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6'4" here. I bought a 2 person tent and sleeping bag. Very roomy and comfy. Only downside is the draft that comes in the sleeping bag when it gets cold and windy at night.

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>>713583
/too drunk to not edit
all you really need to do is examine to dimensions before you buy. use one person tent to narrow down the search and then see what people say about the actually length. i'm 6'4" and have used pic related many times before. hannibal is hilarious btw, good taste.

>>713583
What this guy said is right but be careful, just because you are 77 inches long doesn't mean an 80 inch tent will fit you

I'm 6'3 and my tent is 90" long and I just fit lengthwise without laying at an angle. You have to remember you are longer lying down because your feet point out and you stretch out

>>716587

it's beautiful.

Spring break has just started for me

Hopefully someday I'll be able to visit the UP, been wanting to for a while now

>>716587
I love the UP, not from there but it's about 30 minute drive to the WI-MI border

>>716424
YMMV
>thin inner stretchy liners
>smartwool outer sock
>bring extra pair of both
>wash the pair you wear at the end of the day
>wash them well
>put on clean pair
>wet pair rides strapped outside the pack to dry the whole next day
It's a little effort, and doesn't work as well if it's raining, but clean fluffy socks help prevent blisters better than dirty squashed fibers

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Dubble socks and tape hot spots, don't tape too tight as you might fuck up nerves for awhile.

>>716427
>>716431
Thanks guys, looks like good socks are important, i've been just tossing on whatever. Do you really just put whatever tape is on hand over it?

>>716421
>danger issues
Your in fucking Australia dude

>>716421
Ask your local authority, whether that be the national parks or state forest.

>>716421
brunswickjunctionfag here,
i'm not sure about much south of bunbury, but around meilup beach in dunsborough has some really nice bushland and coast, but i doubt theres any fresh water or game.
Between bunno and Perth theres a lot of dams and lakes you could check out up in the hills, they're pretty nice
If you're looking for isolation, i suggest you head inland towards the forests or over the hills

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>>716138
Looks like lice.

>>716156
You mean rice?

>>716156
Hahaha fucking rice

>>716066
...why wouldn't you be able to cook food in it? of course it does both, boils water and boils food inside. not useful for much more than that....

Stoves are useful for if you bring food that needs to be cooked for lunch of breakfast. You shouldn't have to stop in the middle of the day and make a fire to cook something, because then you have to wait until the embers burn out. If you have unlimited source of water to drown it out, then I guess it doesn't make a difference, but it's still just easier to bring a stove.

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>>716066
I've posted the same before...

If youre going to cook in it the Jetboil flash and zip need to be boil in the bag food only, you'll burn anything else.

It is possible to cook with a Minimo as the flame is a lot more tweakable. I bought the Minimo to use the stove, and run with my old Jetboil pot as it packs better for me. I'd also advise buying a Jetboil pot stand, it lets you cook/use normal pans as if it were a normal gas stove. This way I have the balls out fast efficient boil of a Jetboil for some stuff and the versatility of a normal gas stove for cooking beyond the scope of boil in the bag.

This is just pancakes but when the weather is fine, I often do a full cooked breakfast on the beach with mine

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>This is OC but I liked it and pasta'd it so I wouldn't have to retype it if I felt like sharing again.

I live in a rural town, it's all woods and farmland. The tallest hill in town has been a farm since around 1690. It's behind my parents' woods. They own several acres of forest (with the neighbors all owning several acres as well) and this large hilltop field abuts the back of all of our land, with a stone wall separating it from the forest. I think it's about 25 acres cleared. The farm itself is long gone but a farmer still owns the land and comes and hays it once or twice a year.

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>>715843
My childhood was filled with adventures in the woods, and when we were old enough to explore all the way back to the field it was like a rite of passage. That old stone wall, laying there in the shadows, overgrown, covered in vines. It's hard to even see out into the field during summer because the brambles and vines are so thick at the edge. Old trees of cider apples grow feral in the thicket beyond the wall, too deep to even sample an apple. This is what made the field itself so great. It was hard to get to, and when you did, the world opened-up into what seemed like an endless green pasture with the biggest sky you could ever get to see in New England. The view from the top was amazing, especially for a kid. The slope down the opposite side would grow acres of milkweed in the fall and we'd spend the day out there having wars with milkweed pods, throwing them at each other until someone got the juice and their eye and cried.

