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How often do you put your life at risk when /out/?
>Going to the very tip of huge cliffs, jumping from highs into rivers that you don't know the bottom, climbing trees.
Things like these.
I take a lot of unnecessary risks mostly for the sake of the view and that adrenaline feel that you get when the rock under your feet can slip and you mostly certainly will fall into your death.
Literally every time I go /out/. Just yesterday I went swimming in a creek that feeds straight into a river after 4" of rain. Shit was like 8' deep before the rain.
>climbing trees
>life at risk
kek
too many pussies /out/doors now, who won't climb a tree because it'll break or won't jump into a river because of muh microbes
the adrenaline rush of danger is the best
>>751780
>climbing shit like this
>not putting your life at risk
Ok mister monkey
Are kilts appropriate /out/ attire?
what do you guys think of them?
>>751531
> step over log
>snake on other side of log is now upset
> you've just been bitten in the testicles
Not approved
>>751545
>Stepping over logs
>Snakes jumping up to your balls
>not going for your ankles
Whatever you say. Snakes aren't even that much of a problem.
>>751531
Enjoy all the insects and detritus on your taint.
I would have made this thread on /asp/ but that place looks gay.
Have you ever done this? Is SUPing a fun thing to do outdoors or is it just a meme? Is it easy?
It's not too hard to do. I used to skateboard a lot, so I think that helped a lot.
It's kind of boring though, I always wanted to go faster or for it to be more like surfing.
Lots of places rent them. Get a group and try it out.
it's mellow and fun (if the water's flat). i've done it a couple times in kona and near santa cruz. they're real quiet, and you just cruise along, so animals aren't scared of you. generally better view than a kayak because you can stand, but if you get tired of standing you can sit.
check the local weather patterns though-trying to paddle one of those fuckers against even a slight headwind sucks ass.
once you get some experience (or like biffing into water more than i do) you can surf them.
>>751472
it's fun. i used to do it all the time. perhaps we invented it, because i had never heard of it before. back in the late 90s i was galveston county beach patrol. that is beach lifeguards. we had huge 10 foot foam boards for rescues, but they were pretty much just super bouyant longboards. so half of our work out sessions just dissolved into us surfing tiny galveston waves. and we had sea kayaks as well of course, so when we started surfing the kayaks came out. and yea, i can remember back in like '97 we were...
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/out/s thoughts on this guy?
https://www.youtube.com/user/wranglerstar
>>750620
A shit, unless you are in the lower 48
i know he is much more impressive than he portrays, but the character he assumes for his channel is hard to respect. i find myself battling whether to trust anything he says. because he sees fit to undermine his word on common occasion, even though he has shown plenty to allow me to believe that he is far above average when it comes to his capacity for his work.
perhaps trying to come across more as a fun, family guy is what lets him adopt such a dubious and seemingly naive character, but whatever it is, i think its more hindering than welcoming. his boy scout face is...
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>>750620
fuck off hit whore
sage
Anyone else packed and heading out this weekend? Weather is nice so gonna go out fora week and do some back country camping in BC. How about you guys?
Nope, not this week's end. Still too shitty up north for fun hiking/camping. Once the leaves come-in it'll be better. Only thing I have to do this weekend is go out to my secret monument in the woods and plant some trees to help hide/landscape it. :^3
>>750376
>my secret monument in the woods and plant some trees to help hide/landscape it.
Oo What general area?
>>750369
Would you recommend that sleeping pad over an inflatable one? I've thought about getting one but they seem so bulky even if their lightweight.
Anyone here ever tried their hand at panning for gold? Found a 20 acre claim in rural Oregon for $350. Thinking of going for it.
You likely won't make your money back.
I do. I don't have a claim though but I do stay away from people who do.
>>750363
Are you insane? You don't think there's $350 worth in 20 acres? Granted it's a matter of finding it but I bet in Oregon that isn't too difficult.
OP, how long is claim good? Lifetime rights as normal claim or....?
Let's get a flora/fauna thread going.
Post interesting native species in your area.
Bamp
>>748664
somebody is going to post a ghetto nigga and your bread is going to derail hard
Outside of Coleman, Morakniv and Opinel has /out/ come to an agreement in terms companies putting out good products for the price? I'm looking to buy my first set of camping gear and am trying to find companies that put out decent ( or better ) products for the price and would love to see which companies approved by /out/.
