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>>649762
>What do you all think
>>649763
>reddit.com
...I think you should go back from whence you came, lest your mind be fractured by something you find here.

I also think you should lurk moar; if you had, you'd have known how bad an idea it was to provide a leddit link. You'd have also known it's poor form to shitpost like you did in >>649767 and also poor form to bump a shit thread that nobody is interested in (as evidenced by the fact that you were the only poster before I popped in) like you did in >>649770
...
In summation, fuck right the fuck off and don't bother coming back. We don't want your kind here.

Forestry, biology, ecology, environmental studies, parks & recreation management. There's probably a few more that I can't think of.

I minored in environmental studies, I should have majored in it. Very cool field. Lots of companies and governments pay big bucks to environmental survey and study firms to do land research prior to buying or building on the land.

>>649186
For hooks, use branded. Everything else can be El Generico. Reason being I've had cheap hooks bend / break / blunt. I only use Eagle Claw hooks now, haven't had a problem with them. That said, I'm merely a fisherman -- I don't tie many flies. I'm sure someone with more experience than I will be along shortly.

inb4 >>>/biz/
inb4 >>>/diy/ (is good board though)

Sorry, forgot to blank name field. I didn't actually sage you.

>>649186
I pick all my shit up on the cheap at craft shops and stuff like that. Except for what >>649194 was saying, good hooks are whacha need.
So budget crap will do the trick.

>>649000
Checked. But you owe me ten minutes of my life back.

Ur a cheap package bud

You should post this on /trv/ as well.

hope the lights don't act like faggots and stay dormant while you're up there

>http://www.aurora-service.org/aurora-forecast/

Welp I've been to Romania for hiking, but a different area. Not sure how applicable my experiences will be but I'll share some top tips anyway.

I was hiking in the fagaras mountains, and the single biggest danger was the sheepdogs. Do not fuck with a sheepdog. If you see a herd of sheep, be afraid. Be very afraid. They will try to rip your face off if their shepard doesn't stop them, and even if he yells at them, they'll still want to rip your face off and will be barely containing the urge.
Carry lots of dry socks. Dunno how the weather gods will favor you, but I got shat on heavily and the single most sexual moment of my life was pulling on my last pair of dry socks. Followed shortly by the worst moment when they immediately got wet from my boots.
Enjoy the bean soup. Most meals we got their were prefaced with a delicious bean soup, bread, salt, and onion. Romanian food was simple but tasty enough.
Don't trust that people will speak english. If they do, it might be really bad english. Depends where you are and how rural it is. A touch of french might help too, some people I encountered spoke no english but decent french. No clue why.
Go to Sibiu if you can find the time. Beautiful little town, loved the orthodox churchs and architecture.
Don't go to "Draculas castle" in Bran. It's shit. Covered in tacky tourist wank, and really very disappointing.

>>652313
One further tip: Don't be nice to the stray dogs. There's tons of them, they will beg from you, and if you give them anything, even just affection, they'll follow you. We got a stray killed because we were nice to it - it followed us ~10 miles out of town to a lodge we were staying at. The lodge owners had 2 beastly dogs protecting their place from strays and those 2 presumably killed it. They kept the beasts back while we were around, but I think at night they were let loose and the stray was still hanging around hoping to see us.

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'sup, I'm a romanian and I'm here to teach you.

