>few weeks ago
>hiking several miles to a secluded glen to do some camping
>discover several other people already camping in the spot I was going to camp in
>decide to hike on to camp somewhere else
>curiously note that everyone has their cellphones out and using them the entire time I'm there, mostly they are texting but two were gaming
>find it a bit difficult to hold more than a 1-sentence conversation with any of them
>shake my head a move on, camp for a few days
>break camp and return the way I came, meet the same people, same scenario occurs
Smart phones
Sat phones
Tablet
Laptops
PLBs with texting and internet
Solar panel rechargers
Extra battery packs
>shit like this in the image
I even had to outfit my old boss with "high tech" shit so he could get wifi to do business while camping with his family while on vacation. So, he had a laptop with a USB wifi dongle fitted into a dish. He said it was the best vacation ever simply because he could get wifi.
I really don't get it at all. Can someone explain this to me? Is it just like all hobbies where the mediocre majority starts to shit it up when it becomes more accessible to them? At least I have the choice of moving to another location and don't need to hear "beep-bloop ding" shit at 2am.
>>711350
80% of th people you see camping, hiking, etc., don't even like it. In fact, most of them are first timers that are giving it a try because they see how cool the photos look or whatever other reason.
Phone gets turned off when I go out. Only piece of electronic gear that I use with frequency is my camera.
Biolite stove is unnecessary.
Solar chargers,, sure at a push could be useful for extended trips to recharge camera batteries and 18650s for my head torch.
>>711355
>most of them are first timers
Likely, I remember when I started to go /out/ by myself (used to hike a lot as a kid with my parents). I bought tons of gimmicks n shit, and was surprised that it was heavy to carry.
Still don't get it why people bring tablets or similar, for me the reason to go out is to disconnect a bit with society and connect a bit more with nature. Bringing electronics sees a bit counter intuitive to me.
>>711357
>recharge camera batteries
Bring spares, even or 2-3 weeks this should be lighter than a charger.
>cam is fine, OC is always welcome.
>>711350
That's so sad. They're just putting up with nature instead of enjoying it.
Last summer I went out to 'the lake' for a couple weeks. Its NF land with some established campsites on one side and a damn-near impossible to traverse trail to an area where I stayed. I biked (pedal) 80 miles to get there, cooked trout over an open cedar fire and rice in a steel cup, drinking water filtered from the lake. I slept in a bivvy on the ground and pondered the lives of my woodland neighbors. On the last night, I stayed on the side of the lake where the campsites were so I could get a faster start in the morning. All night, all I heard was bitching from people in RVs about how there were too many mosquitoes and their champagne wasn't cold enough. Other than that, best trip of my life.
>Lol. Captcha: Select RVs.
Never!
![1289849406849[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/L1eGcw7.png "1289849406849[1].png")
>>711364
>>711361
Maybe to read books or guides? A tablet is a lot lighter than a bunch of books
>>711364
Honestly, I shit in the middle of the trail. I look for a good spot and take a dump, and I am smiling whilst doing so. I always think about the people that will pass by and see my huge turd stinking and rotting and full of flies, in the middle of the trail. Once I decorated an enormous specimen with a little toothpick flag, I have been giggling all day.
>thats how you shitpost
>>711370
kek
>>711350
Millennials are a wasted generation that requires validation in everything that they do, so they can't comprehend being two seconds without their iShit to show their faggy friends how "manly" they are for daring to step outside their safespace into the outside, longer than it takes to get to their fixie or the closest public transport.
Even without those devices, they wouldn't have been able to string together more than one sentence anyway, and would have laughed to themselves at the faggy meme they dropped into the conversation with you, then tweeted it to the local Bernie Sanders hugbox.
>>711369
Besides maps, I only bring 1 paperback per trip, it is one of the luxury items I bring. I enjoy reading on long evenings or when I got to weather out. I may be a bit old fashioned, but I enjoy that things are a bit simpler /out/ then in my daily life.
>>711350
I always take my backup phone (a dumbphone nokia which does nothing but text) instead of my smartphone. I recently got a kindle which I'll probably take for space saving reasons although something about it perhaps feels a bit wrong..
