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So what are your thoughts on the Comforter line from Cumulus?
Does anyone of you use one of those?
I have already one and want to know what others think about it.
http://sleepingbags-cumulus.eu/uk/categories/sleeping-systems/comforter-l500?gid=54&vid=7
Overpriced crap but you already knew that didnt you Shlomo McShillbergstein
>>805044
no idea on that particular line but if it's any use i've got a cumulus down bag and the quality is good, as was the price. would buy again.
>>805061
well, good down bags have their price.
>>805087
I am currently in the process of building up my gear for a 1 year trip and I expect there to be every climate from super cold to super hot.
And I am not really sure if this thing is enough for the colder conditions.
I don't have too much experience in very cold climates so I would like to get some advice on my setup.
I saw this baby hedgehog walking in my garden, he suddenly stopped and went in the sun to lay down on a rug that was put on the ground.
To me it looked like he went to sleep, i have dogs who tend to attack frogs and hedgehogs so i decided to pick him up and put him in the bushes in hope for his mother to find him.
But i saw some wierd white mold on the spikes and his skin was all wet and moldy aswell in the area above his head.
So i just wonder if the baby hedgehog was sick and dying and wanted to lay down on the warm rug to die in peace? Or was that white stuff something else? Like berries that got stuck on the spikes and then they just went bad?
Because i feel like i could have taken care of it untill it got better but i also feel like his mother will take care of him
>pic kinda related, but he was smaller and had whote lod on the spikes and on the skin
TL;DR
>Find baby hedgehog
>Hes chilling
>Apparently not
>Or maybe?
>Doubt because of white mold on his spikes and skin
>Put him in bush
>RIP baby sanic?
Bigfoot Jizz
>>804917
It's either he went somewhere disgusting and picked up that jizz stuff in his quills or he's rabid. There's a low chance he's rabid though.
care to find him again and take pics?
>>805090
Ive looked for him just for that reason, but have no luck in finding him, so i guess he went off
And according to other sources baby hedgehogs dont tend to walk around in the sunlight, and the fact that he went to take a nap is a clear sign that hes dying
Shame i never took him in the first place
I really want to go camping this weekend. I'm pretty new to this whole 'outdoors' thing. Any tips on where to go because everywhere is full as fuck. Can't I just find some random wilderness?
>>804844
Where exactly do you live anon :)
>>804844
Washington State Friend :)
>>804876
The first rule of camping is you don't go on July 4th weekend
Have you even been somewhere on land where no other person in history has been?
Bonus points for North America or Europe
>>804679
>somewhere on land where no other person in history has been
doesn't exist
I actually was somewhere I had never been. I was hiking along a river and it widened out and I could see the bottom. I hiked across and barely got my feet wet. Problem was I couldn't find where I crossed so I went for it and crossed here. The water was just below waist high but it was glacial so it was pretty cold.
>>804682
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangkhar_Puensum
So I own some woodland property now with a murky stream on it. Years ago, the army core of engineers used to dredge it out but now that I own it, they don't do it and obviously I don't have the kind of equipment necessary to get rid of all of the bullshit and sediment thats compounded over years of fall weather. Basically, if you wade into it, you sink 5-6 feet into rotten leaves and sediment before hitting a clay bottom. All kinds of black nasty shit gets stirred up and the only thing that lives in it are snapper and painter turtles.
I wanna regain some life to the stream, maybe one day have fish in it or something. How the hell do I take care of all the leaf litter though?
What other streams & rivers does it connect to? Are you sure there are not already fish? How fast does it flow?
>>804492
flows extremely slow, its hooked up to a meadowland which drains out into a bay, which then leads out into the atlantic. but it's freshwater/slightly brackish where i'm located. it was used as a place to pump excess meadow water in to when flooding occurred, however i've never seen it run dry since so i'm assuming it's fine. I've never seen fish, only turtles
>>804484
That's normal. It is what streams are supposed to do in your area. There are fish in it. They are what the turtles live on. Without proper machinery you shouldn't be doing it.
Welp, I never thought it would happen in my backyard. One of the parks in my hometown (Southington, CT) looks like it’s about to be taken over by a gravel quarry. So /out/, what do?
I’ve been researching what is going on for the past week (I’ll post major details below), I know I need to do something, but I have no idea what. I have spoken to enough people to realize that there would be strong opposition against this, but most people just are not aware and five of my friends and myself are the only organized opposition in town so far. I’m looking to host a public interest meeting, I have no idea how to do this. I have no idea who to call or what to do.
Anybody got experience in this?
