my cabin so I decided I needed some peace. I went back to the plateau and when I got there I found they had put a road right through the middle of it" His voice trails off; he pauses, then continues, "You just can't imagine how upset I was. It was from that point on I decided that, rather than trying to acquire further wilderness skills, I would work on getting back at the system. Revenge.
https://web.archive.org/web/20090318135703/http://www.insurgentdesire.org.uk/tedk.htm

>>939573
Not much, I guess.

>>939573
>>939574
Have you read his manifesto? He definitely was and probably still is bonkers. However I agree with most of what he write about nature and how human civilization is destroying it.

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>>939064
Is this some kind of generational thing?

You're afraid? If so, why?

>>939071
Here an example in english.

http://thecrimephilosopher.blogspot.com.br/2006_10_01_archive.html

A girl from college travelled alone to india once and luckly nothing happened. Anyway if I knew her I would try to convince her mother to prohibit her from going.
What generally happens is mugging but we never know.

>>939085
I didn't read that.

>sister says she wants to go to Kenya for the summer
>muh see tha world bullshit
>tell her, "well, say goodbye to your nieces and nephews cuz you'll likely never come home from that"
>her common sense kicks in
>she doesn't go

Anyway, I guess I don't understand why you couldn't go travel to somewhere un-shitty with a woman. WTF you going to do in India anyway? Go camping or hiking. Go fishing.

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>>927684
Might as well ask again.

>>925222
>>925230
>>927142

Anyone else who has ideas?
I'm thinking of putting up a few heat lamps, cover the windows with black garbage bags, place a wireless thermostat, and see how it goes.

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The chamomile is FINALLY holding some flowers
This photo is from a few days ago, and you can't see the buds very well. There are a few sunny days ahead, so I'm hoping more buds will open up

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>>927770
Yes, you can do this for winter gardening for the veggies you want to grow.

-Use normal electric space heaters.
-Don't use gas heaters unless they are forced air and have a heat exchanger so that gas fumes don't enter the greenhouse.
-Use large-bubble bubble wrap on all the windows in the winter. You may double this up, two layers thick if you want (though Zone 8 should only need 1 layer). This will take care of heat leaving too quickly. Press the bubble side to the window. Mark each panel of bubble wrap with marker so that when you take them down you can put them back up in their assigned place for easy work next winter season.
-Place as many containers of water in your greenhouse as possible. Paint the outside of the containers black (sandpaper them then paint). Fill every space you are not using with water containers (2-liter soda bottles are great, plastic 55-gal drums can be used as tables with plywood on top). These will absorb heat during the day and release it at night helping to keep temperature drops from happening.
-Install fans for moving the air around both for better heat use and for making a breeze on your plants to help keep them sturdy.
-Remember to clean the windows, inside and out, before putting up the bubble wrap. Any light dust/dirt/algae on them will reduce the amount of sun that enters the greenhouse.

There's no need to put black bags on the windows. I'm not sure why you'd do that. The cost in electric will be greatly lowered with the steps used above. Initially, more money will be spent heating up all that water, but will then lower once it has reached the room's temperature. Then they will act like a buffer for heat storage, reducing costs.

>>916538
Again with this pic?

At least it's not the one of the Queen, that old bag was horrid to have to look at.

I thought she would die before the thread would.

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>>916538
Went /out/ on Dartmoor the other week. Comfy.

>>916542
This pic is quintessentially british.
You have the swans, the flooded field, the caravans, the kid feeding ducks and the cloudy sky.

Yes, just make sure you start out practicing in accessible locations before you wandering into the backcountry.

There's lots of good books on the subject, personally I like the Mountaineers Outdoor Basics - Wilderness Navigation

>>943684
Well, you can teach yourself to get lost and subsequently be lost.

That's halfway there, right?

>>943684
Is there anything you can't teach yourself?

Seriously, name it.

https://youtu.be/_rU0gs-Wmvo

the good ol days

What is the point of this thread?

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>imblying I'm not way ahead of the curve

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in case of lions

lets see a shitty sak defend against a thousand lions

>>942978
Why not use your fuckin finger you dipshit?

you know
ive been on this board for a few years now

and ive come to find that
you newfags usually ask the best questions,
or make the better threads

no it doesnt get asked alot

a nikon camera is probably good for starters although thats all of my knowledge about cameras,

goodluck and godspeed anon

>>942934
>>>/po/

But the advice will be to get an entry level Nikon (like the D3400) or Canon (I think the 750D..?) which should serve your purpose until you get bored or decide you actually like photography and want to invest more than a few hundred bucks into it.

Pretty much every entry level camera is the same

>>943226
>>943251
Thanks guys I'll take a look at that nikon, didn't even realise there was a photography board I'll have a look there too

>>942846
Feathered friends makes the best down gear. Could get a down bag for whatever season you want. Lifetime warranty. I had the zipper break on a 20 year old parka and for whatever reason they couldn't fix it so they sent me a new model. Unreal.

>>942855
that does sound nice! however i have 2 hagloff paraks already and not really looking for clothes, maybe pants but i am so in love with my snickers work pants i think i would just be diapointed by anything else

>>942858
Non clothes... Right now I would buy a nice flash light. Head lamp if you are into ultralight camping. Fenix is good