>>711357
I put mine on airplane mode and use it as my camera. I tell friends and family that I'm going camping and that's that. They understand they won't hear from me. I shut off airplane mode before bed and check and see if anything super serious happened. I keep partially in touch because I like to check in each night just in case something happens, they will know my last whereabouts.
>>711392
Taking a tablet into the /out/doors is equivalent to thinking that [x] activity will be better while high.
>>711394
I don't follow you. It's an e-reader, not a tablet.
>>711397
Take one good book. Or are you going to do the Appalachian trail in one go?
>>711362
OC incoming. Took this last year while backpacking in Arkansas
>>711401
What good book have you read recently? I could do with a fiction rec, all I read at the moment is books on politics and history.
>>711401
Btw, it's nice to read at night using the kindle. Much nicer than awkwardly hanging a torch in my tent.
>>711407
>things that headlamps are really good for
>>711405
I really like twilight :^)
>>711369
Bringing things to help you learn about nature is one thing. What ever one else does is a completely different thing.
I've seen people bring that type of thing with the excuse for learning, but when they finally get out the revert to shitposting on 4chan and texting people to complain all day and night.
>>711350
I've been going /out/ since before miniaturized digital toys became popular
I never needed them then, so I don't need them now.
The only significant electronic changes in my gear have been a digital camera in 2003, and an LED headlamp for my gf two years ago.
>>711381
As a millennial who grew up in the woods in the 1980s and early 1990s, I have to disagree. This shit didn't start until cellphones and cellular coverage started getting huge. Now there's more powerful batteries and lower power use technology that enables people to take this shit into the woods.
This goes for everyone from old grandparents to 8 year olds. So, I know it isn't just a single demographic. This stuff is pervasive across all generations.
>>711412
So edgy, I bet you helped invite fire but your to cool to use it.
>>711423
yusomadnao.jpg
>>711432
You should bring some deep cycle marine batteries or a propane generator.
>>711437
Why so salty? Bad sex?
>>711423
That doesn't even make sense.
Sometimes I like to listen to the radio or my ipod while /out/.
Does the /out/mind approve of that?
>>711444
Only for weather forecasts if you have something specific planned.
>>711444
>using an iPod to listen to the RADIO
>>711459
>implying
Because most campers are hipsters. I live up in northern Idaho where people grew up hunting for food, chopping wood, fixing their own trucks, stock piling on gas and food, hearing their homes with wood stoves, etc. Faggots come up here thinking they can buy the experience. People literally stopped selling their land to these kids because all they do is move their tiny house in and start "organic" gardens and complain 24/7 about everything. They want to start conversation every time at the gas station complaining about why the closest gas station is 45 minutes away. Fuck off back to Washington, Oregon, or California faggots and shove your meme houses up your ass.
>>711440
What's it like having zero reading comprehension, must be fun.
>>711501
>Invite fire
>INVITE fire
Commit yamaha.
>>711504
Come on friend, you must be able to understand that he meant "invent" - hence the reading comprehension jibe
>>711508
Not him but I didn't either, English not being my first language and all
Who the fuck cares tho
>>711508
What I was getting at was that it was stupid to mock somebody's reading comprehension when the first reply was spelled wrong.
>>711501
That isn't even what I was referring to. I was referring to the fact that going without modern electronics into the woods isn't edgy/cool in the slightest. It just, "is".
Thus, what you posted doesn't make sense.
>>711413
You're not a millennial.
>>711361
I carry my cell and a 4 lithium cell charging box but it's my map backup and camera. Shits on airplane mode the whole time and I whimper out for some good snaps... pic related
Anon, how am I supposed to watch my favourite porn to jack on off while /out/?
>you are now aware that 90% of people you encounter while /out/ also consider pic related to be /out/
>>711607
>Millennials (also known as the Millennial Generation[1] or Generation Y) are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when the generation starts and ends; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.
I'm betting you're included.
>>711350
I always keep my phone running just as an emergency contact method. I also take a battery pack with me to charge it.
I'm gonna buy a kestrel meter eventually for long range shooting (1km) so I'll probably take that along as well innawoods along with some extra batteries.
>>711459
>I like to listen to the radio OR my ipod
It's subtle, isn't it?
