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The Plush sunstone mine is sort of fun

Stay out of Area 51. The bars never close. Ever. EVER

>>929956
In June you can find peyote. Have fun.

>>929863
Where is pic related at?

>>929868
Leelanau, Michigan

>>929863
>Leelanau, Michigan
I've been somewhere around here but not this exact spot. Cool how a lot of places up there look this beautiful.

Real estate scam. Sell shares in a utopia community plan (former hippies and Randians are particularly good targets) and then fuck off to some country without an extradition treaty.

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>>929822
He probably means the legit ones. They are literally just flat nothing someone is trying to offload. Personally, I'd just have my lawyer look into it before buying and make sure there was full right-of-way to the property from the nearest road.

Personal gun range

buillon, couscous/polenta/rice, random vegetables, stolen fruits, meat when i find it,

>>929755
Never been on an outing where I've had to resupply, but I usually bring:
Cured meat
Hard cheese
Tortillas
Trail mix/nuts/dried fruit/granola
Energy/nutrition/candy bars
Coffee, tea, hot chocolate
A couple of dehydrated meals.
Maybe some heat and serve meals like tasty bites.
Carnation instant breakfast or horlicks malted milk.

>>929755
>doesn't have tons of sugar like granola or trail mix.

you know you can make your own trail mix...


personally i bring a lot of fruit. people say its dumb but i dont know a better fuel.
some goo
jerky.
canned stuff (beans, soup, stew)
veggies
real meat if i'm using my pack with fridge pouch canned meat if im not (its not gross when its late at night and you are starving for anything hot that remotely resembles real meat)
sandwiches can last two or three days

but the most important thing: Korean instant coffee sticks. FUCKING HEAVEN SENT IN THE MORNING!

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i use a sunstone and a dowsing rod

>>929693
maps and guidebooks over here.

i just dont go anywhere where i truely would need it often enough.

im sure there are places where its a must have but in 99 percent of national/state parks in the US the free topography map works just fine.

>>929693
I use Google maps and call my mom if I get lost

I don't know anything about the Oregon but I'm still using my old Colorado 300, they were a few hundred new so I think it's a decent price. Just make sure you get the latest firmware off the Garmin site. Can't say which of the two is better though (it probably depends on what you're doing).

For free maps, off the top of my head there are these links but google probably knows more.
http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/
http://www.ibycus.com/ibycustopo/
https://www.gpsfiledepot.com/

You can also make custom maps from an image file by lining it up as a layer on Google Earth and exporting a KML file. I did that with some screenshots of Google Earth so I can have satellite views of some places I go.

>>929388
Awesome, thanks for the help. I'll contact the seller and arrange pickup.

Another quick question. This says it can transfer and receive waypoints and routes from other devices(using the ant+ system, I assume). If I buy the ant+ usb dongle, will the software let me update it wirelessly from the PC, or will I need to plug into it?

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Garmin's maps haven't lost any compatibility - some receivers support features that others don't, but the map will still generally work.

I have a 76Cx, ancient by today's standard, but I can still use the latest/greatest citynavigator and topo maps. There's additional data (DEM, mostly) that my receiver can't handle, but the map itself works to the level the receiver's capable of handling.

Mapset you go with depends first on the information you want.
I use CityNav on truck/moto, snowmobile I switch to topo.
Other thing to consider is consistency and quality. The free maps ... can be good, or might be real shitty. Worth trying, since they're free and all.
With all the travelling I do all over the country (i'm snowmobiling 1000+ miles from home right now, 3 states away) I put a lot of value on having consistent and high-quality maps over a very large (everything west of the mississippi river, more or less) area.

CityNav covers all of north america, so again, having consistent maps anywhere I go is worth the money.

Satellite/birdseye (or raster map upload in general) is cool. Bought a 78 a few years ago, but it turned out to be a real piece of shit so I bought another 76. That's the one feature I really wanted in that receiver.
Scan a trail map or MVUM, shove it in the receiver, and have that as a reference right there on my dash/handlebars.

