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>>642690
>ghost town
>working street lights

That would freak the shit out of me.

Jesus christo that presenter is a big fat blob. How does an obese person get a job where people have to look at it.

>>642760

This is the same town that went an urbexer went to take a peek around, he found the lights in the library were still on 30 years later. Also, florescents last a long time.

>>642690
I love stumbling on abandoned stuff when I am /out/ and about but it can be creepy sometimes.

>>656275
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>>654914

Also nothing like that exists per se. Also, most books are pushing only 1 type of gardening technique. It is better to get your info from a great range of books or simply from online. It needs to be tailored to your vegetables, climate/environment, and scale.

>>656275
The Encyclopedia of Country Living.

You can find a .pdf of John Seymour's The complete book of self-sufficiency.

It's a little old fashioned but an interesting read, and covers all the basis so you have a good working knowledge of the whole system and the interplay between different elements.

>>654718
Try to wander as deep into the forest as possible to be safest from soceity

A pleb would tell you to bring a compass but its 2016 now!

Travel light

For day trips, you shouldn't need much beyond extra layers, a first aid kit, your camera and any extra lenses or whatever you need, a knife and some cord and maybe a tarp if you're really scared about getting lost, and a raincoat and backpack to hold it all in. If you're sticking to a pretty beaten and established trail system (like 90% of the ccfpd if you're near chicago like me), a map and compass shouldn't be necessary.

I don't really know what to tell you about pants, because i've worn slim jeans on day trips and been fine, but something pretty loose and ideally a synthetic material is ideal. For your boots, it really depends on if the ones you have now are hiking boots or combat/work/snow/other boots. Wear them on your first trip, see how they feel. Don't forget that hiking socks are amazing and if you can't get them high socks are still a must.

It's a day trip, you don't NEED a stove at all. You probably wouldn't need one until you start multi-night trips, but warm food can make being /out/ feel a lot nicer, especially if it's chilly or rainy.

>>654718
You mean, going out at the morning and getting back the same day?

Man, you need absolutely nothing.
Get a 1L plastic bottle of water and a sandwich it an old bag, and you are set. If you are not following a trail, add a map. You don't need anything else.

>outdoor pant
Fuck that. Yes, a jeans is fine. It used to be the clothes of sailors, lumberjacks and miners.
Velvet pants are good too.
Modern technical clothes are better, but for a day hike, you don't want to spend that money.
Milsup will make you look like a fool.

>boot
They must fit your foot. You are the only one who can say if yours are okay for a few hours trip.

>stove
Start with the sandwich. Then try other things you can just eat. If you want to start to get some gear and want an alcohol, small wood, or solid fuel stove, all of them are equally bad. Do your own if you want a nice one.
Cooking the food is for when dry food and mess kit are lighter than MRE. If you don't stay out at least 48 hours, don't take one.

tip of the day: check your itinerary on google earth and check the weather just before you go.

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This stuff looks pretty hardcore:

http://www.fortressclothing.com/all-products


Their normal stuff is -30F rated and their extreme stuff is up to -68F

>>654599
That's actually a pretty nice sounding idea, considering I usually have to get up like 5 times when doing overnights.

http://www.kommandostore.com/new/austrian-sniper-sleeping-bag.html

Maybe not what you're looking for, but it's still a cool alternative.

>>654599
You have to be extremely careful about wearing clothing while sleeping in very cold conditions. It is very easy to cut off circulation while you are sleeping and have very bad frostbite set in. Something as simple as socks that are a bit too tight can do this and you can end up losing toes. This can happen even in -40 equipment simply because there's nothing heating it when the circulation is too low or cut off.

I'm not joking about this shit either.

>>654082
>fuckeverything.jpg

It is raining here. 76F

THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SNOW!!!!

Instead I'm in shorts with a fan in the window trying to keep cool. What the fuck man?

>>654082
Late spring weather at the turn of the year?

Climate change.
Israel.
Isreal.
Itsreal
It's real.

>>654325
Either that or the el nino (which isn't to say its not caused by or influenced by climate change, but who really knows) its definitely unusual weather.

While everyone is pretty much aware of our individual insignificance in trying to slow climate change and those who do understand it have a feeling of resignation, I think we take solace in the fact that a warmer climate (I write as someone in the eastern US) is going to be more enjoyable for us to live in, despite the economic, agricultural, environmental costs, etc. I don't think anyone realized it would mean cool, wet weather for months which is just shitty in general.

>how

Check out the van dwelling culture/community

>>653965

I'm more interested in know about on foot travel.
Is it dangerous what safety precautions can be taken? would it be good to find a safe place to sleep during the day and travel during the night?

US because permafrost and peatlands aren't the nicest /out/tings.

>>650465
Canada and Russia are the best I'd you REALLY want to leave civilization, but I wouldn't say that's the only definition of being /out/.

If I had to pick a country, it would be one that's most diverse. The USA is probably the most diverse country geographically on the planet.

USA has arid desert, high snow covered peaks, vast plains of grasslands, temperate forests, rocky cold coastline, tropical islands, warm Sandy beaches, artic tundra.... a huge selection of stuff to go /out/ in.

Other countries that may come close would be Brazil due to the huge rainforests, Argentina with its mountains, plains, and coast, Australia with the vast outback and coastlines, even China with its varied terrain.