>>711622
>urban exploring
I always take a sat phone or beacon since I don't feel confident in my abilities to hike out of the wilderness with a broken leg and I'm not going to tell a wounded hiker that I'll be back in four days with help just sit tight lol.
>>711402
Beautiful area. Lighting is a little harsh, would've made a better picture in late afternoon or early morning but you don't really get to pick and choose the perfect time of day for taking pictures while you're hiking. I live in TX very close to the Arkansas border and want to take a few backpacking trips up in the Ozarks this year, there are a couple of decent looking loop trails that would be nice, I'm not real wild about the idea of hiking in and then back out covering the same ground twice, and I don't want to inconvenience anyone else by having them drop me off at the beginning of the trail and then coming back a few days later to pick me up at the end of the trail.
>>711650
>be me
>be hiking around desert
>find a guy pinned between two rocks screaming for help
>before I can say anything he starts drinking his pee from a bottle
>he's really stuck in a hard place
>don't want to shake hands with pee breathe
>leave quietly
>that was like 127 hours ago
>wonder what happened to pee drinking guy
Speaking as a gardener, I don't use high-tech crap when I'm gardening (except for stuff that actually might be useful for gardening).
>>711350
AZ here. This is why I camp on the mogollon rim. No signal up there. I took my nephews and nieces and their parents (brothers), they had a blast. Now they all ask to go /out/ all the time. Felt like I did good.,
>>711498
It's not just their complaining that sucks, they also try to push their "farming" practices, politics, alternative lifestyle, and warped brand of environmentalism on everyone around them. I love seeing the look of horror that flashes across their face when I tell them that I use chemical fertilizers in my garden and liberally apply glyphosate around the property to control weeds and keep my fence lines clear.
I'm normally busy enough when /out/ that I don't have time to fuck around on my phone. I'll leave it turned off for the most part but will turn it on 2-3 times a day to check for missed texts or voicemails, look at weather radar and forecast, and look at a map if I need to but then it gets turned back off. At night I'll read a book while laying in my hammock / tent until I'm sleepy.
>>711671
If you're using it as your sole method to control weeds, you're going to eventually get weeds that are resistant to it. Then you go back to pulling them out by hand and using stronger stuff, which the weeds will eventually overcome if you overuse those substances.
Roundup is not a magic cure-all for weeds. Its overuse is why weed resistance to the stuff has become so widespread. It was an easy thing to see coming.
>>711699
I don't use roundup in my gardens, that's what mulch is for. I generally spray my fence rows 2-3 times a year with a mixture of roundup, remedy (or other broadleaf herbicide), and a surfactant. I'll use a pre-emergent herbicide (post) on a few specific cases. I was exaggerating and oversimplifying my usage of glyphosate in my earlier post, I keep an up to date pesticide/herbicide applicator's license and am well aware of good and bad practices as well as what leads to herbicide resistance.
>watching new amazing race episode
>they're in the French Alps
>teenage sister: "I could get some great pictures for instagram up there"
I wish I was making this up
>>711350
I bought one of those and when I heard the noise it made, I swore to never ever use it camping.
That said, it came in extremely useful when I had to boil water for 8 hours while bending wood strips
>>711444
I hate it. The gf bought a BT speaker and plays shit music now when we hike. Literally the only time I hate music from a speaker is when I'm /out
>>711444
>>711734
I'm not a fan of listening to music while /out/. Hell, I don't even listen to music in my truck while I'm driving, it's either NPR or podcasts. I'm not one to tell others what to do though, if you like listening to music while camping / hiking then go right ahead.. It kinda ruins the /out/ing for me if someone I'm hiking, camping, or canoeing with is blaring music the whole time but I won't say anything about it if everyone else seems to be enjoying themselves.
>>711622
>filename
Kek
KEK
>hike AT
>weekenders at shelter in sleeping at
>one of the four dudes has the wood burning phone charger in OP pic
>leaves his phone out all night connected to that thing
>rains all night
>phone ruined
>charger ruined
>he wakes up just as I'm about to leave
>finds his fancy electronics ruined
>he doesn't even stay the following day on the trail that day
>they go home so he can go to AT&Tto fix his phone
>>711729
I hate her already.
And I hate people who spend their entire time camping on Facebook or playing on their phone. Not because I think they 'aren't getting it'. They can do whatever the fuck they like. It's just that I want to get the hell away from that shit and other people in general.