1. carry cash. romanian LEI, not euros or whatever.
2. in cities or areas near to cities, most people will know english. in very rural areas, 99% will not speak anything other than romanian
3. do not trust gypsies
4. do NOT trust gypsies
5. like the other guy said, sheepdogs are vicious. keep a large can of pepper spray handy.
6. never turn your back on a sheepdog
7. eat "mici". they are small kebab-like things made from beef and sheep. delicious. use mustard
8. if you can find it, eat "fasole în pâine" (bean stew in bread). see pic related
9. this time of year there's a lot of boar hunting going on in that area. if you wanna go hiking or whatever, wear something bright so you don't get accidentally shot and get your head mounted on a wall
10. roads are shit. if you're gonna drive, be careful. there's been pretty much no snow so far this year, so you won't find any snow except on high mountain peaks -- yet.
11. don't try to cross the border with any illegal shit on you right now. with the immigrant thing, the holiday travel and all the other shit, border controls have gotten very strict. they will find your weed and you will be ass-raped.
12. there's lots of mineral water springs in Borsec and Bilbor. haven't been there myself, dunno if there's anything to see/do there. research it yourself. that's also an area with a lot of magyars (hungarian minority in Romania) - most of them don't even speak romanian properly. good luck communicating.
13. Cluj-Napoca is a nice city. Also the most expensive city in Romania, at this time.
14. Bistrita is also nice. ish.
15. orthodox churches basically everywhere. a few catholic and protestant ones as well, in certain areas.

can't really think of anything else at the moment

have fun

and remember: do not trust gypsies.

it might be datura stramonium.

Highly toxic

That's Marijuana, anon.

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northern england is beautiful.

Advice for wild camping; if you don't disturb people or animals and you keep yourself well hidden then you'll be fine. if you want to make a fire make it preferably after nightfall, but most places are well secluded and the farmers don't care.


A tarpaulin will be fine.

>>650776
self bumping

>>650739
Mainly keep to the Lake District fells myself, but in my experience as long as you don't ruin the place with rubbish or firepits, don't camp on paths you'll be fine.

I've camped within 50m of the path before but this was in deep winter with snow and blizzards abound so I guess there was no one really to hassle me anyway. Personally if I see a tent when I'm out hiking I don't get offended or anything, I don't really see the issue myself.

For food I normally just use the MRE type stuff from Go Outdoors, don't taste too bad and pack quite well. My advice is to not try and go hard routine with your food, get some sweet stuff if you have room, it can really boost your morale if you're run down or knackered.

As >>650776 said a tarp's fine in August but a light tent would give you a tad more privacy etc. I tend to pack a tent most of the time just because I prefer the closed off nature of it, if it's too warm I can just whack open all the doors/ vents and it's pretty much a tarp.

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>>650453

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>>650453
If you keep on dumping those fine Japanese nature pics you are my best friend ever. Keep em coming.

Would you guys ever camp out in the suicide forest?

>>648942
You'll be needing a arcteryx atom LT, sir. Soft shell, super light weight, stores away easily.
Been using one for the last 5 years and it's been a staple in my cold weather kit.
But be warned, the dead bird is addicting and you'll end up a poor gear queer.

>>648956
This guy's got the idea. I would suggest a drac jacket though and you can wear the atom sv type jacket over it. And you can wear a fleece under the drac

Marmot ROM.

>>647559
I am in Waukesha and I am a avid plant caretaker, I have never found anything in Wisconsin that has really nice bonsai trees. You should contact this group.
http://www.milwaukeebonsai.org

I'm in West Bend
I know of no good nurseries

check out http://www.milwaukeebonsai.org/ they will likely be able to give you nice local recommendations ^_^

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>>646647
If you enjoy it , then the republicans win

>>646655
We've already won! Our weather machine H.A.R.P. in Alaska controls everything including your bowel movements! Al Gore is a Grey and he's been chip implanted to do and say what every Reptoid wants!

Enjoy the meme Indian Summer, next year it will be all winter long, perfect climate for us reptoids!

>>646647
75 here. Louisiana

>>651962
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=576

Maybe?

datura? where are you?

>>651970
Florida

3 season bag in New England winter. Didn't call the trip but nights were brutal.

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>>650786
Anon if you buy yourself just one cheap present this year, go to walmart and get the 10 dollar polypropylene long john silvers.

Cotton kills isn't a meme, ignorance/stupidity has always been the primary factor.

What material your insulation is made of doesn't matter when you have no shell to cover it with.

Anything Rockies West.

Massachusetts bitch

>>646734
For the west, definitely northern New Mexico.

For the Midwest, Wisconsin/Upper Peninsula Michigan

For the East, Maine.

For the south..don't really know what's down there. Arkansas/Georgia kinda looks cool.