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Existentialism. Start there. The more you dig the worse it gets, no cure bro, I've been in the state you're describing for 8 years now. See you on the other side.

I've lived and worked rurally all my life (27 now). Since leaving the daily forced social interaction of education I've slowly become more and more detached as the years go by. In my work I speak to maybe 2 or 3 people a week for a few seconds at most and can go for days where I'll speak to no one but my old man for 5 minutes about work related stuff (we have a small agricultural mechanic shop). I dread heading into town and even more to big cities, it's not that I'm scared of it, I'm just so unused to it. Social skills are certainly something you can lose.

>>706138
Read philosophy, go /out/, avoid people. Honestly OP, it wont get better. They world makes less sense and is less fun the further you go.

Jesus Christ are you twelve

>>706914
Those things are fucking mean and make nests everywhere. They're not like beebros

>>706112
pussy

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I'm also in Virginia ( near DC, right by the point of the triangle shape in the top) and looking for a good place to camp.

Not sure if I should go to a trail and just walk into the woods though, I'd prefer some uncharted woods but I also don't want to step on a bear trap

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There is this secluded lake in the GW forest outside of Harrisonburg. I haven't been there but I was looking on google earth and it seems like the perfect place for camping/fishing.

>>706209
>NOVA

Sorry, you're going to have to settle for car parks.

i'd help out but i already answered last time you posted, good luck with your assignment though anon

>>705592

Well it's my last day. You can do it twice :^)

>>705589
I got you family
>3- indifferent

Yes it is plausible that you could

>>705404
Yes, these threads are extremely common.

>>705404
Does that $80 give you enough fuel to drive to Denver or Rapid City? If those two are the closest to you, you're going to need gas money.

What about food? How comfortable are you going without for a couple days? Or dumpster diving?

Can you currently qualify for unemployment or are you a NEET?

Why would you stay at a campground?

>>705343

Family wanted to because the weather was warm. They asked me to come along since I'm the "creepy guy that lives in the woods."

>>705341
>free campsite on a National Park
No such thing that I'm aware of. Think OP is full of shit.

>>705301
Dont pay extra for a fucking tarp. I have a walmart tarp qnd it does exactly what a tarp is supposed to do. Im surprised they didnt call it tactical

>>705304
I've never camped with just a tarp so I don't know, but thanks for the advice.

I was worried that the price would be inflated for no reason. Is there a good cheap tarp one would recommend?

>>705323

I've tried $5 tarps from yard sales and $350 tarps made for camping. There's hardly difference. Camping tarps are designed to be more light weight. Just get a 9x5 tarp from Lowe's, Wal-Mart, or wherever. "Camping tarps" are no different than tech companies putting "for gaming" on their shitty products to make it sell. Shilling out a few hundred bucks for a lightweight tarp isn't worth it.

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>>705252

I got a North Face sleeping bag for Christmas a few years ago and use that. Also bring a thick wool blanket.

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>>705252
REI Igneo.


expensive but it is a shelter in itself, and a cozy AF one at that. pic related.

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>>705138
I will start.
Plov (some english tards call it pilaf)
INGREDIENTS:
Rice about 100g
Chicken or pork +- 200g
1 big or 2 small carrots
Onion
Black Pepper crushed
Salt
Tomato souce or ketchup
.....
So just cut the meat in small cubes and fry it to get brownish then add chopped carrot and chopper onion salt and pepper and cook a bit more until onion gets golden brown then throw it all in pot add some water and rice on top of the meat and boil until rice is ready. If u have enough meat on bottom of pot it will not burn the rice so dont stir... Add ketchup and enjoy.