>>711437
You should bring a brain
You could at least be an elitist and suggest I shoot analog instead, anon.
>>711394
>[x] activity will be better while high
this generally holds true though, at least when it comes to /out/ activities
>>711381
"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?"
Plato, 4th Century BC
>>711892
Plato never said that. And how could he, "young" by our definition where people live up to 100 years is diferent than his where people died with 30. But yeah, people in phones annoy me
>>711928
>people died with 30
Never happened.
I'll take my Kindle so I can read dank poetry without taking fatass books.
People don't really enjoy doing anything simplistic anymore. They're overstimulated by the deceptions of consumerism and their weekend outdoors is just another stimulation where they wouldn't feel compatible without their electronics, because they're not. They're not compatible with nature. They grow up in coccoons that protect them from hardening and they will enitably never form a sence of quiet nights by the fire just having their senses hightened by the fresh air and the calm surroundings. All they do is missbout on what is truly good.
>>711928
>I have no idea how life expectancy statistics work
Fixed that for you buddy.
>>711944
Einstein level of quotes retardnes. He is quoted for things he never even conceived saying.
>>711945
He's somehow a mystery to me. Formerly an idol, he has become a barely distinguishable figure. He won the war for America with helping to finish the a bomb. One thing I believe he actually said is in the last interview he did say he regretted that.
I love my biolite, with only a few exceptions I take it on every trip/hike where I'll be cooking /boiling water. I take my smartphone with me but it's on aeroplane mode more often than not, and I have all my field guides on my tablet whenever I go out. Rechargeable batteries and sometimes maybe my dslr, but 96% of my awake time I'm out I'm not looking at a screen. I'm in two minds because a) if you want to carry something and not complain then so be it. And b) stop playing colour swith, this is a fucking nature reserve. I guess I don't have a problem with any of the fancy gadgets just with the types of people who fuck around with them.
Where I live there's only emergency reception once you go like an hour from the city, so no one really does this.
>>711405
A Canticle for Leibowitz
a good book for /out/
>>711381
Oh please. Implying older generations aren't as obsessed with their smartphones and tech as millennials are. Our entire culture is changing to be more dependent on tech. It's not just millennials. This is anecdotal but my friends and I all "disconnect" while /out/ and I know of a lot of other people my age who go innawoods specifically to do the same. You don't know what you're talking about annon.
You seem to have a lot of pent up anger. You should try to calm down. Your old heart can't take the stress.
>all these freedom haters hating how people spend their free time
go drink piss
>>711944
>Isn't that the exact opposite of retarded.
Not really, he didn't do much for civilization and was merely a Jew poster child. He was the Neil deGrasse Tyson of their generation.
>>711998
>I don't give a shit what other people do as long as it isn't hurting anyone. I find it highly amusing when people go full retard and try getting into a pissing contest over stuff like this.
Don't direct that at me. I just find it really odd that people go /out/ to be /out/ and are sorta not "present" to actually be /out/. But, there seems to be a lot of people ITT currently sprerging out like we are in some picky-eaters thread on /ck/. Which is also odd.
>>711998
>as long as it isn't hurting anyone
ok, but the shher hearing of them talking nonstop and playing music in their phones hurt my soul.
does it count, or i'm beeing too /out/gay?
>>711964
>Testicle of leibnitz
Lel. Read the Mistery island by Julius verne.
>>712024
Then fucking move, if you're supposedly some kind of hardass /out/ist.
>>712037
The mysterious island*
A lot of salty guys in this thread
>>711784
Lol
>>711784
>>711644
It only counts as urban exploring if there's a risk of death from drowning, hobo stabbing, structural collapse, or asbestos inhalation.
>>711966
>Implying older generations aren't as obsessed with their smartphones and tech as millennials are
>Gen X
>Don't have a smartphone
>Have friends that don't have smartphones
How can we obsess over things we don't have?
Yes, there are older people addicted to digital frippery, but you find some that aren't, while it's almost impossible to find distraction free millennials
>>711381
B I T T E R
O L D
M A N
>>712082
That sounds like urban rambo training, not exploring
I'm in explorers and while me and one
of my friends hardly go on our phones,
most of the people That go camping bring there
phones with them and during hikes, they'd
play their music out load with speakers.
