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http://time.com/3766862/mountaineers-everest-trash/
How does this make you feel, /out/?
aggravated. but if the fact that everest has become a shithole is news to you you should get out more.
>>758337
posted before i read link. moderately less aggravated, but skeptical. how high do they plan on cleaning? how much of a dent is 8800 lbs going to make?
not that it matters to me. i'll stick to my local 13-14k peaks, thanks.
I used to have a very romantic perception of Everest ever since I was a kid in grade school who read Into Thin Air and saw the imax film Everest. Then I started reading about the traffic jams, the garbage strewn everywhere, and the shit piles frozen all over the place. No matter where people go, they leave their mark, for better or for worse. There's a lot of other peaks out there to summit, with a lot less people on them.
So, I gained like 7 pound of weight since I started hiking daily and backpacking. Been going on for 2.5~ months- lots of uphill mountainy hikes.
I understand that weight can fluctuate a lot, but this is weighting after not eating and drinking before bed and shitting everywhere in the morning.
Is there a reason for this? My diet has not really changed. Could it be muscle? But that would not make as much sense.
Went from like 152~ to 160~
>>758243
Muscle is more dense than fat.
>>758245
Might be partially that reason; I have doubts that much muscle could be gained in that time. Though, I kind of started from nothing.
Remember when Spenny tried to gain weight by working out everyday? He lost
>>758250
It is more surprising that you have only gained that much in muscle mass. You may have trimmed off fat to balance it out though.
Is it possible for a poorfag to join expeditions and the like?
Let's say too much reading and shit has been a huge influence.
Is there a way I could join a research expedition or something?
Or possibly work with one and get paid some?
>>758052
>research expedition
To where? Mars?
Do you mean doing field work?
Geology, biology, archaeology etc?
>>758174
Yea, field work or whatever.
Join along as a pair of hands even though I'm not educated in that stuff.
>>758176
>not educated in that stuff
Then why would they want you along?
Tree cancer? What is this?
looks like bob ross had a meltdown with the fan brush
>>757736
Looks like birds nests, but there seem to be way too many per tree.
>>757736
Parasitic plants?
R8 my camp, /out/ists.
This is what i looked at at the left side.
Straight ahead.
And the right side.
Going huntin jackwabbits for the first time in California. Should i be worried about disease from eating them(if i even should eat them). Its going to be pretty cold around fifty degrees from today to when im going on Saturday if that helps.
Also whats the best 12 gauge load for hunting them and any good wabbit recipes
>pic unrelated
>>757443
Don't eat the brain fluid, or spinal fluid, and you should be okay, if the liver has white specks on it. don't eat the liver, some people throw out the meat all together, up to you desu.
Just cook it and make sure its cooked and its all fine, I mean if it has maggots in it then throw it away but thats common sense.
>>757524
Why would it have maggots if he's just shot it, anon is not going to be eating carrion.
OP,
- Wash your hands well
- Cook the meat thoroughly to avoid Tularemia
- Don't eat the offal
Hello /out/siders.
I was hoping to find a spider "expert" capable of identifying 3 spiders found outside my home in Bakersfield, California. I often find them inside too.
Also, should I be killing these spiders or placing them outside away from my (I've done both, depending on my mood)?
Another thing: These spiders are relatively easy to catch.
1/3
>pic related
2/3
>>757358
Forgot picture -_-
3/3
Any tips and tricks for long term stays in the wild?
I like camping and all, but I really don't know what i'd do for any period lasting more than a month, let alone a week. Curious to see what resources you guys have for things such like sustainable food, durable shelter, and various other quality of life items made from scratch.
Realtalk, you'll probably die on account of that whole food thing.
There's a reason you don't see a lot of hunter gatherers these days.
Totally depends on the environment and what you're willing to do. Hunting? Fishing? What kind of supplies are you willing/able to start with.
One could easily stash a month worth of food somewhere then live there for the month.
What is your goal?
>>757317
Pretty much this.
Good luck maintaining a food source in the wild, hunting isn't as easy as it looks and growing food in the wild is uhhh pretty wild.
I'm starting an outdoor job where I probably wont be able to take a shit until I'm done. I'll be working from 8a-5p with a painting crew outdoors. I worked a job like this before and it was horrible on my bowels and psyche.
Any tips? Do I just "hold it in" and pray?
>>757250
Get one of those 5 gallon buckets from home depot or where the fuck ever and turn it into a makeshift emergency toilet.