>>804299
OP again. The park is Crescent Lake and Bradley Mountain, located in northern Southington, CT. It’s a very suburban town, but located in a valley so we have several great hiking locations. Tilcon, the gravel quarry, is looking to expand their domain to Bradley Mountain, a cliff that overlooks Crescent Lake. This would mean flattening the mountain for 40 years of *loud blasting* and mining. Even with approval from town legislatures and the mayor of neighboring New Britain, Tilcon literally needs to have state law changed before going forward because this area is a watershed. Several of our town leaders and NB’s mayor have approved these plans already, partly because Tilcon has agreed to donate land in exchange for Bradley Mountain (pic very related) including the space for what is planned to be a future reservoir. These plans have been inconsistent, it's a lot of land but it will all be around a giant quarry. Although the neighboring towns have, Southington (the place where the park IS LOCATED) has had no public hearing beyond a town council vote. I could go on, but these are the basics.
>Tl;dr: trading public space for private profit, puts other watersheds at risk for future exploitation, and no public input
Fucking millennial faggots thinking every property without a mall on it is a public park.
>>804302
who owns the land now?
Couple of weeks ago, I found something interesting on Cabela's website called Outdoor Adventures which is basically guided hunting and fishing trips. I want to ask /out/ 2 things.
1. If you were to hunt and/or fish anywhere in the world, where would it be and what would you hunt/fish for?
2. Do you think that the prices for these trips on the website are too much?
Here's the link:
http://www.cabelasoutdooradventures.com/
>>804073
Id love to go hunt Red Stags with Scottish Deerhounds on the Moors. The prices seem fair, Ive seen worse for sure
Russia, Hunting tigers
>>804073
I would hunt the most dangerous game
Post your comfy memories. I'll start.
>Be me a few years back. 17.
>Dad invites me to hang out with him in Colorado
>Kinda reluctant but then I accept
>Parents are divorced btw. But that's away from the story.
>So anyways I arrive at Denver International
>Dad isn't really the /out/ type, is kinda lazy. He's 53 so he deserves to relax after many years of hard work.
>Wanna show him something nice.
>Keep in mind it's March so it's still snowy over there.
>We get in the truck and I give him some directions to some mountains outside of Denver.
>We eventually get to I think it was Thorodin Mtn.
>We get out the truck, and we hike up the mountain, it has a very rocky face but the snow kind of helped keep the loose rocks together which made t easier
>Finally make it pretty high up
>Quiet, light snow, cloudy, and slightly windy
>We just enjoy the silence
>Was never really close with dad, but that was one of the only times I said "I love you to him"
>Puts his arm around me and says "Anon, I love you. I'm glad you brought me here."
>We enjoy the quiet and snowy experience and just admire the rest of the scenery all around us
>One of the best memories of my father
>>803883
I'll bite.
>dad's parents own about 70 acres in Virginia
>2 houses on opposite side of land, 1 is a modern house where my grandma and uncle live and the other is an old inn from the late 1700's
>visitors always stay in the "little house"
>first time I remember being up there, maybe 13 or 14
>"little house" has a nice little porch on the back too
>spend the day shooting guns, walking the land, driving our old 60's jeep through the fields, great day
>night time comes, nothing to do really, no tv or internet or any of that stuff
>dad goes out on the porch to smoke his pipe and tells me to come out and hang
>end up sitting out there for hours seeing hundreds of shooting stars, listening to animals, etc
>before we go inside he goes to grab something to drink and sees a few leftover beers from whichever family member stayed there last
>brings out 2 coors lights, hands me one
>chill out til like midnight just chatting and I sip on my first full beer
Took a while to spit it out, but it was a beautiful night. Idk if there was a legit meteor shower or maybe it's the total lack of ambient light, but the skies were active. Been there countless times since and I always have a beer out on the porch when I go there. It's my happy place. Cheers, OP. Good idea for a thread, I'll post another couple later tnite or tomorrow.
>>803883
>tfw no dad to climb snowy mountain with
Glad you got to bond with your dad anon.
>>803908
it's ok anon. my dad is the worst person i know and if he got sick and died i wouldn't even show-up. my point is, it could have gone either way, you don't know. so just remain neutral about it, because having a dad could fucking suck and make you want to slowly destroy an entire skyscraper with a sledgehammer in a fit of rage.
Does anyone have good resources for someone that's never been fly fishing before? I'm going in a couple of weeks and I'd like to learn as much as I can beforehand.
I'll be fishing in the Elk River in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada.
>>803567
>inb4 check the catalog
There's a few people on /out/ who fly fish so hopefully they will stop by. It takes some practice though so if you have access to a rod, you may want to cast a bit even on dry land.
>>803567
>If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him
>>803567
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=fly+fishing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIfL8nYas7A
>>803361
https://www.flickr.com/photos/corneliuscrab/3924653210
Brake cleaner kill moth.
>>803361
Delete this.
#61-"Turtle Invaision" Edition
Previous Thread:
>>801312
I'm disappointed. The two lakes next to eachother that I was checking out yesterday and today seem like they could be good fishing spots. Water is fairly murky, lots of trees hanging over the edge, decent vegetation, and the lakes are pretty big. Didn't get a single real bass bite in the few hours I was there. There were lots of small bluegill and millions of goddamn turtles. I really thing something is out of balance there and the overpopulation of turtles is ruining the chances of a good bass population.
