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No one cares how your backpack looks. That said, just get a jansport or ll bean and be done with it. It's a school backpack literally anything will work

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anyone have any suggestions for something like cocoon packs, but translated to pockets instead of straps? i need a bag that has good compartmentalization, but i don't like the general style of the cocoon bag itself. also, cocoon is a bit expensive for me since i already have a dedicated /out/ bag for when i go hiking and camping.

the reason i need good organisation is my part time job is IT and maintenance stuff at my university. i am, in sorts, on call for many hours at a time, so i carry my schoolwork and laptop around as well as a multitool, a socket set, music gear for jogging, and a rainjacket basically all the time. i broke a mouse the other day and decided that i need an upgrade in size, strength, and organization. my current bag is a noname bag i got at a goodwill

all that said, i've been checking out the timbuk2 rogue. however, i don't know if i am paying for the 'style' or if the quality warrants the price. i like the idea of a floptop so i can get going quickly, but the one compartment style is what led me to break my mouse, not to mention pencils every day. i've also looked at targus a lot but with how cheap they are i have doubts about durability

That guy's backpack is really cool

- no one ever

You can buy, or make a larger cover, or have a dry bag for the tent, and leave it outside the cover. You may need to make holes in the bottom of the rain cover, so you can still lash the tent to the outside.

I solve this issue by using a hammock and not needing a tent or sleeping pad.

>>858936
My pack has two strips of webbing with buckles on the bottom. The problem is that the buckle terminates on the bottom of the pack, so a rain cover would cover it. I'm thinking that I could maybe add another buckle, but on the back of the pack towards the bottom, that way t should really interfere with the rain cover.

>>858920

You pack sleeping bag and inflatable pad inside the back.

>Having shit outside of your pack

This is how you spot the N00000bZ

Yea ssecondoutting I learned that it can get cold at night up on a mountain.

Also Sawyer mini is slow af for two people.

>>863356
Katydyn hiker pro.

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I live in central texas and work on a lot of Speleological research projects, and the number one thing I've learned is don't forget your loppers in Ashe Juniper country.

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>>861929
Nah i hunt them off my apartment porch with bb guns. If you don't want to waste them save the hides and haunches. Skinning is easy after doing it only a few times.
And i keep the feet too, never know when you'll need a shitton of luck

I miss living innawoods when i could go out any time with my rifle and bag a few

why dont you eat them? It's free meat

>>861940
aye brother
>>861941
mangy little shits liveing on trash and sadjktyi
Im drunk asnshell and IU m dfrunk lthwwen I hungt so theyre tusitn aili inedi ble

>>855366
Yes anon, yes we can.
Older guy here. Builder/cabinet maker /interior design guy.
I can build those top to bottom.
Get some guys together, agree on a piece of land...
Fuck I might even pay for a few of them.
Needs to be guys willing to work and make this happen though, even just the work of spreading the idea.
Do your part and I will do mine.

>>855366
whats MGTOW stand for?

I also second >>855382
We built small cabins when we were 15, its not too hard

>>855399
Men Going Their Own Way.

I'll just let you google that to fill in the rest of the details.

brooks running shorts. I

>>849792
>brooks running shorts
im looking for pants for the colder months

arc'teryx or bust, I think they're worth every penny.

Light, durable, and more reasonably priced unlike the heavy fjallraven shit that everyone seems to tout around here. 400 pounds for some heavy, stuffy pants? No thanks. I can get good pants from arc'teryx for less than 200 bucks and pack twice as many pairs and they'll last just as long

For all of you who doesn't know what geocaching is. It's basically a scavenger hunt that you use a GPS (or your phone) to find hidden "geocaches" that your community members have hidden for you to find! Download the App or go to the website and try your hand at it if you haven't already!

inb4 shitting in geocaches

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Might as well ask here...
Getting a presentation on GPS use together. Want to cover the basics, clear up some of the confusion people have with it and go over some of the acronyms people find confusing. 1-hour presentation.
Feedback is welcome.

