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How is using one of these to make a light meal, such as a soup or ramen or pasta?
From my searchings online they're fine and a lot cheaper than buying a made-for-camping stove.
Anyone have any experience with it? Did you build a nice little cage around it? I was thinking about just putting rocks around the stove as a way to put a pot over it.
They work great when you cant have a fire or can't be bothered only suggested though is dont plan making a fatty meal with it. Small amounts work great but cooking for multiply people dont plan on it. Also I tend to make my own its alot cheaper.
>>776911
>just putting rocks around the stove as a way to put a pot over it.
yep that works fine. these things are bretty cool. keep in mind some of them are methanol or ethanol, and some are diethylene glycol. diethylene glycol is a lot more heat but it's whicked hard to find. they both work fine for what you're suggesting, but if you wanted to really fry some eggiwegs or breakfast saucies you'll want the diethylene glycol if you can find it. surprisingly the Sterno™ and other...
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>>776911
If you have 2 beer cans you can make a better little stove that you can re use. I suppose technically you could fill empty those with methyl alcohol too.
Like the other guys said they are sufficient for boiling a liter of water but don't expect to make hamburger helper.
Hey /out/,
In preparation for a long hiking trip me and my friends plan to take I bought a hiking pack at the store without really doing my research and just took what was on offer. It was a Karrimor 65 Leopard. I just thought to look up the reviews online and people are bashing it left and right and now that I look at it I can see the flaws in the design, it's flimsy and the back rest is curved in and doesn't rest flat against the back.
We're planning to backpack from place to place for around 2 1/2 months and I'm afraid the pack won't...
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>>776739
Damn son, can you return it?
>>776799
I might be able to, I'm looking for the receipt but I wanna know what you guys think first.
>>776808
It's basically a tube. They clearly went for an alpine design but I can not understand why it doesn't have ice axe loops That red string seems weak. The compression straps are too short to be of any real use. Unless it was really cheap I wouldn't have buy it.
However, it's a 65 lt tube, so if you can fit your basic equipement in there with aprox 15 free lts (for food and whatever), it might do the trick
Do you /out/ folks know what type of frog this is?
looks like pan-fried chicken thigh
>>776627
ask /r9k/
>>776627
dumb frog poster
Here's my current kit list, could you let me know if I'm missing anything?
-Sleeping and Bivy bag
-Thermarest
-75L backpack
-Cookware (GSI Pinnacle Dualist)
-Platypus water filter
-Hatchet
-Grill
-Trowel
-Leatherman Wave
get a lantern, and not just anything. a good high amount of lumens is a real quality of life boost
>>776498
Candles. A couple
>>776498
http://firesteel.com/firesteel-size-chart/
Holy shit why is Kifaru so expensive?
for that price I'd just get maxepidtion. Great quality and great products.
Hey OP can you pay my rent this month please
>>776416
Considering its a 120lt pack that will be used even by your grandsons, its not expensive. Ugly AF tho. I'd only get it if I'm planning to stay in the military for at least 20 years
lets talk about chilipeppers..:!
Pepper in pooper
Post pic w/timestamp
>>776410
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
what have i dooone !
Post stuff you've recorded. OC preferred.
Recorded today, (OC)
http://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1464226478260.webm
Recorded a while ago, (repost)
http://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1464226835830.webm
Pics are related to the recording location.
>>776263
That's super nice anon. Where is it?
>>776263
AH it's Samson C01-anon! This new one is lovely. And yeah whereabouts again? Mid-south somewhere right?
Also we have a Field Recording General somewhere but it was stagnating anyway.
This is my newest one from a couple days ago... it sounds pretty nice but I have mixed feelings about it for my own reasons.
https://youtu.be/kCbLcbwdtlw
>>776263
Here's some more OC, recorded between this post and that. Night time on the pond shown in the reposted webm in the OP. The photo used in the new webm is unrelated.
http://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1464230664330.webm
>>776285
Eastern USA
>>776290
>AH it's Samson C01-anon!
Indeed. I repositioned...
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Sup /out/
I have an old Hyllus hoody from Arc'teryx. Its my favorite piece of clothing, but as i was cleaning it up to store away(only really good for -10C to 10C) i noticed 2 tiny holes on the outer layer. I want to do whatever i can to prevent them from getting worse. Anyone have an idea? Or should i just accept that ~3 years of use is what i should be happy with, and accept i'll prob. only get one more fall out of it? In case you cant tell, Its got a brown exterior, and the blue showing in the hole is the fleece liner.(I freely admit its an ugly color combo.)
>>775726
I thought that small iron on patches exist.
call dead bird's customer service. i hear they have one of the best guarantees. or they might have a suggestion for diy repair.
>>775726
Patch it and get on with it
This is the USAS American Mariner. It was used mainly for missile tracking testing during its lifetime. After it was retired from service in 1964, it was scuttled in shallow water in the Chesapeake Bay and used for missile target practice until 1971. It now does nothing but sit in the middle of the bay collecting rust and barnacles.
My friend and I want to go see it. It's scuttled about eight miles from shore. Neither of us or any of our friends or family own a motor boat, so I was thinking about purchasing/ borrowing/ making a small row boat for us to use to make...