>coleman
fudd tier
>Morakniv and Opinel
sperg tier
Agreement my ass
Coghlan's bro. Pull up a chair and indulge in the great wonder that is everyting outdoors from the good people at Coghlan's!
>>748582
There's no such thing as /out/ approved anything, everybody has different favorites and ways of doing things.
Find the things that you like and fit your needs.
What's the tallest mountain you'd be willing to climb?
def not yr related pic senpai
~18k
but i expect i'll never get past 14.5k. i have shitloads to play on nearby (pic related), and i'd rather do a bunch of short adventures than a couple huge one.
>>747614
All of them
Are machetes just useless tacticool toys outside of jungle environments?
>>747468
Yes. I only know one person who's owned one, and he was definitely the stereotypical gun-nut autistic prepper. Getting one of these and not living in a rainforest is like getting a semper fi tattoo and not being in the marines.
I think it's ok to keep one in the toolshed if you work your own land, or as a regular EDC in the jungle, but if you're just a normal camper it's pretty fedora-tier.
>>747468
Yes
New knoife thread, old these nearing bump limit >>731461
Can anyone recommend me a nice inexpensive sharpener that I can buy at an outdoors store?
>>746913
I'm not sure if you'll find it at an outdoors store but the lansky guided sharpener isn't too expensive and it works pretty well
>>746927
this
also, get a cheap combo/fine stone and practice stroking back and forth manually...once you get into the rhythm it isn't that hard
You're lost in the woods, hundreds of miles from any form of civilization, you have a backpack full of /out/ related gear. You can choose to have three people with you from other boards, each person also has a backpack full of equipment from their associated board. Who do you choose and why?
>Not choosing /pol/ /k/ and /ck/ the boards literally built for innawoods
>>745723
/diy/ carpenter, self explanatory
/k/ hunter, self explanatory
/r9k/ fatass so we have someone to laugh at and eat if things truly go south
>>745724
>/pol/
>obese NEETs raging at Facebook posts by literallywhos
You goof'd!
Dear sc/out/s,
I'm an /out/ newb who has been lurking for a while with the desire to get back out into the wilderness and I've finally decided to begin taking those steps. It is for that reason I'm coming here to ask you about a topic I've yet to learn about here while lurking: the specific uses of axes & folding saws.
At a first glance ( I know I'm missing something, sorry if I ruffle some feathers ) it seems like they both do many of the same things. An example of this would be a small axe or folding saw being able to fell/process...
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saws can't split, axes can.
saws can fell a tree but so can axes or even a knife if you attach a substantial lanyard and use that as a handle while swinging the knife (but keep a finger or two on the bottom of the knife handle).
>>745269
Fair enough. Any decent brands I should be looking at?
Don't listen to this lanyard cuck, and
don't buy everything at once. Get a knife and go have fun. when you need a bigger fire, get an axe. Spend less time here and more time there.
![Icelandic-rock-cairn-in-the-Westfjords_900px[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/quEzLo5.jpg "Icelandic-rock-cairn-in-the-Westfjords_900px[1].jpg")
So, why do we hate these things again?
>>743929
Because they mark the trail above the tree line and navigational aids are for hipsters, liberals and faggots.
>>743929
For me the original ones, as the one in your pic are perfectly fine. Your pic is from Iceland (pretty sure, eastern fjords) where there are no trees or such and messengers in old time used these to orientate through the vast lava- and snowfields, along the fjords and vasteness of the country. They are old and well made.
The faggy new made hipster cairns are ugly and annoying. Those can and should be destroyed. The Icelanders do so all the time with the ones made by tourists.
We don't hate them, we just love kicking them.
Does anyone take it upon themselves to do any volunteer work in the outdoors? Tree planting, guerrilla gardening, removing invasive species, making birdhouses, anything?
Here is my project, over the past few years some friends of mine have made a Kelp forest. It covers a few acres and is made utilizing granite boulders as substrate for kelp attachment.
Here is a pile of granite showing the effects of a hard surface in a shallow marine environment dominated by kelp
I try to eradicate invaisive species of fish
Without substrate the place I normally dive is dominated by sand flats, as seen here with jellyfish
