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what's more important when making a shelter?
staying off the ground
staying out of the wind
having cover over your head
I see so many kinds of shelters, but no real comparison between them
All three are importanr, with being off the ground the least important part of the shelter. That has more to do with your bed/sleeping arrangements, and less to do with your actual shelter.
Just get a hammock and you can be a hipster faggot always they to figure out why it doesn't work.
The idea is to get off the ground to provide insulation while you sleep, block the wind so that too doesn't rob you of your body heat and cover your head from precipitation. If you know the weather you can decide which is more important but you really should take all three into account
Guys I want to move to the /out/skirts of portand to become a vessen living inna woods inna tiny off the grid house.
How can I accomplish this?
>mfw
alright, head to a town called vernonia. be careful. if you blink, you'll miss it. once you make it, head out past the millpond, hang a left and drive forward for 30-45 minutes until you hit mist. Once there find a logging road, any logging road. head out for 15 minutes sti your car, pick a nice site and build you a cabin. live there for 10 years while doing forestry work like planting trees, clearing out invasive species, and other woody goodness. around fall, hunters will start showing up with beer and weed. let them in and you'll start recieving venison. After 10 years, head down to the city council with proof of improvement to the land, and proof of squatting. then live happy on your 10 acres tax free as long as you maintain the land.
>>651310
You are not trying to send me into a grimm camp are you?
>outskirts of portland
>tiny house
jesus fuck
Your hypothetical challenge is to live in the wild for one year without being found by another human being.
You have US$20,000 to do what you want with. You don't have to live from the land.
What would you do?
20,000 to live for a year?
That is no challenge.
That is literally easy as fuck.
>>659487
without who looking for me?
i can easily do it with 5k if its just another guy.
i cannot do it at all if there are predator or global hawks looking for me. unless i am living in deep caves.
your idea is too loose to make it even cool. i buy 20k worth of food and go live in a cave.
This is dangerous chit, is it not?
Lakes by me don't look like they will freeze over this winter so in lieu of ice fishing I may get out in the canoe. Water will still be 35ish degrees and very lethal. Anyone canoe in the winter on water this cold? Anything I should know? What safety precautions do you take in winter?
I don't know much about canoeing but wear a life vest, it will stop you're heart from exploding if you happen to fall in, it's not about drowning
>>649921
Dry suit not recommend, dry suit is mandatory, lot of solo sea kayaker stories of them going hypothermic trying to get back into the boat. Keep a bilge pump w you and a paddle float (if solo boating to get back into your canoe,)
Leave a RAD plan w folks, (route, area, destination) w a turn around time, worry time, call 911 time
Properly fitted type 3 pfd
Thermos w hot drink (if you go in, you'll need to rewarm internal and w exercise,) extra layers,
>>649929
Nope. None of this.
Is anyone /peakbagger/ here?
http://www.peakbagger.com/
>>658938
I wouldn't say I'm a peakbagger per say. I'm working on the 14er's in Colorado.
I've done quite a few. Kilimanjaro is on my list for 2016.
uh....
I like hiking up rocks?
>>659117
Seven summits yet?
Is anyone shilling peakbagger.com here?
Oh yeah, op is
sage
Lets have a State/Province/Country (for you euros) thread. List two great things about your place, and then two bad ones.
>Minnesota
Plenty of fishing all year round, you can basically walk 10 miles in any direction and hit a body of water.
Storms are fantastic spring through summer, nothing like sitting on the porch listening to the tornado sirens while watching a twister rip up the landscape a few miles away.
Unfortunatly, all the rivers are polluted to hell and back, so things like swimming or eating fish you've caught can get you violently ill.
The storms in winter are cruel and brutal, -60F with 8ft of snow and 4 inches of ice on the streets is the norm.
>-60f with 8ft of snow regularly
citation needed
>>656937
>-60F with 8ft of snow and 4 inches of ice on the streets is the norm.
That's bullshit and you know it.
I live here too bruh
>>656937
man everything about your post is exaggerated to hell
KS here
Pros:
God tier gun laws
Cheap cost of living
Cons:
Everyone is on meth
You're in Kansas
anyone know the gate code for the Huntsville state park? seems like we got here a little late.
>>656625
2248
>>656626
I meant you. real gate code plz
It's not yet the season for it, but you can already start making plans for the upcoming spring/summer to start making your own treehouse (or for your kids or whoever). Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ddef7_MXk
This thread seems the most related to what I'm looking for.
We're organizing our scout camp for this summer, we have around 1km of pine pole ranging from 3.5m to 5m and I'm looking for plans or idea for constructions.