>>757267
no, thats ridiculous. I need advice on what to eat or not eat beforehand ie mon-fri
>>757270
Smoke a couple cigs and drink a big coffee in the morning. Then give yourself an hour to drop a deuce before going to work.
I can't stand having to take a shit at work. It normally means a gas station or 7-11 bathroom. I will just prarie dog that motherfucker if possible.
>drive to trailhead
>get out of car and program it to meet you later
>hike trail to nearest road crossing
>self driving car there waiting for you
>car camp
>go home
or
>tell car to meet you at next road crossing on the trail
>hike some more
In less than a decade hikers won't even need tents and car camping...
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>>757005
You could only hike trails that you can cover in one day this way, which usually suck
>won't even need tents
I think you are talking about sleeping in a car
Car camping is often done with tents, you park the car and set up a tent.
Sleeping in a tent>sleeping in a small car
>>757005
I did this all the time as a teen for river/stream fishing trips. Only it was my mom driving.
I like this technology.
I would rather have a self driving rv.
Get off work on Friday, go to bed in rv , wake up at the lake 400 miles away.
Ok guys, I'm in a market for bivvies/hammocks. And I saw this on the kickstarter.
Now I know kickstarter has a long history of not delivering, but they promise a 1.2kg hammock that can turn into a bivvy. That's as little as Snugpak Ionosphere. Opinions?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/255929858/flying-tent-7-seconds-to-the-stars
>>755988
(and yes, I think that the poncho is most likely just a silly gimmick)
>>755988
Looks like shit
>>755988
Would seriously consider buying, but it's a kickstarter so probably won't happen.
The number one thing I look for in kickstarters is the bios / qualifications of the management team.
>CEO
>"Creative free spirit"
kek noep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyr-GKZgXmI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUD8ydOTZHY
Would be great if they made a camping version with a tarp and mosquito net attached with a few metal sticks.
>no insulation factor
>leaks over the course of a day
>no cover
>nothing to stop the wind catching it
>weights 1.2kg the same as a tent
Summation = you are a retard.
>>755866
Will get a leak the first night and then you are fucked.
also doubles as a brightly-colored body bag for easy recovery
View from the plane. Anyone interested in what is going on here?
http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-pushed-back-even-as-temperatures-climb
OP here: I took this picture about 6 hours ago flying home from work.
Find it amazing that all of you environmental humpers are so possessed with all the shit you hear in the news; then hear it straight from the horses' mouth and just skim over it like some advertisement. That's really sad.
>>755579
My child hood home burned down an hour ago or so, I don't live in the area anymore but my hometown is entirely evacuated now
http://www.wral.com/north-carolina-pair-survive-5-days-in-new-zealand-wilderness/15676494/
http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/15673618/
>pilot finds them after 30 mins of looking around the forest
this seems a little strange
>>754416
>new zealand
>wilderness
>>754416
> loses cheese over a waterfall
lolwut?
Maybe they wouldn't have gotten lost if people weren't kicking over cairns
there's a whole thread dedicated to it
> women in charge of directions
This story read out like a shitty comedy movie desu
Let's have a shrooms thread.
You guys ever do them? Stories? Ever do them while /out/ alone?
Shrooms
Shrooms
>>754401
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>>754401
I did 2 grams of powdered shrooms and then went mountain biking with a friend; they came on alot faster than expected and the whole bike ride was pretty trippy.
The next day we did the same route again while straight minded; notable differences were that while tripping the path was pink rather than brown, the trees had grey leaves with slightly pink tints rather than completely pink leaves; and one area which looked extremely creepy and dead while cycling through it was actually pretty regularly and pleasant the next day.
My preferred way to trip though is in my room listening to Alan Watts or Ajahn Brahm giving lectures on youtube. The outdoors are too dangerous incase you bump into people and they get you arrested for sounding like a mad man.
a month ago I was tripping with my brother and we were in our local outdoor woods/park at 10.30pm. We were listening to the birds (owls were hooting like mad which was unusual), when I was approached by a security guard that was locking up. We acted really awkward when we left and it made us both super paranoid for the rest of the trip that he had radio'd through to the police and they were coming to raid us.
That was my first and only bad trip I've ever had; I learned my lesson about going /out/ in the city while tripping. I've tripped 5 times so far. 4 while double dropping acid and once on mushrooms. I'm planning another trip in 2 weeks where I'll listen to lectures on materialism and look at fractals.
>>754414
Nice man, my first trip my friends drove me around town and my second time was at a beach hotel at night and that was other worldly. But by outdoors I mean like deeep in the woods where no one would find you, looking up at the stars at night and just being fucked out of your tree in another dimension.
