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>white people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P73REgj-3UE
>>595238
Wait, let me put an add blocker on before I check out your viral marketing
>>595238
What a scrub. He doesn't even Mora.
>>595238
Fucking based. I would have added a window though.
I wish I could find a good source of clay in my area to do that.
Is it possible to live in a tent outside and still work? Like have a tent within reasonable walking distance of a bus or something to take you into town while you save up money?
Possible: Yes
Good idea: No
>>606697
It's only for a month or two until I save up rent money
>>606697
What about a large canvas tent like the surplus army ones pitched on a wooden deck/base with a wood burning stove?
What's the pack pictured here? I want to make this ALICE pack; I know nothing.
>>605224
A bad one. Go for commercial bags.
>>605224
> buy medium ALICE pack w/frame
> start checking off list
I do not understand your confusion?
Recently picked up a Helle Alden while abroad strictly because it looked beautiful and I wanted to come home with a souvenir.
Anyone have experience with the durability and quality of a Helle knife? Anyone carry it while out?
They look sweet! But can't afford one :-( seems like a nicer, better mora!
>>580377
You made a great choice helle are high quality knives
>>580377
Helle are good, that knife will last forever as long as you don't do anything silly with it. Keep it safe or use it hard, either way it's a good choice.
>You will never sail the seven seas in search of gold, tea and tobacco
>feels
Where can one find "adventure" in 2015 aside from Treeplanting
>>606026
Feels good, man.
>>606026
Space? I don't fucking know use your imagination.
>>606026
this is a huge feel for me. There no place to go to that's a true "adventure"
Alright, so there's an abandoned oilfield facility not far from my house that I plan on using as either a homestead or a happening bunker. As far as I know it was last used in early 2014, as a large pipe I found is labeled June 2014. Anyway, I need help with the following.
>Finding an effective, inexpensive power source. I was thinking about solar panels.
>General list of things I should consider putting in it
Red is the main building I plan on using.
Blue is another building I may use if red proves...
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Bump for interest. I have a similar idea for an abandoned factory near me.
Are those barrels north of the red circle stacked in a precarious way, such as to create a deployable blockade?
>>601078
>Unused for barely a year
>Abandoned
I'd wait a little longer, friend.
anyone going tomorrow?
>>604051
No because it's far from me and all the good shit is gone by 6 am...
I'm not a member. What do you have to d to become one?
How much could I get a sleeping bag and other gear for?
Any tips?
>>604093
to become a member you pay 20 bucks. it pays for itself very quickly. a few years ago i bought a bike there that pretty much only they were offering. one of my favorite bikes and they gave me back like 100 dolarydoos because i was a memeber. also, i just bought a new rain jacket there last week and i got a 20 dollar gift card because i was a member. didn't even think about the garage sale, it was rei brand i bet it would be 40% off tomorrow.
all in all, it is a box store. but it is one of the best box stores that exists.
Can someone quickly fill me in on kayaks?
I have passively wanted a kayak for a while, and near me there are 2 of these clearwater 8 and a half foot kayaks.
They are on clearance for 100$ new.
http://clearwaterleisure.com/cwen/products/kayaks/affinity8-6.html
I almost impulse bought one today, but didnt.
I see people giving it decent reviews for being a cheap no name one.
Is there anything inherently wrong with it?
I plan on just floating around local lakes and channels to fish with, so it wont be white water rafting.
I see a lot of them are...
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You can get an inflatable kayak for cheaper, if that floats your boat.
buy it if you are interested in kayaking. 100 bones is pretty good for a yak, and really if it floats it will do just fine. dont forget that you'll more than likely have to drop around 50 on a paddle though
and for another 100 you can add a few rod holders and maybe an anchor trolley, and itlt look and feel like a $500 one (if fishing is your gig), which is what i did with one i got from costco
i have a 10 footer that tracks just fine, but that also has alot to do with your paddling technique which will get better as you go. yours seems to have a similar...
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>>597488
I do, but I kayak off the coast - bay and ocean. Generally speaking, longer yaks are for seas and shorter ones are for lakes and rivers.
$100 is great for any yak, but I'd be skeptical of the quality. Still, it should be a great learner platform. Make sure you get proper-sized paddles and a PFD.
What kind of people will you run into at campgrounds?
>>597695
All kinds , dirty hippies, cut throat organ harvestors, crooked rangers, trail trolls, devil worshippers, etc.
>>597700
and the bums
Mostly human.
Some skinwalkers.
Maybe a few Aliens, odd bigfoot or two.
