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What is a good lightweight ground tarp to get ?
I have a Maxpedition Falcon II and for my shelter I have a SOL Escape Thermal Bivvy and Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Xtherm sleeping pad.
I want to keep this as a lightweight bag with a shelter that can be setup for ground sleeping. I have another camping style bag for hammock camping in the woods. But this bag is more for a situation where I wont be in the woods and I dont have tree's around to hang a hammock.
If I were to sleep in a building with this setup I would not need a Tarp.
The thermal sleeping air mattress and the thermal bivvy would be good, but if I was outside on ground without tree's I would need the tarp for some top cover.
So I need a tarp that comes with poles or can use poles for a ground setup. And is still light and just big enough for one person with a sleeping pad and bivvy sack.
Currently I have a Causality Tarp in the pack. The kind with one side that is reflective. But with that I would need to be setup between tree's and run a ridgeline. And that is an ok to do it where I live because we have alot of tree's but it would be nice to have an option that is lighter, packs smaller and will be able to be setup without tree's.
Tyvek.
I have a large tarp for my hammock right now.
Its called a superfly and it has doors on both end openings. Its good for windy, rainy or cold conditions.
What I really need is a tarp I can use for my hammock in summer conditions, and can also use in this other pack as a ground setup.
So if the tarp can be setup in two ways that would be fantastic.
Usually when you setup a tarp for a hammock you always use a ridge-line because you are already between two trees.
But I want the tarp to also setup on the ground if I dont have the ability to find two tree's to run the line between.
Tyvek.
>am 18
>have roughly 40k in savings
>want to travel around and explore world (and by world, I mean the U.S. and Canada)
How would /out/ recommend I go about doing this? I hate to potentially sound like the typical teenager who's "tired of it all" and "wants to escape," but I've found that travel and seeing new places makes me very happy like nothing else. If I don't start doing something soon, the slacker in me will just sit around inside all day, get depressed, and waste my time.
>>678765
>40k in savings
>typical teenager
>>678765
I hate you.
That depends. Will Daddy let you keep suckling his dick forever, or will the money dry up? Because you might want to use that money to get a degree and a career going instead.
But by all means, go on a road trip. It won't cost you 40 grand.
>paying $100+ for a pack
>not building your own external frame rucksack
whipsnake
https://youtu.be/ZAtzN_ScKXY
>>678628
>he needs a frame
Man up, Suzy.
>>678630
is it just me?
Claiming number one in first post! The Black Mamba! I met one once before and another time one went into hotel kitchen where friends where staying. Things are mental aggressive with no comprehension of fear or self preservation when it encounters creatures in the wild it perceives as threats...and that's almost anything that moves.
Stats:
>18km per hour land speed
>Longest and fastest snake in Africa
>20min for poison to kill a human
>100% kill ratio for centuries as anti-venom wasn't developed until recently
>It can raise half it's body up in to the air and is excellent at reaching up trees.
I live in France. The worst animal I can face while /out/ is nothing.
Nothing will try to kill you here. I've spent days and days in forest where wolves and bears are known to live in, but I still feel safer /out/ than in a big city.
Pic : One of the best place I've ever slept in. In the French Alps, it's supposed to be a good place to find wolves.
>>678587
That picture looks super comfy. Hope I can visit there one day.
>>678578
We have some big ass alligators out west a little bit when you get into the swamps. But most places I see the gators, they just hang around waiting for you to catch some fish and give them a snack. I still don't like standing too close to the water's edge when an 8'+ gator decides to go under the murky water and you can't tell where he is.
I guess we also have sharks in the ocean, but whatever. I would be more worried about getting raped by jellyfish than the sharks. And then god knows what kind of snakes are in the Everglades, especially with the invaisive species. Also some big ass spiders and bugs, but they aren't aggressive or anything.
Panning on thru hiking the AT anything I should know. Am an experienced hiker
>>678222
You'll be eating six thousand calories per day, and you're packing a lot of unnecessary gear, lighten your load.
>>678222
1. Start with your dominant foot when getting out of the car
2. Proceed by placing your non dominant foot in front of it
3. Then lift your dominant foot and place in front of non dominant
Repeat steps 2 and three until finished
>>678222
love your shoes, your broken in shoes, both pairs of them
/x/enophile here, naturally I'm always spooped but I like being outdoors, it's just that I don't like sleeping in the outdoors at night. Got any tips to not be paranoid about every twig crack?
Go out to a spot during the day and just sit quietly for a few hours and listen to the woods, listen all the little sounds they make and get familiar with them. Since it daylight out the instinct part of your brain won't be quite so on edge.
Do this a couple times, then go back to that spot at night and do the same thing. You'll be more familiar with the standard background sounds of the woods so hopefully you'll be more comfortable and less on edge.
The woods sound pretty different at night but what this anon says is true. It's all about familiarity. Also, at dawn shit gets crazy, especially in the spring.
>>678127
Take a gun.
Right here's the deal, planted these few months ago. They've been at this stage for a couple of months or so. Nothing has happened apart from one dying.
Any ideas what to do next?
>>677726
I always use cuttings with correct soil, keep in a warm sunny area and let them do the rest.
No experience with cactus seeds.
>>677726
Looks WAY too wet to me for Cactus seeds.
fuck mate they need more light. what species are they?
most can tolerate pretty moist conditions whilst young.
I'm going hiking in an area where open fires aren't permitted but I still want to enjoy that sort of cozy heat. Has anyone ever used one of these and do they do anything at all? I'm not worried about gas consumption because there's plenty of opportunity to pick up fresh canisters on an almost daily basis but I do need something that takes up minimal space.
