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So me and a friend are heading to Estonia to work on a farm for a few months near the Russian border. We get the weekends to ourselves and were wondering what we can get up to in this exotic land, any ideas?
Go to a metsatoll show
But why
>>717389
Because England and real jobs are shit and boring?
Do you eat edible plants /out/?
What plants do you eat?
Fuck I've always wanted to try that but the ferns in australia are all poisonous. As for what I've eaten it's probably only been dandelion and purslane.
Cattails, a bunch of flowers, licorice root, clover. Cattails are my favorite though. Mild and lightly crunchy. I'll also chew on willow bark if I'm out and about and have a nasty headache. Tastes gross but it works just fine.
Wild berries too. There's a bazillion different species where I live.
What's a piece of kit you like to always take /out/ with you that might not be on everyone's list?
Pic related: External phone battery that can charge my phone up 8 times. Being able to find signal and make a phone call has saved me before. Now I make sure I've got one of these in my car and one in my pack. £20 on Amazon.
>Being able to find signal and make a phone call has saved me before
i don't believe you.
shill plz go
Shotgun
>>711331
It did dude. What can I say to convince you? I can't prove it without giving you personal information
Does anyone get depressed after being out?
I just got back from a two day fishing trip. It didnt take long for me to see politics, idiot college kids, angry people, retarded tv shows. Just basically culture and society. It made me really depressed because i got detached from all that when i was out... now im feelin the feels
>>715457
Yes. It happens to me after everything intensely fun or calming too.
Like laughing with a good friend, spending a day being active and minding my own business..
then suddenly I am "back to reality."
This me. Makes me want to start a hobo general thread and never come home.
>>715457
I hear it's fairly common for thru hikers to consider suicide. Spending so much time away from bullshit then having it thrust upon you from all directions is always hard.
Is the beach a good bug out location? I live on the coast where there are miles of untouched coastline, what are the downsides of staying on the coast in the dunes?
Jumping, bitey sand fleas. The itching is unbearable. Also, sand everywhere. You and everything you love will be covered with sand at all times. When the wind blows you'll even have sand in your eyes. And rotting, desiccated sea life. Seaweed, ocean creatures all constantly rotting. The ocean is full of life and so is the sand. You will be surrounded at all times by things that are interested in eating you, living on or in you and things that are just plain disgusting. The ocean is great to visit, but eventually you're going to want to get the hell off the beach and get clean.
>>711987
/thread
Anon pretty much nailed it.
access to:
>fresh water
>shelter/building materials
>hiding places from distant observers
woods will always be godtier bugout
What kind of bug is this?
That's a worm
>>720168
First glance reminds me of a ladybug larva
I'm looking into trekking with two buddies this next summer, but I'm missing some gear (everything) for the trip. It's probably only going to be a week or so, maybe two.
Now the thing is, I have a tight budget. I have to prioritise some things. Just now I found this seemingly large old backpack on ebay, and I was considering if it would be good enough for the trip. I just wanted to know if any of you have any experience with these types of bags? If they are complete shit I'll just get an Osprey Atmos, although then I have to budget something else.
The...
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This will literally murder you after anything over 2 miles. Worst possible trekking bag you could have chosen.
>>719491
I'll just get the Osprey bag, sorry for asking..
Hey /out/, crossposting my shit with /sp/ I know. But well, here goes: I'm designing swimming gear for snorkeling, and I was wondering what would your dream equipment be? Keep in mind that it has to be realistic. Thanks /out/!
>>719204
I personally love the snuba concept. incorporate that to cheap, light, easy to use, retracting hose that dosn't tangle, You know, the holy grail.
>>719204
A pair of goggles that cancels the effect of things underwater appearing larger than they actually are.
>>719204
ready, to berich?,
, Make it from Kevlar,, biteproof Kevlar!
,,can you make the sleeves long, onto the hand flipperish,, with a thumbhole?also, a dorsil fin.
,seal brown.
I'm planning to make a sort of field guide for something I'm involved in and I'm looking to find page protectors for small binders. Exactly what it's for matters little though since I'll likely use the supplies for other projects as well. This doesn't need to be heavy duty, I'd just like to be able to get a good amount of them for a decent price.