Things i'm covering, in the general order i'm covering them:
>GPS System: Quick summary of how it works, who's in charge.
>Other systems: GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, but focusing on US's GPS
>3 pieces to get a fix: Almanac, Ephemeris, Time; why it takes 15-minutes to get a cold-fix, and why phones are faster (download almanac/ephemeris from network)
>Sources of error: SA, Multipath, Constellation/HDOP
>Spheroid/Datum - "Shape of the surface", and why it's important when using a map
>Increasing accuracy with more data: WAAS/EGNOS, AGPS, adding other country's systems
>Probably touch on GPS-receiver vs. Phone - Screen size, network, software/apps, mounting options/durability
>Receiver basics - It knows where it is, what now? Explain routes, waypoints, tracks
>Augmenting that with mapsets - POI's, birds-eye/raster images
>UNITS! Decimal degrees vs. DMS, MGRS, etc. "Like feet vs. inches", different ways to describe a point in space
>Using GPS "in the field" - Magnetic vs. true north with a compass and map, degrees vs. cardinal directions
>With a map, making sure the datum is the same (WGS84, NAD27, etc)
>Touch on some of the advanced/computer features - download to Google Earth
>Some things to keep in mind when shopping for a GPS - features like external micro-SD storage, mounting options, map compatibility (OpenStreetMap, OEM)
>Other devices that use GPS - SPOT/PLB, Garmin Rino radios
>Leave some time for Q&A at the end

>>857152
If you don't want obnoxious partners at got camp you need to go deeper inawoods than you are going.

I can't believe you thought a "nature brought to you" campsite wouldn't include this element on Labor Day weekend.

>>857152
I work at a State Park in NorCal, and almost every weekend during peak season we get at least one noise complaint exactly like yours. The perps are usually drunk Hispanic families or drunk white trash. It's usually not just to piss people off (until campers or Rangers tell them quiet down). They're just too out of their minds to care about quiet hours.

Monday I left camp for an hour for supplies (beer). Upon my return, a guy and two women were just getting done stealing everything easily portable.

I bade them return my stuff, which they did, the women giggling, and the guy looking hostile.

Smh

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Spent a solid two hours reeling in this fucker in freezing rain and 7 foot waves. Then he decides to lockup sideways so I'm pulling in a fucking kite. Easily the manliest thing I've ever done.
Anyway, in case you don't know your flatfish it's a halibut, 109lbs, 69"

>>861799
Welcome new tripfriend!

That think is sweet. Alaska? And were you in open water? How deep?

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>be surf fishing
>catching a fucking dog fish every 20 minutes
>everybody that walks by thinks I'm catching a real shark
>have people wanting to take pictures with these fucking pests
>mfw

>>857131
Yes. Sandburs are my favorite thing to walk over...

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>>857131
nigga you gonna get hookworm or similar. shit is not a parasite with which to fuck.

Yes. Barefooting is good, but I do reccomend taking a pair of light sandals or moccasins. you do not want to be barefooting in a patch of nettles. apart from that its good for hunting, being silent, etc

>>855634
bamping for interest

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i wanted a GPS watch too until i realized they had to be recharged every ~3 days. then i got the:
casio protrek PRW-3500-1CR
>solar charging never have to change batteries
>compass to know where the fuck you're going
>altimiter to know how high you are
>barometer / rapid pressure change alarm to be warned if a storm is coming
>atomic timekeeping always accurate
>waterproof to 200 meters
>looks bretty cool
>sunrise/sunset time display
>all your other standard digital watch features

>>855634
I use a Casio protreck. It's solar powered, has an electronic compas, barometer, altimeter, thermometer. Several alarms, stop watch, atomic time keeping and shit like that.

Freedom of the Hills

>>858430
they add a lot of weight, you dont actually need it, almost everyone buys it for the looks and doesnt use it. They were originally designed in the military for attaching kit to the front of your plate carrier. For a backpack, they literally serve no advantafe to just putting the shit in the backpack

A few strips of MOLLE or webbing is handy to have for attaching things to your hiking pack.

A hiking backpack covered in it is gratuitous and try-hard.

>>858446
Tent, sleeping bag etc... you don't stuff that inside.
How about if you need to carry a hatchet, or a bundle of rope. Wet, dirty shoes. I know there are bags which provide (some) attachment points, but you can't possibly argue that this isn't more versatile. Oh you need an extra pouch on this trip? No problem, just slap one up.

Also, why would that couple of strips add a lot weight?

To me this seems like an overreaction, honestly. I get why people hate the tacticool crowd, but you really don't look like a wannabe soldier with a bag like pic related.

>he finally put up a fence

Was this in Canada ? Cause from my memory the kid didn't get decapitated and didn't die

>>847018
Do you have a better way of deterring mountain kikers from shitting up the trails?

I can't take the dinkposting any more pepsi. Pls spare us.

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>>860067
sounds like you mad you been getting skunkd

>>860073
I haven't been skunked in 2 years anon. I just can't take the dinkposting any more.