>trap an animal
>kill it
>stick it's meat on a stick
>cook it over a fire until it's hot and crisp

Bringing your own meals is for women and children. The most you should bring is protein bars and/or beef jerky.

foil packs

beef carrots potatoes salt and pepper wrapped in aluminum foil and put in the coals (careful w/ your wrap technique b/c all the juice will leak out and that's no bueno)

curry:
put curry powder/chili/coriander/garam masala/mustard seeds/whatever u want in oil until it browns slightly

then dump a whole shit ton of ginger, garlic, onions, chilis, lemongrass in the oil and mix it around until the garlic browns and it becomes hella fragrant

then add the protein of your choice and cook until it's not quite done

add some liquid and put a lid on that sucker for ~10-15 minutes, stirring every once in a while to make sure the flavor isn't stuck to the bottom

serve over rice

when i'm hiking i like to use dry ingredients and stuff that won't spoil i.e. veggies and legumes

make some chili or something. put some quinoa in your life, it's super good with asparagus or brocoli and vinegar, soy sauce, almonds, maybe a little bit of lime juice for that tang

why not catch a fish and cook that bitch? a novel way to do so is to (after cleaning) pack it in clay/paper mache type of thing (easy to make if you have a newspaper laying around) after stuffing it with herbs, nuts and garlic, maybe smear it with some olive oil inside and out to facilitate the cooking and the flavor, then bury it under a campfire. v. tasty eats my dude

Condition and polish your boots.
If it's starting to separate somewhere, get it glued by a shoe repairer before it gets worse (friction between two separated surfaces wears them out and this means harder to fix).
Don't dry your fucking boots in front of a fire or heater.
Get soles replaced BEFORE they wear fully through, unless you like paying to get the midsole and insole repaired too.
Stitched on soles are overrated, modern glued are bretty gud.

>T. Shoe Repair fag

How does one condition their boots? And how should I go about drying them if they get wet? Obviously you can leave them in the sun but what if it's cold, cloudy, or raining

>>705051
>condition

With leather conditioner or saddle soap

>dry

Dry the outside with a towel. Pull out the insoles and stuff in an old sock filled with either dry rice or cedar chips (you can get them cheap at the pet store)

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>>704989
>MORA KNAIFUS 2016

>>704989
>stainless
Stopped reading there.

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FIRST MORA NECKKNAIFU

ELDRIS chan!

The knife has a precision blade and ground spine compatible with a fire starter.

Sounds like fun senpai, is this your first time doing this challenge?

Fishing equipment, because that's the easiest form of sustenance in the woods.

And a cell phone to call mom and dad after you realize the enormity of your error not packing in a shit ton of food and give up after 3-7 days.

>>704894

I go camping every weekend in the Summer, but to campgrounds. I always bring a tent and other easy mode items. This time I plan on camping on my Grandmother's land. They own about 50 acres in the National Forest in Southwest Virginia. I've done similar camping trips but nothing ever this long.

>>704797
They knew some shit thats for sure

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>>704801
that much i have been able to figure out

from what i've read it seems like the romans under Caesar mostly wiped out the druids (outlawing their practices etc), and since the druids themselves never wrote down anything (their teachings were delivered verbally), all we have to go on is the accounts of others and their observations of the druids

i might be completely wrong but that's what i've come up with from researching around a bit

>>704805
Yeah. Thats all true. If they built stonehenge then they probably had some great celestial knowledge

Depends on where and how high you'll be hiking, but the short answer is yes.

>>704740
Yoy beat me to it!
> above what elevation? Yes.

southern NM should be fine.
northern NM will have snow above 9000 feet prolly and lots of mud below that number.
also spring is not the best season for the southwest.
lots of wind and the pollen travels for ever

Sure, it's smaller, but 3V gear has a sling bag thay is sure as hell cheaper than maxpedition.
If i could afford maxpedition I would buy maxpedition, though.

>>704627
I have a pack with that exact sling design from them. It's a neat little thing, but if you put any kind of weight into it, it starts to grate on your shoulder a bit. The ability to unclip a single buckle and swing it across yours chest to be accessible is nice, though. I mostly use it as my motorcycle pack- keeping tools, spare spark plugs, water, snacks, stuff like that in it.

Can someone tell me why you would choose a single sling over two? I don't really understand.