>>650530
Confirmed for not being the most diverse, google will tell you this.

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>>656517

from seeds, plants take a while depending on the breed to actually shoot and become strong. In the meantime they are incredibly weak (some anyway) and they generally need alot of effort for no long term visual feedback.

Now cuttings, that shit is cash. learn how to maintain cuttings from older plants and skip the shoot phase of seedlings.

I would advise some better containers with holes in the bottom for better chance of not overwatering a young plant. Though I see the appeal of the jar itself.

I dont have the conditions where I live, but I would love to grow a redwood from a seed that I could find inside one of its pinecones. Those things require strange tempature conditions to germinate however, but they grow so fast.... imagine showing your grandchildren some 60 ft tall redwood and saying "I planted that when it was just a pinecone"

Are your parents going to be mad when they catch you growing marijuanas?

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Seriously op i shit you not i was in your exact position like 2-3 months ago.

Id just seen the movie the martian, id allways wanted to grow things and i had this moment where i was like "if matt damon can do it on mars with just what he had, surely i can do it on earth".

So i scooped out several seeds from a butternut squash while i was preparing it to cook and put them to one side, i found a small plastic container with a screw on lid, similar to yours in size, i wend and dug up some dirt from outside, put it in the container, pressed the seeds in about an inch, i planted 3 of them btw, watered it well then screwed the lid on and left it on a windowsill, id open it for like 10-15 mins a day and give it a splash of water when it was looking a little dry, and you know what...

After about a week, They sprouted, they grew, overnight they went from little "hey there might be something going on" to alive, a shoot with two round leaves...it was such a happy feeling.

Ive still got those sprouts, theyve survived 2 serious pot size upgrades and now live outside in partial sun, theyre growing well and are about due for another pot upsize.

Pic related is them, maybe a week after they sprouted, they were droopy so i supported them with some metal skewers and some cotton tied gently around the stalks in loops.

So op, in summary, dirt from your backyard is fine, that container is fine, all you need is a seed to plant and to water it each day.

>>655865
to be explicit this is just info for surviving a massive earthquake scenario, during and after.

>>655865
You forgot liquefaction.

Pretty sure the government would just step in and provide food and shelter.
I wouldn't worry about it.

For a week hike I once packed:

1 stick of pepperoni
4 bagels
4 snack sized peanut butter packs
4 bananas

8 pouches of flavored tuna
5 cups of brown rice

12 packets assorted flavored oatmeal
6 scoops of protein powder to be added to oatmeal

2 large ziploc bags of trail mix consisting of: peanuts, almonds, soy nuts, banana chips, yogurt covered raisins, cherries.

3, two serving mountain house dehydrated meals assorted flavors/meals

6 cliff bars


The bananas got a little squished but I ate them quickly.

I got sick of oatmeal for breakfasts but would add 2 handfuls of the trailmix to spice it up.

Lunch was usually a bagel with peanut butter and some pepperoni stick

Dinner was usually 2 tuna packets with rice or a mountain house meal

I would snack on cliff bars or the trail mix during the day.

Overall I packed a good amount for about 6-7 days.

>>652144
Even with a fire ban, can't you just use a propane stove?

I mean a little isobutune stove to boil water isn't the same thing as having a fire. Even with a fire ban you should still be able to cook. Even just a charcoal stove should be fine.

Load up a cooler with beef, chicken, anything really and cook like you normally would grill at home.

>>652149

Forgot to mention some of my items require a small MSR pocket rocket stove and pot for boiling water but that's it.

>>649125
So stoked. I'm thinking a spiritual successor to Jeremiah Johnson? If you want /out/ movies...

/tv/ says innaritu is a meme director - what do they mean by this?

>>649134
/tv/ doesn't like any movies.

I have yet to see them all say. Something is good. They will find the smallest things to sperg about.

Solo hiking? Christ, your family must be ultra paranoid or watch too much Fox News. I could understand if you were camping alone but are you seriously supposed to limit yourself from going outside because of the fear that someone might want to kill you? That's such backwards logic that I'm legit shocked.

Buy some pepper spray if it makes you feel safe, but the truth is you're probably way safer taking a hike than you are driving a car, walking down a busy street, going to any public place, etc. the chances of something bad happening are so small they're not worth fretting about, and the sad truth is it just comes down to wrong place at the wrong time which is totally out of your control. The best you can be is prepared, so buy some sort of self defense item to carry with you.

>>655760
how easy is it to get a pistol in Wisconsin?
buy a .22 pistol and practice with it. shooting cans with a .22 is the shit

>>655763
I've been wanting to buy a handgun, but just don't have the money for it right now. I just bring a baseball bat with me.

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Well its giving me the giggles so its good for that!

>>652997
I have no idea OP, but I see those around and I've never gotten to handle one.
I'm excited to hear feedback and am monitoring this thread.
Merry christmas.

First step is to read and understand your State's/country's regulations regarding hunting

>>652477
this. truly this.

>>652476
First you need to pick what type of hunting you want to do. There is scrape hunting, stalk hunting, and stand hunting and many other varieties of techniques. Each has their own pro's and cons.

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no

>>646526
No but I've camped and not paid several times. They don't want to collect the money, I don't pay.

Yes and yes.