I don't get why people do this. I only go on my phone
to either check the time when I'm at camp.
>>711729
>>711788
pre-1990
>people camp and see beautiful things
>take pictures
>pictures get shown to 5-10 people then languish in a shoebox
now
>>people camp and see beautiful things
>take pictures
>pictures get shown to thousands of people also interested in #camping #nature #outdoors
>it's bad somehow because "technology get out REEEEEE"
i agree that actually posting social media updates, checking instagram, tweeting how beautiful the flowers are etc can detract from your /out/ experience. There's literally nothing wrong with sharing your pictures with like minded people once you're home.
>>711940
is that you in the pic?
>>712021
haha
HAHAHAHA
oh wow, man
>>712112
>watch as my confirmation bias confirms my bias
>>712142
UNDER
AGE
BAN
>>712197
How many people do you know that don't have smartphones?
Seems like every board suffers from smug le wrong generation syndrome. Millenials are out there right not fucking each other and basically you're a fucking retard on an internet picture forum.
>>712231
I don't have real friends. All of my contact with the outside world is done through my iPhone 6s.
>>712231
A few. They were all born before WWII.
I don't understand this irrational hate tools like smartphones get. Personally not going to forgo access to my banking information, global maps, encrypted voip, and the sum of human knowledge all in my pocket so I can delude myself into believing I'm superior then the plebs and their fancy toys. It's really quite immature.
>>712231
>watch as i fish for anecdotal evidence to reinforce my confirmation bias
>>712241
>Personally not going to forgo access to my banking information, global maps, encrypted voip, and the sum of human knowledge all in my pocket so I can delude myself into believing I'm superior then the plebs and their fancy toys. It's really quite immature.
>.... When I'm /out/ and should be enjoying nature.
That's the point, faggot. You can send dick pics to your boyfriend anytime, but you shouldn't do it when you should be enjoying the sites.
>>712275
Don't tell me what I should and shouldn't be doing, you commie bastard.
>>712275
>you're having fun wrong REEEEE
>>711355
this is the most retarded thing i've read all day
>>712082
add: being run over by trains
>>711357
>18650s for my head torch.
> multiple18650s for a head torch.
W-what kind do you have?
How bright is it?
Weight?
This intrigues me.
>>712321
He said head torch but he meant his mil-spec target illuminator on his Chris Kyle AR-15 that he uses to pay Cowadoody when he's /out/
>>712275
>you should be enjoying the sites.
Car camper detected.
Doing a week long rafting trip through Desolation Canyon in Utah next month. One of the most remote places in the lower 48, no communication with the outside world unless you bring a sat phone (not a bad idea for emergencies, actually).
Anyway, it's one of the best and most liberating feels out there to be completely disconnected from modern distractions and just focus on the moment and beauty around you.
>>711892
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/12/13/riot/
>>712325
>>711963
That's what I've been thinking while reading this thread.
The rest of you fuckers need to stop camping in your backyard if you hate phones so much. Shit, I stayed at a campground in a modern cabin and the phone was next to useless thanks to no service and shitty apps unable to verify anything.
I only bring a cellular for emergencies (turned off and in a ziplock to prevent water damage) and a flashlight. I do not bring a camera because visual descriptions let me develop my prose.
I don't usually see other trail users with electronic devices other than cameras. maybe 1 in 10. Then again I go hiking in the rain often, so perhaps I encounter more outdoors enthusiasts than most.
>tfw you were born in le wrong generation
>tfw you will be a stone-age chieftain
Would it be possible to have a light drone act as a cell signal repeater?
>>712346
Probably, but a balloon would do the same thing without fuel requirements or loiter time issues.
Really, if you're that hard up for bandwidth, you may as well use satellite.
>>712346
I wish someone would call in a drone strike on you
>>712194
yes. from when I just arrived on tenerife flat broke. read the sign on the ground,it says selling wishes. didn't work to well but I had money for some food and tobacco.
>>712353
wow
>>712341
*verbal
Fuck
>>711498
I hear ya but here ya are online griping about it.