Our section is rather small and we only got back into real woodcraft last year with the classic tent on piles. We have to rent a field since we are not allowed to go sleep in the woods or even construct platform between trees (Yet we can bring torches in and play at night). This is what we made last year and our scouts made almost the same (The vertical poles we're already there from the last camp)
We have a week to build our stilts before the camp begin,and we're using lashing to fix poles together. This year we'd like to make them two stories tall (if possible) with the tent on top. The terrain is flat with a part that goes 10m down on 20m-30m
Here's what we'll need:
>A bridge only fixed in the ground on our side of the river (4m will be enough)
>A watch tower
>The two stories structure to put our tent on top (we have some plans but nothing groundbreaking)
>A bridge to link these two
>Idea for our scouts to build their stilts
dream of building my own treehouse
>>657889
that patio set is out of place, they built that dope ass house but couldn't build their own furniture to match?
Any fellow Londoners here?
I live in NW and I'm fucking sick of not being able to go anywhere interesting
Does anyone know of places nearby that are actually wild and extensive?
I don't wanna have to go to Scotland to go /out/
>>652749
>I live in NW
What's NW?
The Chilterns are nearby m8 and are nice for walking. Also the South Downs.
>>652750
North West London senpai
>>652756
You're near the Chilterns then m8 go for a walk there.
Maybe move out of London too because it's an arsehole
Anyone here within the next two months? Wanna go backpacking? I have no /out/ friends :(
Alguien aca dentro de los proximos dos meses? Quieren ir a mochilear? No tengo amigos /out/ :(
>>650726
No seas cagón y mandate solo.
Viajé solo por el mundo y fue de las mejores experiencias que tuve en mi vida.
>>650726
Can you land me a job there? If so I would gladly go to the white Argentina for a couple months
>>650726
What province?
please help me identify these trees from La Crosse, WI, USA. thanks.
pretty sure that A01 and A02 are the same type and one is an older tree with more moss
sup bros, show me some beautiful sunset pics you took, extra points for a good light bloom
>sunset
>not superior sunrise
everyone can see the sunset, but if they're dedicated they can witness a glorious sunrise
I took this and was thinking how cool. Then a half hour later it was dark and i had a 5 mile hike in the forest ahead of me with a Eveready headlamp with a dying battery.
>>657795
i woulda just killed myself
Discuss anything sailing.
Ideas:
-Your vessel
-Previous voyages
-Future voyages
-Competitive or casual?
-Anything else
>>>N
best kind of /out/ imo
used to go sailing every summer when I was a kid, then puberty hit and I just stayed home playing vidya and by the time I started to enjoy it again my father had died and we sold the boat
used to have a Swede 38. fast for a boat her age and beautiful lines. hard to handle solo tho.
in the future I want to get back into this. don't have the money or time yet tho. used to dream about crossing the atlantic solo. don't anymore.
>>655289
>in the future I want to get back into this
Don't wait for the future yacht, just buy or rent a windsurfer or a laser or even a fucking Optimist, anything to get yourself back under canvas next summer. Even shitty sailing is heaps better than no sailing.
I want to go rock climbing but not in any faggy gym. I want the real badass outdoor experience. Is there any cool places preferably in central fl? post pictures and you're ratings if youve gone.
>>659044
if i remember correctly the highest point in florida is like 150 feet above sea level.
there probably are some limestone ledges, but no real rock faces. just go a little north. the appalachians start up there.
>>659049
Know any place out of state worth the drive ?
>>659052
i never spent much time in florida. the blue ridge mountains start in upper georgia. i did some boy scouts stuff in tenesse and arkansas. sorry but i really don't know, i never spent enough time in florida itself. i bet there are some limestone outcrops that people climb around there. your best bet is to join a gym and ask, or get good with your google-fu.
Spent the whole day on the slopes in Utah for the first time since I moved to California (5 years ago). Noticed how cute the gals were. Why are they unanimously so cute?
>>657202
>. Why are they unanimously so cute?
Skiing is expensive.
Girls with rich dads get to go.
Rich men marry pretty women and have pretty daughters.
Rich people are more attractive than poor people
>>657203
+1. Not just that the sport is expensive, but the vacations too.
And whenever you are doing something that requires a bit of physical activity, the girls will be looking decent. It's like asking why girls at the gym are looking good.
>>657202
It's because they're all covered up. From head to toe. Ever watch the winter x games and think "that snowboard chick is pretty hot?" Then you see her later on during an interview without the jacket, hat, goggles and think "damn, what the hell happened?!" True, some of them are cute but most of the time they only appear that way because you're only seeing part of their face.