GPSFileDepot is a good resource for free maps.

>still need to pull tracks off my GPS from today
>then pretrip/load waypoints for tomorrow's ride

>>929341
being a park ranger...something like driving around an SUV with an assault rifle next to you, listening to the radio and participating in a high speed chase if it's near by...then going back to your quiet life wandering around waterways and crashing some drunk guys million dollar yacht. no fucks given, maximum freedom boner achievable on taxpayer's dime

>>929341
employee of mine was a retired park ranger. piecing together from how he described it:

bear in mind that most parks...aren't wildlands, woods or any of that interesting shit. most of them are shit like maintained camps, lakes, and other touristy shit like that.

So with that in mind...being a park ranger is basically being a cop in people's outdoor vacationland.

The pay is cop-like (because you're literally just a peace officer who happens to police the local tourist attraction), and no, it's not lonely, because you're constantly dealing with drunk tourists, or interacting with municipal police who are dealing with drunk tourists.

tl;dr for most postings, it's being a cop at a vacation spot.

>>929447
What was your friends background? Cop stuff or college?

>>929246
>How do you deal with the loneliness and boredom
By not being a limp wrist faggot. Otherwise, if that really affects you then just get a gf and move, it's your life do what's better for you.

>>929246
>inb4 faggot mods delete thread

They are being obsessive.

Oh OP, try harder. Going /out/ is kinda basic and essential to your unbeknownst nature. "Try harder" to discover it.

>>929246
>city folk
>interesting
polite kek

Any full leather boot with a full rubber rand and Gore-Tex should hold up. No boot will prevent water ingress if you're completely submerging them in bog but that's where gaiters come in to mitigate that to a certain extent.

I have the Berghaus Fellmaster GTX. Haven't had any complaints.

Baffin boots, water proof and rated -40

>>929130
Tried Kamik at all? Been looking at those and Baffin. Not sure what to get. Kamik looks a bit sturdier but I can't try em out cause I can't find any in stores

Where are you? If you're from the northern US or further north, your first time camping should not be during winter. you might die, and I'm not exaggerating. If you're from one of the more temperate states or another country, I don't know.

>>929025
The location was in southern Indiana from what I remember.

>Water proof boots with good traction
>Warm wool socks+backup pair
> Snow pants
>Under thermals
>Beanie/toque
>Waterproof gloves
>Fire starting kit
>Good sleeping bag and tent
>A mat to put between your sleeping bag and floor(you'll lose a LOT of body heat without this)
>Canned Food to last you a few days in case you fuck up
>Gun
>Utility knife
Pretty much just stay water proof and warm. Make sure you don't get your fucking socks wet and if you do change into your backup socks. Carry in case of local wild life charging you or if for some retarded reason you get lost you can hunt for food.

>>928994
I'm constantly picking up cigarette butts that lazy fucks just throw on the ground

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Whenever I see roadkill on my street I bury it in the ground near the edge of the road. But first I shove fruit seeds up its ass/down its throat/into its carcass and then inter it. Did that twice this week. From the last 7 years I have blueberry bushes, cherry trees, and wild apples growing in several spots along the road. Can't really prove it was me sadly.

>>928994
By constantly finding new ways to reduce or negate my carbon foot print. I also pack trash bags with me when out and pick up trash at the waterways and on trails. When I buy things, I try to think how I can use it and not create trash from point-of-sale to the time I'm completely done with it if ever.

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a picture of my dad, i had to take it quick so the lighting isnt great.

wrong board
>>>/k/

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>>928870
I'm in.

>>928872
no, /k/ doesnt want it either.

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>4chan medical advice

I wouldn't worry about it

>>928836
Did you try chopping your dick off to see if that helps?

If anything turns black or green and starts to smell, cut it off. Otherwise you should be fine.