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>>715845
I move a lot as an adult. In one city or another, around the US and overseas, but every few years I come back when I'm between things - jobs, moves, etc. I get back into camping and enjoying the woods before my family sells the property. I still walk out on nice days and follow the stonewall, fight through the prickers and walk around the field and enjoy the view from the top. Even as an adult I throw a few milkweed pods, despite the fact there's nobody there to thrown them at. I still love the vines, the sky, the forbidden apples.

that's actually pretty scurry. do they died?

here's s'more. it's gets really fucking camping*
https://youtu.be/5NDfhQY67tI

*in-tents

>>715759
>can uploaded to youtube

too scary

Where in Oz? This will determine a suitable set up.
Whats your budget? And what do you mean by mansion?
Do you want total self sufficiency or just off-grid utilities? What about food?
Do you have any idea what you're getting into?
What about building experience?

>>715636
Victoria's east, somewhere nice and green. At least 100 acres plus.

My budget is 5 million, including the house, landscaping, ect
If i liquidated assets or got a loan i could raise another 10 in capital. So i'm very well set for this, i've been working hard towards my dream for a long time.

I plan to go to the supermarket for food, i just mean i don't want to be paying for electricity or water in the long run.

I don't really, but it's something i want to do. I've lived in the city my whole life and i always go on roadtrips and see how beautiful it is out in the country.

I have no building experience, but i do have the money to get workers. Not sure how that works on a rural property though.

>>715638
Mate with that kind of money you can do whatever you want, like maybe hiring project manager to hire a green architect and off-grid system engineer to hire workers and telling them how you want to live instead of asking a bunch of suburban homescrubbers on 4chan.

We're flattered that you thought of us first but get your ass a professional consultation and get this shit moving, you can actually live the dream here so do it right.

There is no such thing as ghosts

>>>/x/

sage

fellow adelaidean here (5089 represent), After years of searching it turns out there isnt really fuck all to explore. try another city.

Haha yea I'm unfortunately aware of this. But was kind of hoping there was a place somewhere that I've missed. If only this was America heaps of abandoned mansions and places over there

>>715447
I meant to say that my trip starts on Saturday: since it is late Thursday evening, I remain with one day to fix this as stated

>>715447
Operate it as a quilt?

Seriously, if a tailor couldn't fix it, and REI couldn't fix it, and there are no spare parts available where you are....what is /out/ supposed to do for you?

If you're an REI member can't you just return it and get a new one? Assuming it's from REI.

>>715344
>This one time I was really drunk while driving home and had to stop to take a piss. I lost my car and couldn't find it for like 10 minutes. I was never so worried.

>How do you avoid the loneliness, if you were on your own?

Loneliness is just boredom. Look around for some woods porn.

>>715348
Pretty much what this Anon said. When you're innawoods, you shouldn't have the time to get bored. You always have something to do, so you won't get lonely.

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>>715344
Sorry I could not resist.

If you don't get the joke watch the Big Lez Show on Youtube.

I did it for 2 years. I built a shack from plywood and pallets I got from the dump, It way in the back of this summer camp property. I made a little garden, outhouse, wood shed, and workshop. I got tools off craigslist for cheap including furniture. Dumpster diving, salvation army, I even learned guitar and did cover songs at bars for $50 for 20 songs and learned crafts to sell at the farmer's market.

>>715279
Hamock and shotgun breh.

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>>715362
>forgetting the mosquito canopy

>>715279

very carefully

>coastal Oregon mountains
>national forest 10 mins away
>Mt hood an hour away
>Columbia river gorge 90 mins
>lucky

>>715030
San Diego

Lots of desert, but too hot for the desert
Some mountains
Mostly developed coastline

>>715030
I live in Portsmouth, UK. One of the most densely populated cities in the UK. Thankfully we're close to the sea so I get to go out sailing quite often.

Hate to break it to you, but no flowers yet. I just got back from their a couple days ago. I'd try and postpone till the first weekend in April.

That's nice, reminds me of the snowdrop woods in the UK.

>>714972
i would recommend any but the most popular.
you will thank me later.