Currently I am looking at getting one of the small binder kits from Rite in the Rain (I have a few of their products already and I am pleased with them) but they don't sell basic page protectors,...
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>>718841
What's the scale of this project? Would printing on Tyvek be an option?
>>718846
It's honestly rather small. Mostly for a handful of friends and myself. And if it goes much beyond that I run the risk of dealing with copyright issues since I don't own the material I'll be putting into this guide. Assuming I don't fuck up the formatting, I don't expect this to get anywhere near 50 pages per guide, and assuming everyone wants one it'll be 7 books total.
hey /out/.
so this is probably a rather random/esoteric gear recommendation... but i'm looking for a water bottle that's good with atmospheric pressure changes.
so i fly jets in the military and i'm still enough of a Californian that the fact that i bring disposable water bottles on flights irritates me. the bag i have that holds all the checklists and such that i fly with has a convenient water bottle pocket that fits a regular disposable bottle. the thin plastic is not really that great at the pressure changes as evidenced by the half-crumpled...
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Don't you guys still use Gatorade bottles as toilets?
>>718722
no, there's like this absorbent gel stuff in a plastic bag with a built-in funnel you pee in.
Jet pilots post on 4chan? Whatta time to be alive! Also this bottle is cool, It's got a self sealing spout so you don't spray water on the controls and crash in a fiery inferno.
Okay which one of you faggots is this?
>guy climbs up tree downtown Seattle
>can't get him down
>literally shuts down road
http://komonews.com/live/event
Stop making threads about this faggot
Tree King new protector of /out/
Ray is our king though
>>720043
RUNDOWN OF EVENTS SO FAR
>man climbs 80 ft / 25 m tree in seattle
>becomes king of tree
>police arrive
>treeking demands smokes
>police bring him smokes
>treeking smokes the smokes
>throws apples and sticks at people below
>ladderbro arrives to talk him down from...
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Gonna spend my dividend on Trekking Poles, because that's the only piece of gear I don't have.
What am I looking for in a good pair of poles? I know I want cork handles, but other than that what makes a good trek pole? Anybody have a recommendation (has to be sold at REI)?
you want flick locks or tent/z pole style. get all the attachments when you buy the poles. i quite like my black diamond carbon z's.
get flick lock, twist lock is unreliable when it's wet (rain or snow). get snow baskets if you need them. aluminum poles are generally better if you're a heavier guy, i've heard reports of carbon ones breaking. i use carbon poles and have only broken one skiing, never while backpacking, but i'm not that heavy + ultralight.
>>719533
Snapped my carbon fiber ones just crossing a creek on the Continental divide. Just bend them the right way and pop
Can we get an /out/ movies thread?
Here are some of my favorites
The snow walker (pic related)
Into the wild (I know I know fuck off)
Alive
127 hours
All of the I shouldn't be alive's
And a bunch I can't think of right now but I would like to watch more.
Tell me about your favorite out movies.
I don't care if it is a documentary like the one about the naval ship that sunk during ww2? And the crew had to survive the sharks
A drama like some of the above
Or even a zombie movie that contains some useful info and isn't...
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>>717175
Honestly I really loved Wild, and it finally settled for me that my next grand adventure will be the Pacific Crest Trail in 2017
>>717203
Well I'm a book pleb but if you haven't read hatchet and lord of the flies you need some help. I also very much enjoyed Z for Zachariah. I watched the movie after the book and it was terrible.
Anybody know id a strong slimline knot for my dogs longline? Its just a long rope for training and at the beach until Im confident in recalling him.
>>716946
Oh come on man. Can't you just Google this and get an answer faster without starting a whole thread? You come to this place, shit up the board with your blatant laziness, and worst of all, you don't even post any pictures of doggo. Such a disappointment.
Anybody know what kinda of bird this could be?
Blue head with grey/white speckles,
Brown wings and a white speckled abdomen.
I live on the sea coast of New Hampshire and it is eating my suet.
Of fucking course they are sideways.
European Starling. It is an introduced, invasive species in the Americas. They can kill and displace native cavity nesting birds such as Purple Martins and Bluebirds. They are known to destroy the eggs as well as kill both juveniles and adults of competing bird species.