>>677721
Just find somewhere nice and secluded and spark that bad boy up. As long as your responsible and take the correct precautions, it'll be fine.
not totally relevant to this thread but can someone tell me if this is a meme or worth buying?
you can put an alcohol stove inside of it as well.
I just want a cheap, light, fuel efficient option for cooking small meals and this seems like the best option.
>>677721
>buying expensive bushmeme shit
just make a dakota fire hole.
I live in southern california near the beach, and I want to go /out/ more than once a month, but everything around me is developed. You can't hike more than a half mile before coming across some guy's house, and it always feels like I'm walking around in people's backyard. Please tell me there's some secret spot in southern California that I don't know about where I can be completely surrounded by trees and wild life.
Otherwise, I may become a fucking normie against my own will.
To elaborate on what I really mean... I'm becoming a soft little city boy.
![AliciaVennos_MonoCountyTourismV2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/yowgel6.jpg "AliciaVennos MonoCountyTourismV2[1]")
Fellow so cal bro here.
I know that feel OP, I used to go to places like Big Bear/Mt. Baldy to try and escape the city, but even those places are far from underdeveloped and the scenery is hardly worth the long canyon drive to get there.
The closest thing you're going to get to a secret secluded expanse in Southern-ish California is the Eastern Sierra. For me, I eventually reached a point where I caved and bought a cheap place in Mammoth. I drive up there almost every weekend now, and at this point the 330 mile drive hardly phases me. Unlike Big Bear, the entirety of the drive is straight desert road once you're out of the city, so I just zone out at the wheel just as I would zone out scrolling through 4chan. Not a heavy toll for top tier skiing, fishing, and hiking.
So yeah, getting /out/ in this state is a challenge, but don't let that discourage you, OP.
Check out the Angeles national forest. Just hiked the bridge to nowhere trail, it was great and had river crossings
How do you survive in an arid area (shrubland or desert)? How do you get water? How do you hunt and gather food?
build a well, green house, then farm?
I have a note book I keep and I go Inna desert a lot since I live in one. Pic dump incoming. Easier to post pics of pages.
What's up /out/ers? I'm curious to see what some of you have acquired recently. Also, for those of you getting tax returns, do you plan on picking something up? Post pics and a link or two to what you just bought or will buy soon.
Two modest acquisitions:
The North Face Blue Kazoo sleeping bag. Snagged it Friday on eBay new from a search and rescue co-op who was trying to raise funds for other equipment. Winning bid was $130.
http://www.rei.com/product/864546/the-north-face-blue-kazoo-sleeping-bag
Picked up a cheap, but modestly high rated hammock for my chick. I have one also, but bought it over a year ago. Mine has been to five states, two continents and seven countries since then and held up fine.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FQBZ84Q?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01
Snagged a pair of Fischer Big Stix 180s second hand for $175. They need a wax and tune up but the bindings are in good shape and they're 106mm under foot so I'll have better float off groomer and on powder days.
>>677577
MFH woodland smock.
Two sizes too large- because I'm gonna layer everything beneath it (Base layer, Fleece Jacket, and maybe Plate Carrier if the happening happens)
Shitty picture because my phone is a brick.
Two small watertight Nalgenes for spices and whatnot, and 15m of line.
I'm thinking about relocating to Okeechobee florida. I was wondering what it's like out there along with what type of outdoor type stuff is available. Any insight would help.
>>676900
Nothing good near there. All sugar cane fields and the slaves that harvest it.
>>676900
Well, I guess you aren't that far from Miami if you want to live it up for a weekend.
I want to get to Okeechobee one of these days and rent a boat for fishin'. A coworker was reccommending going over by Clewiston
>>676900
Bass fishing and golf. Give up on everything else. Enjoy living in an outdoor funeral parlor.
Hello sc/out/s,
I recently moved to Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) and I'm trying to figure out if there are any really good places for dispersed or primitive camping.
I've hiked in the Forest Glen Preserve and Allerton park, but neither of those seem suited for it (and I think camping is illegal in Allerton).
I want to go to the Shawnee National Forest. Does anyone have any suggestions for which of its regions would be nicest for innawoods camping this time of year?
Does anyone have any suggestions for other great places in Illinois to camp and hike? I have access to a car and can either tent or hammock camp, so pretty much any suggestions are welcome.
>>677065
>Champaign-Urbana
That sucks. Have fun in that hellhole.
>>677066
Yeah, tell me about it.
My girlfriend is a grad student here, so here I am, trying to make the best of it by experiencing as much of the "local" wilderness as I can.
I actually liked Forest Glen. Allerton was cool for the weird sculptures and structures and for having "un-touched" bottom land. My girlfriend camped in Kickapoo with some friends and said it sucked (though they were on a reserved site and didn't actually get to experience nature much).
>>677070
I never camped around there or anything while I was there. Only thing I know about living in IL for 23 years, outside of Chicago there is nothing unless you go all the way south towards Carbondale and Kentucky or NW in the state there is some cool stuff towards the Mississippi.
I've heard a lot of good things about Starved Rock, that might not be too far for a weekend trip.
someone play rust?
make /out/ clan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bVxX_Skhjg
>>676699
Whoever that is, is a tard. lol
>>676699
I have friends who play the hell out of it and urge me to buy it. If i can be pursueded to buy it soon then i would support. Actually now that i think of it they play a game called arc too, but they said it has dinos and unrealistic crap.
>>676744
ark is shit, rust is shit, but rust is some pretty allright shit
>Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Anyone else excited for some /out/ vidya?
>>676912
:'3
>>676904
is this real? whats the mystery about, which valley the fire is in and whether it requires initial attack?