But, mostly humans. You know the type, right?
Is a hatchet worth the extra weight when backpacking?
>>606615
No, Sven saw. Break your tinder, chump.
>>606615
>mfw I just got the 6 sven saws (vintage, still in package, american made) I picked up at a thrift shop in Missouri this summer for next to nothing each, in the mail
>looking at a pile of sven saws
wut do?
>>606653
Ebay that shit or sell it to me.
Sup guys
I'm putting together a map of the best places to get /out/ to.
Starting with the UK but will expand elsewhere to.
Some of my favourites
- All of Scotland but specifically Skye (Camasunary), Torridon, The Applecross Peninsula
- Forest of Dean
- New forest
- Cornish coast
What are yours?
Any good big forests you can reliably get away with wild camping for a few days?
>>605895
Not from the UK, but I keep hearing about Dartmoor.
>>605994
There have been 2 UK /out/ meetups in Dartmoor and it is a pretty great place. It's HUGE, it's legal to wildcamp there (this isn't much of a problem though really) and it's beautiful.
My favourites would be Dartmoor, S. Wales Valleys and The Gower.
Scotland
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Who here /inna telescope/?
What scope do you use? Or binoculars?
I use a 12-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain. I've been meaning to get into this hobby more lately. I've done the usual Andromeda Galaxy, Orion Nebula, Pleiades Cluster.
What are some other cool things you like to look at?
>>603552
I have a few questions about scopes and photography if you or any other anons wouldn't mind answering them.
First of all, is a telescope (either reflector or refractor) truly required or would a decent sized (80mm) spotting scope work? Also do you do any astrophotography? If so, what equipment do you use?
I have an 8" dob I used to use a lot. I still use it fro time to time, but with the combination of increasing light pollution and Accutane damaging my night vision, I don't take it out much. I've seen the Orion Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy, and Whirlpool Galaxy and a couple star clusters. I wish I could get out to dark sky sites with my mortarscope, I'd love to see more galaxy definition than a faint smudge. Regardless, it's still fun.
>>603552
I really like the ring nebula, m57.
![1662a126bbfc89b202b442c2965c8169[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/tFasF0h.jpg "1662a126bbfc89b202b442c2965c8169[1].jpg")
tl;dr - What cool stuff have you gotten at thrift stores?
I got an old 1qt aladdin stanley themos (I think from 1984 if the 84 on the bottom is a year stamp) with a 2 piece pour through stopper at a thrift store for $4.
I was curious how well it worked for cold shit, so I filled it with ice. It's been about 100 degrees the past 3 days here in california, and there's still ice in the thermos a full 72 hours later. pic isn't mine, the finish is a little better on mine, just didn't feel like taking a picture.
>>609001
Funnily enough I found the exact same thermos in a thrift shop/Salvos, fuck these things are GOAT, mine's been accidentally ran over and only got a scratch from it. The amount of brand new/rarely used shit people donate to these stores are ridiculous.
I never buy anything at a thrift shop that I eat off/out of. I realize this is just my personal hangup really, but I assume everything in a thrift shop has been pooped-in and cummed-on at least fourteen times.
>>609005
a few months ago I got a thermarest prolite for $7. As far as I could tell, it was brand new.
The only problem with the thermos was it was dirty as shit inside. Some hot water and dish soap shaken around in it and it was good to go.
I also found merrel moab mids in my size that were also almost new for $10.
Is this geocaching as fun as it seems? Does anyone have any interesting stories? It's kind of weird that there's little secret caches of goodies around the area I live where people visit once in a while.
I've never tried this OP but it sounds fun, my dad was considering doing this.
I think it's actually a little less fun than it seems, but it's a good way to kill an afternoon
It can be a fun little way to discover an area you've never been or learn history about the area you are in. i like to do it when i get to a new city, youc an learn a lot about a city based on it's geocaches and the facts that are given in the description. sometimes it can be a real pain in the ass to find, almost to the point where it's more of an unpleasant experience then a good one. That's why i don't look for micro's anymore, fuck those little things. It can also be a fun date activity if you don't have anything else to do.
I plan on putting out bear traps for my protection while I sleep, could I get into any legal trouble if people that were causing me any problems Stepped on one?
Yes, you can get in massive legal trouble.
Don't be an idiot or a troll.
>>607925
Not a troll just live outside and these drug addicts keep fucking with me at night...
I have a weapon, but this shit is getting ridiculous
>>607924
put legos down inside so when they break in and take their shoes off they will step on them and be in extreme pain.