What even eats turtles? Birds will probably eat the eggs and maybe big bass will go for baby turtles. But I think I should catch a couple gators and release them in this lake to go for the turtles. Otherwise I could start fishing with regular baited hooks everyday and try to kill off the turtles myself.
Oh well. I'll just go to a lake that isn't turtle-infested.
Talk about fishin'
>order Plano 3700 weekender bag
>on backorder
>a month later get UPS shipping notification email
>expected delivery not for another week
>finally the day
>tracking says delivered
>it's not here, and a different package from Fedex was delivered an hour later and is here, so I doubt it was stolen
>don't see package on neighbors' stoops
I'm supposed to go on a fishing trip this weekend damnit.
>>803054
That's another reason why I want to go for snooks. I already have almost all of those lures and could easily throw a lot of it on the baitcaster with #30 braid. There is a decent spot by an inlet and I think if I get the timing right with the tide and baitfish, I could do some work.
Might have to grab some of those bigger Storm shads too. And I still really want a heavier spinning combo, I will hop on one of the Penn combos soon. But I have the 7' Ugly Stik combo I bought for the pier and that is spooled with #40 braid and the President 35 on the 6'6" MH rod with #30 braid could easily handle snook too.
Im thinking of picking up a cheap baitcaster to see if it takes my fancy. What actual advatages do they offer or are they just a meme?
Talk about things you've learned about nature, such as botany, plant ID, bird watching, climatology, soil science, silviculture, evolution of life, geography, biology, biogeography, oceanography, and unknown spiritual goo substance of the primordial.
I will start by asking a question; I was collecting seeds of a plant, and right after I harvested them, some of them got wet and immediately sprouted. This seems odd as they have a specific growing cycle, and would need to sprout next year to complete that cycle, so they should be able to NOT sprout until the next year.
>>802928
I enjoyed reading Terrence McKenna's Food of the Gods, in which he attributes the birth of advanced human consciousness to Psychedelic plants.
He explains how as animals we moved from the trees to the ground to forage for food and in doing so stumbled across plants and fungi containing psilocybin. These mushrooms lead to a growth in consciousness and cognitive ability and pushed us on a path towards tool use, further increasing our brainpower still.
Not totally related but it's interesting and I want to add something to your thread.
>>802928
Yeah, I isn't very smart so I is gonna ask another question.
In the wikipedia article on "Subarctic climate", they display this sentence:
>Low precipitation, by the standards of more temperate regions with longer summers and warmer winters, is typically sufficient in view of the very low evapotranspiration to allow a water-logged terrain in many areas of subarctic climate and to permit snow cover during winter.
So, my question is, does low evapotranspiration (due to low overall temperatures) contribute to increased snow cover? I'm assuming it's not, but this long sentence and it's wording are sort of confusing me.\\
>>802973
That is interesting, but it's hard to imagine what exactly progressed due to shrooms. Some animals eat them and then avoid them after, because it can be unpleasant and endangers you when you're an animal trying to survive. Those land monkeys could have had some profound prelinguistic insights but I don't think they could process them as well as humans who can speak and think in words can. Maybe it helped them make tools by enhancing their creativity? But it's even hard for me to imagine how much it could affect semi modern humans, at least technologically. It probably helped their culture, but not necessarily increase they chances of survival. But culture is very important. So did he say at which stage in evolution we gained insights?
>>802981
Yeah you're actually right on the money with your mention of linguistics.
>To summarize: McKenna theorizes that as the North African jungles receded toward the end of the most recent ice age, giving way to grasslands, a branch of our tree-dwelling primate ancestors left the branches and took up a life out in the open -- following around herds of ungulates, nibbling what they could along the way.
Among the new items in their diet were psilocybin-containing mushrooms growing in the dung of these ungulate herds. The changes caused by the introduction of this drug to the primate diet were many -- McKenna theorizes, for instance, that synesthesia (the blurring of boundaries between the senses) caused by psilocybin led to the development of spoken language: the ability to form pictures in another person's mind through the use of vocal sounds.
As he says himself, he's an explorer, not a scientist but I think his theories may hold some truth to them.
Got any questions about bird watching? That's my shit.
I wanna get into wood carving. My goal is to be able to carve some pretty figurines, little bigger than chess pieces.
Anybody know a good guide? What kind of knife/knives will I need? What kind of wood is good for carving?
Also just general carving thread.
>>802888
Deep woods venture is the way to go for knives.
>>802977
wow great thread thnx
Post your trysticks, utensils, anything you've made while /out/ and give other ideas of stuff to try next time they're innawoods
That lashing on that knife gave me cancer. Fucking fix that shit.
>>802841
You sound like a pansy and your shit's all retarded.
>>802841
Not my image bro I'm at work.
What is it?
>>801922
Bigfoot jiz.
>>801922
Bigfoot jiz
>>801922
Bigfoot jiz
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