Archived threads in /out/ - Outdoors - 5. page
Images are sometimes not shown due to bandwidth/network limitations. Refreshing the page usually helps.
I live in Wyoming where most of the time the mountains get fucking cold at night. Every backpacking setup I've used is either way too heavy or not warm enough. So here's my question: How do you stay warm on cold nights without carrying half your body weight in gear? Or do I just need to man up and enjoy the suffering?
OK, so if you are cold at night then an old trick is to go take a piss. Simple, but it works because your body no longer has to keep all that liquid at body temperature any more. Another simple yet effective trick is to heat some water on the stove and fill a water bottle with it, then just tuck that fucker in your sleeping bag with you.
I think you know where I am going with this, but it's obvious that you can kill two birds with one stone and just start sleeping with your piss bottles. Make a lot of them. Drink a few forties of shitty beer if you have to, hell you...
Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>809047
Slept out in -40 below its called a fire and a sleeping bag thats rated to -50-60. that all I use plus a reflector and a tent but thats tis.
>>809047
Where in Wyoming ?
I feel like a smu/ck/
Did I overcook my steak?
Does a steak have to be bloody to be considered perfectly cooked?
The steak was room temp when it went on the grill. would keeping the steak in the fridge cold until putting onto the grill make it stay bloody in the middle?
trying to get it right for the summer...
thanks
Do you look the stars before sleep?
>>802060
I'd rather be looking at dat cripple ass b4 bed.
>>802247
That's how she got crippled anon
>>802060
SAUSS
General Optics thread...
Everytime there is a binocular/telescope/spotting scope/monocular thread there is only 10 posts before the thread dies because the thread is too specific. I like optics and would like to see a thread that lasts a bit longer. After all, a big part of going /out/ is observing and optics only make this better.
>>812624
I use a Vortex Raptor 8.5x32 which i think is very good all-rounder. I use it for stargazing, watching birds and other wildlife, checking land marks, and finding routes above treeline. I'ts not too heavy although a bit bulky but for the price i don't think it was a good buy. I don't have much to compare it with because before that i used a very cheap 10x50.
>>812627
Once i looked through this binocular and compared it with my vortex and the view was a bit better. I was on holidays and didn't write the brand name down thinking i would remember or find it on google but after searching for an hour i gave up. I think it was a 8X30. Anyone recognize this model or brand?
Celestron 15x70mm.
Took some recollumating, but decent for low tier.
Old tent general is dead. Post questions about tents here.
I'll be backpacking europe next week and this is the cheap tent I'll like to buy just in case I don't find the place to sleep+slepeing bag (pic related. What do you think?
Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUHMme6Yv9w
Is this too heavy?
>>812133
it's not too heavy, at €20 it's too cheap
>>812133
Is a tent or a hammock better? I don't want a bear walking up when i'm in a hammock and fucking my shit up but I guess he could do the same in a tent if he wanted. Plus hammocks would be lighter. All in all when I start camping it would be a weekend thing like Sat & Sun.
>>812133
Bad brand my friend. I bought my first tent off this crowd and it was utter crap. If you are going for a single tent get a decent tunnel tent.They are lighter and take up less space. If you can afford to backpack across europe, you can afford a decent tent.
Somebody gave me a Vietnam era US Army shelter half. It seems like nothing more than a piece of heavy cotton.
Aren't these things supposed to be waterproof?
I'd like to use it for overnights and such but it rains a lot in my area.
Thanks
If it was treated with waterproofing then it would be suitable, although quite heavy.
It is waxed cotton otherwise known as waxed canvas. It's fire retardant so you can have a fire decently close, but still use your brain /b/ro
>>812097
Its duck canvas. And if it doesnt smell like utter ass any more. It needs to be rewaxed.
Do any of you use this? Are there any other pots it fits in nicely other than the one that solostove offers? Also, general opinions welcome. Looking to get this as another cooking option to save on fuel when I can.
>>811859
I don't kbow what tht is but it looks like I bio fuel stove.
No, I would never purchase a bio feul stove. Why should I pay for technology my ancestors perfected 200000 years ago? Sticks burn good good.
There are far lighter isobutane stoves that will not have you scubbing soot every night.
It's cheaper and more effective to just cook over burning dollar bills
>>811859
Just use some old discarded cans and make your own. You can make any design you want then and all it costs is a little time.
How soon until someone gets lost and needs rescuing or dies playing pokemon go?
>at least one rescue before the end of August this year
probably won't happen, the people retarded enough to actually die from wandering around are usually the same people that cheat on games because they're bad at them.
you can just change the GPS data can't you?
$5 says some pudgy white kid wanders into a ghetto and gets mugged/killed.
>>811265
>you can just change the GPS data can't you?
Apparently spoofing your location gets you b&
I bet there is a way around it if you really know what you're doing but I'm referring to plebs. I'm waiting for the first causality of this game to happen. Like some idiot trying to catch a weedle on the train tracks.
Ever see/feel anything creepy in the woods, /out/? Tell us your stories
>>810911
Previous thread
>>760160
Heard tree knocking in the mountains of western Maine once.