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>>775146
tldr
You will die, and become the aquatic equivalent of Christopher McCandless.
>>775149
tl;dr, can two skinny scrubs row 8 miles into the Chesapeake Bay and back without dying
Will washing my /out/ clothes, myself, or my hair with eucalyptus or peppermint soap do anything to help keep bugs away since those oils are used in natural bug sprays? Mostly worried about mosquitoes and ticks.
>>774973
Not really, no.
>>774973
Bees and horse flies LOVEEE eucalyptus.
I wash my hair/alpaca hat with a eucalyputs based soap and when ever im near a hive only my head gets swormed. And only my head.
>>775014
>when ever im near a hive only my head gets swormed. And only my head
Taking a trip to Gatlinburg in a few weeks to see the Smoky Mountains. What are some good (moderate) hiking trails around the area? Any place off the beaten path that you'd recommend going to? Willing to travel roughly an hour out from Gatlinburg in all directions
>>770815
hmmm you are lucky OP I was just there a month ago. if you are not camping stay at jack huffs, it is the best and cheapest hotel in the area
my favorite trail in the smoky mountain was the chimney tops trail, it is pretty short but quite difficult because you have to scramble up a rock face.
also definitely climb mt leconte. there are several different trail and I reccomend trying them all because there is so much different cool things to see along each route.
have fun!
>>770815
Definitely check out the arts district in Gatlinburg. The crowd seems to stay downtown mostly.
If you stop by the welcome center at either end of town, they have a book with a list of some very good day hikes.
Chimney tops is beautiful even if you don't do the rock scramble at the end. My wife and I really like Rainbow Falls trail.
>>770815
Charlie's Bunion of the AT
my girl and I visited back in March, absolutely stunning. backpacked off the AT
I saw someone recommending the Ontario 498 Marine Combat Knife in a knife thread the other day, anyone else know if this is a good knife? Planning a camping trip with some buddies soon and I'd like a good knife to have for cutting shit down and killing bears. This one is 50$ on Amazon.
>>770787
Yeah its good
Would it be a noticeable improvement over a Mora? Not really, but it is cooler
Get a kabar or RTAK II instead
>>770787
Ontario makes solid products. The 498 is a good knife, not the "best" by any means for camping because of the rattail tang, but it works. I personally use the 498 marine combat as my camping knife. It's cheap enough that I can really use it and not worry about it and I just think kabars are damn cool.
>>770807
The Ontario is a bit cheaper than the Kabar brand knife, and has a superior phosphate coated blade opposed to the black painted kabar...
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I want to do some bike camping this year. It would be off of old logging roads, not designated camping spots. How do I choose a spot that will minimize wildlife (bear/coyote/cougar) encounters?
I don't have a tent at the moment. I just want to put a tarp over my motorbike and purchase a tent when the bare essentials novelty wears off. It'd be for one night at most.
I've got a bag, sleeping pad, camp stove, etc. I just want to avoid being a target for curious or hungry animals.
1. Get a hammock instead, much better
2. You're not going to fall prey to lions, tigers, or bears. It ain't gon' happen.
>>769527
>2. You're not going to fall prey to lions, tigers, or bears. It ain't gon' happen.
Oh my.
I looked at a hammock, but I don't think I'd find suitable trees. When I hiked, most was scrub, given it was off of logging roads. If I can find one that's less expensive, I'll pick it up. Choices are nice.
I do live in bear country and we get cougar sightings all the time. I prefer to be over cautious. I think having a bike beside me, with the oil and gas smell, would deter most wildlife anyways.
How would I choose the best site that will be disturbed the least by wildlife? What I've read online is common sense ones like, avoid close to water, flood zones, watch the weather and avoid single large trees.
>>769538
Try to stay off game trails, don't leave food around the camp, if you have any food then hang it in a tree away from where you plane to sleep.
Most animals don't like sudden noises, so you could set up a trip wire with some old cans with rocks in to scare animals when they trip it.
I've heard that it's a good idea to take a piss 20 yards upwind of where you intend to camp, this way the animals will smell it before they get to your camp and avoid it...... I have no fucking idea if this...
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>mfw potatoes
>>768854
>Not exploiting that pic and writing /out/ on that cardboard
Poor soul. If he only had us to teach him some memes I guess he could have made it
>>768854
What is the point of this thread?
Watching cast away.
Can we just talk about how Tom Hanks is a fucking retard in this movie?
>Spends time throwing coconuts at a flat wall.
>Dosn't just loot the packages for things that might actually save his life like food sent by people to relative or clothes for the nights.
>Wastes his fucking time trying to row out to a boat at least 4 hours after he sees it in a tiny life raft and with a shitty paddle.
I could come with more reasons but I'm too fucking lazy.
>washes up in a huge life raft
>doesn't use it to collect rainwater
>doesn't use it as a sun shelter
>doesn't fashion a crude blowup doll for lonely nights
>Can we just talk about how Tom Hanks is a fucking retard in this movie?
>not realizing the entire point of the movie was how soft and oblivious he was when thrown into that situation
>mfw
>>768426
>makes fuck buddy out of old volly ball and some ferns
"erh thats good enough"
