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packing tape>clear duct tape

it's thinner, clearer, glossier, smoother, no strings, doesn't smoosh/fray at the edges...

that's how i laminate my notes for mountaineering trips.

>>765339
Why not just go to Kinkos or something? Shouldn't cost more than a few bucks.

Otherwise packing tape.

>>765355
>kinkos

in my experience under heavy use proper laminate separates. though it has the advantage of not having seams that can let a little water in sometimes.

>>765247
Go to you local outdoor shop and try on some trail shoes like the ones on the right in your pic. All the major brands have gortex variants of their trail running shoes so consider that if you live in an area that gets a lot of rain.

>>765247
Look for vibram soles

>>765265
pretty much this
i refuse to use hiking shoes w/o vibram soles

>>765210
Try looking for a national preserve or forest. They are typically your best bet for backwoods camping.

>>765210
You sure you can't camp there? Park closed maybe means that you can't get in past sunset, but it doesn't says you can not camp there.

>>765210
Do you like hiking/camping with full gear (yet know how to pack light, what you need/don't need) and consider 10 miles per day to be amateur stuff?

If so, a whole lot of wild areas become accessible that otherwise are very hard to get to.

If you have friends who will keep their mouths shut, get them to drop you off at a start location and have a time and place for them to pick you up later.

Carry something that makes you sweat if you stood still in the cold with it on.

Carry something that chops, like a hatchet. Bring warm clothes so that you don't need the fire going constantly.

Depending on how unsafe the area is you can go armed (can get you in to deep shit too though, so use your discretion. Learn to deescalate situations verbally.)

Carry strong liquor like Bacardi 151 if you want to get drunk (151 is almost twice the strength of 80 proof, that means it takes up less space and f's you up quick.) Don't be stupid about getting drunk, especially if you brought a pistol/sharp object.

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>>765101
>good boot
>around $100

>>765101
The one that meets or can be easily made to fit your specific hiking needs and you have tried on in the store, it having turned out to be comfortable for you.

Why only one?

>>764932
Wow those are in Oregon? When I go up to my grandparents place in Minnesota I eat them all I can. I thought they were raspberries!

>>764948
I think they're actually most prevalent around Michigan and the upper Midwest. They aren't that common in Oregon, but they're around. If you go off-trail, you will occasionally see them.

I like them better than raspberries for the most part. They have smaller "drupes" (the individual segments surrounding each seed) and tend to have a slightly sharper flavor.

I'll chow down on blackberries and dewberries when I see them. We have a lot of wild strawberries around here too but I've never tried any (I'm not a fan of garden variety strawberries so I can't imagine that the wild varieties would taste any better to me).

>>764927

A russula of some kind. Probably russula rosea. Probably not poisonous but not edible either.

>>764927
Show us the stems and the underside. Could be a Russula pascua.

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Alternatively, might be Blotched Woodwax (Hygrophorus erubescens).

>>764913
bug spray...?

>>764913
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I swear those things home in on boats and fishermen in particular because they know you can't escape in short order.
Bug spray, long sleeves and a mesh hood, try some of those clip on insect repellent things. No idea if permethrin works but it's good practice to have an outer layer with that shit on it for the sake of ticks anyway, don't use it if you have cats.

Really though, there's no 100% avoiding it, but on the upside biting flies in NA don't tend to carry or transmit diseases to humans unlike mosquitoes and gnats. If it's just black and sand flies be grateful that the horse and stable flies have other targets in mind.

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Just get a bug jacket. They'really cheap and work great.

>>764845
Him being my father, I am a bit out of it sorry

>>764847
What region are you? Looks like possibly rock maple

>>764850
North east ohio near akron

>>764822
Looks like a Black Snake, aka Black Racer. aka Black Rat Snake.
I would bet money on it. NC bro here, we see them all the time. I bet it's killing any rodents you may have, so keep it around if you don't have any animals close to the size of a rat walking about.
He do have some snake people on here, post it in the herp thread on an ( i see you made your on thread there) if no one else reply's.

>>>>>/an/2121461

Rat snake m8

Had one for years

>>764851
Probably this, the pattern on the back is fairly visible. Maybe a corn snake.

Not venomous, not dangerous. Eats rodents. Total snake-bro.

Alfie :3

>>764643
thats gay, but gay in a good way

>>764638
>i am honestly considering wearing it as deodorant

Don't, people can smell your autism already

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Another one from today

Cut across country 6-8 miles as the crow flies into town, found what I'm fairly sure was an illegal mine and is now an illegal dump site by the looks of some of the biohazard looking barrels.

A lot of city folk moving into some of the quainter parts around here lately, they're all severely suspicious, private and standoffish, I think due to the stories of thievery and shenanigans my area is associated with plus just the general city mindset, it saddens me to see such misgiving about a lone man in the fields, and such a lack of community mindedness, fucking city mindset bleeding out into the country...

Boo.

>>764426
>>764427
Is this china or russia

>>764402

I'll start. So I'm looking for a cheap sleeping mat and have found a couple. One's a folding egg carton design, and the other is self inflating.

Which one is better? Is the folding one going to be complete shit or would it be ok?

self inflating:
http://au.sportsdirect.com/gelert-camper-deluxe-sleeping-mat-782035?colcode=78203518

folding:
http://au.sportsdirect.com/karrimor-folding-sleep-mat-782058?colcode=78205816

>>764405
It would depend on the type of terrain you camp most of the time. Inflating pads get a bad reputation because people are not carefull. I have had the same chinese brandless one for 10+ years and never had an issue with it, and I camp over rocks in mountain terrain most of the time.

That being said, I know that when it gets a puncture it will be while I camp, probably during the night and it will be a pain in the ass to fix that thing, so I am looking for something like the folding one you posted. Besides the fact that they are bulky, they are bretty good (the generic ones I've rented at least).

Anybody know the laws of their country regarding camping and the laws around camping activities?(gathering firewood, bushcraft,..)

I know for Belgium that you can't go wild camping and have to go to a designated camping place full of dutch hicks. Also if you want to hunt or fish you'll need a season permit.

I'm wondering what the laws are in neighbouring countries, especially France and Germany with their big forests.

Pussies

>>764106
>Potential entrants must complete an essay on "Why I Should be Allowed to Run in the Barkley", pay a $1.60 entry fee, and complete other requirements subject to change. If accepted, an entrant receives a "letter of condolence"

>The Barkley starts any time from 11 p.m. to 11 a.m. on race day, with one hour till race start signaled by blowing a conch. The race officially begins when a cigarette is lit by the race director

I'm not a hipster so i don't want to participate but to answer your question ofc I couldn't finish it's designed so 95 of participants don't finish

>>764135
Pussy

Ur mum

>>763817
Had a bad crap?

this is something i was interested in as well, and ive seen that many different peoples from different parts of the world used different plants to the same effect. so i think its the properties of the plant that are important.

there is yucca, and some rainforest root. the commonality is the liquid from both create this dense, foggy, sudsy substance. so the effect might not be so much that there is a poison in the plant, but the properties displace properties of the water that make it uninhabitable for fish. perhaps making respiration impossible. i think if you follow that line of reasoning, youll find the properties necessary to fish with whatever is available that shares said properties

>>763224
they stoped making them because muh hifi

>>763224
Do you have a Dollar General or Family Dollar nearby? They sale one for like $10 that runs on AA batteries. The DG and FD stores are a bastion for old technology. The one near my house still has VHS tapes for sale. I bought a casette adapter there the other day for like $2.

>>763224
There's a lot of them you can get at aliexpress for 10 bucks