>>810911
One time me and my boyfriends were camping. Right after we had buttsex with each other one of my lovers shot a weapon. Right after that we heard this crashing though the trees and we could tell that something was walking around right outside our campsite. The old timers mentioned to use about caves in these mountains and we're pretty sure it was aliens, because why else would anything natural be out there? This is a forest for crying out loud, everyone knows only supernatural things exist out there. That night...
Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
#65-"Hot as Hell" Edition
Previous Thread:
>>808502
>tfw made it to the weekend
I was pretty sure I would die of heat stroke before getting here. Taking Monday off so I have a 3-day weekend, but I'm going to have to get some 6am sessions in with this heat. At least it's starting to get dark earlier so I don't have to wait around quite as long for the largemouth to start biting.
Talk about fishin
Hitting the beach Sunday to try for a legal halibut again. Caught my first one last weekend but it was only 14.5"
Going to Dick's tomorrow to look at some bass meme lures because fags online claim they work for halibut.
2nd for skid we miss you
>>810679
>attractive
>athletic figure
>looks like she actually caught that fish
>not some washed up PCB beach rat that's preserved herself with UV rays and cigs
>not a furry
U. Dun. Good
Also wtf is that fish? I'm gonna call it a tooth-nosed jewfish until someone corrects me
Anyone on /out/ into trail running? I want to do a half marathon trail run in January. How many miles are you running currently and what type of gear set up do you have for longer runs?
Used to, taking some time off
Was racing the Xterra tri series and a handful of trail ultras
Gear: shoes, split Vs
Long distance: Montrail Mountain Masochist for bad weather/tough courses, Rogue Racer for good conditions.
Medium distance: Salomon S Lab Sense
For 15 mi+ training runs I carried a 24 oz bottle with gels taped to it or stashed a bottle on a previous shorter run to grab later
Please don't have poles, hydration vests, or any of that garbage if you are racing for less than 100 miles
>>810677
I'm currently running in Salmon Scream 3d's. I was thinking of getting a handheld water bottle kit with a pouch for gu or a fanny. I'm running a 4.5 mile rout 5 times a week right now, but I want to start upping my mileage while avoiding injury.
8-10 miles takes me roughly 45 minutes to an hour in the forests a county over from me
I just drink water and maybe a preworkout and I eat afterwards, if I run over 10 miles I'd bring some poptarts or protein bars along with extra water and some caffeine tabs.
To train for a half marathon trail run you definately need to do some high intensity sprints up the hardest hills you can find, and jog for about 6 miles through the woods every other day. A month before the race turn up the heat and run your hardest for 8 miles and then add 2 miles every other day until...
Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>29811972
First time on this board. I made thread related, I got a job as a surveyor assistant, how the Fuck do I walk 40kms a day and not want to kill myself?
I lift Btw, never skipped leg day
How do you assist?
>>810629
Thread link didn't work. The thread is on r9k with the same image. I carry around the sticks and hammer and shit, I write what measurement he says on the lathe and hammer it into the ground. It's a lot of walking and the weight gets more cumbersome throughout the day
40km isnt even much you can literally walk that in 5-6 hours
Shouldnt you be working 12 hour shifts with that work? So you spend 40-50% of your time walking.
Sounds like those fat fucks at walmart walk more than you.
how come these never caught on?
also, obscure gear thread
>>810353
this is called a "tent". it's marketed pretty much solely to hipsters who have to be different. instead of sleeping comfortably above the ground in your hammock you actually put it right on the dirt and sleep on the ground kek.
wonder how many other /out/ists have one of these...
>probably none
>>810371
is that one of those avalanche air bags?
Howdy friends, so a couple weeks ago I went for a day hike at Joshua tree state park, I carried about 8 liters of water in with me but had to leave a lot sooner than expected because I'd gone through all my water in about 4 hours. And I ended up leaving feeling very dehydrated even though I went through that much water, am I drinking my water too fast? I drink when I'm thirsty and honestly it seems I can't drink enough water to sate me for more than 30 minutes. How do you guys go through your water supplies? And any tips on extending my water usage?
I guzzle as much water as I can in my car in the parking lot or trail head, I bring a separate water bottle for that. But do you run or walk to fast and start sweating to much? I usually only bring my 3 liter water bag/backpack and carry a sawyer filter just in case. But then I don't live in a desert, I do it to save weight.
>>810160
I generally just walk but after some reading I think it's mostly due to not hydrating the night before, anyways general hydration thread?
JT!!, a GIANT rainwater catchment., look atit! ROCK!,, mostly.,
,,ok, heres your help., Willow Hole floows to Rattlesnake canyon., and beyond!, along the way it pops outa thesand onto stone>DRINK! drink deep ,and coooooool.
,,,oo Doge help me for my sin., DONT TAKE THE OLD TOOLS!,use it,, but LEAVE it.
,also, the BEST COLD water is deeper in the caves.
I saw this bug and several like it, what is it?
It's kind of gross.
Its a fucking moth, anon
>>809139
What the fuck is this thread? Can we make this a fears thread?
>>809169
Op here, not really a moth.
Moths are feathery and this creepybug was hard.
Another pic.