Probably they need your help, them growing up on linoleum floors eating kraft cheese or vegan sausage and all
maybe with a little approval and a shove in the right direction from you they'll stfu
I bring my phone but keep it in airplane mode until before I go to bed to check in real quick. I have a small mobile charger that runs on AAs that I rigged up and a small solar panel if those run out for whatever reason. I don't need it but it's good to have if you end up in a 127 hours situation or some shit.
>all these people hating technology and social tools
>by posting on the internet on a social image board
what exactly am i reading here?
who cares if people like to bring their phones and stuff into the woods? if you were truly as /out/ there as you claim to be, you wouldn't even notice.
here is a tip. stop worrying about other people and start worrying about yourself and your surroundings. if you dont like people or connecting with others, change your surroundings to fit your desires. they could care less what some forestdweller thinks, and at the end of the day, you're the one with the ruined mood shitposting and complaining online about it.
>>711940
Are you wearing a blanket as a skirt?
>>712082
What city is that? Looks pretty urban..
>>712666
And by urban I mean a large black population
>>712668
wew
>>712666
Rochester, New York. Home of Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony.
This railcar switching station is about 30 min south
>>712191
It's fine taking photos and sharing them around man. I do it myself. I'm not all 'reeee technology get out'. It's when they're playing music and browsing Facebook on their hike or whatever that upsets me. Again, they can do whatever the hell they like with their time. I don't care if they're present or 'getting it'. It just makes me unhappy like the autistic little flower I am when I can't personally escape it.
>>711364
CARLOS!
>>712665
pretty much
>>711409
dude why do you care so much that he likes using a kindle for fucks sake.
you /out/ purists are fucking insufferable. let people do what they wanna do. you can still do shit however you like to do it.
>>712728
>Me, "Oh did you guys see the fox and her kits cross the trail!?"
>All 3 of the people behind me, *no response*
>Me, "Hey?" *turn around to see all 3 with their eyes glued to their phones*
>Person behind me, "Sorry what?"
And, they didn't even believe me. It went on like that the entire trip. We didn't even do anything around the campfire except for me watching them with their eyes still glued to their phones. Once in a while one would laugh, another would ask what was funny, and the first person would text them the funny thing they saw online. Pic fully related. I was starting to think my trip was planned by M. Night Shamalama. Like I was camping alone.
So, that's what I do now. Just camp alone.
>>712856
Don't hate on people who are just having fun their way, fucking shitlord!!!
I'm taking my PS3 controller for emulated games on my Iphone and nobody can stop me.
Realistically tho I only use it in my tent for an hour or two right before sleeping. No one would even know I have it unless I keep the tent flap open.
>>712965
>hey guys, where did _____ go? i haven't seen him in a while
>oh i think he went to bed, he is over in his tent
>but its only 6:30
>>712321
Or maybe he just has spare batteries.
>>712971
>"He's probably masturbating."
>"tee-hee"
>>711622
May not be out but looks hella cozy brah
The Sharpe series are good to read innawoods
For those of you who are looking for an emergency lifeline, but don't want the temptation of tech, get a prepay dumb-phone with no service. The battery will last for weeks and you still have 911 (or probably equivalent) service without having to pay a bill.
I'll reiterate. You still get 911 on phones without service.
>>712861
Please go.
>>713002
Or.. just buy a cheap dumb phone and stick your regular sim card into it for /out/ trips. That's what I'm planning on doing.
is it the norm to have mobile reception when you're /out/ where you are?
In Australia if you go anywhere that's decently enough out of the city in national parks etc there's usually no coverage.
>>713311
Most of the USA has good coverage now, except the Greenbank area which is off limits. There's 100% coverage for satellite and about 90% everywhere else. Only Alaska has the least amount of coverage.
Thankfully, I live in an area where there's places of no coverage. However, every year the coverage gets better and better.
>>712856
Well it's their loss. If they have fun that way then more power to them. Doesn't mean it can't annoy the hell out of you. Don't blame you for wanting to camp alone.
>>713017
There's still the temptation of texting people though. I prefer to just relax into nature and go primal.
>>713311
>>711350
I keep my cell phone with me when I'm innawoods, but it's because I A: have kids, and B: keep all my books on it and I like to read after dark.
But during the day I'm usually busy and don't really use it unless I feel like playing some music while cooking or something.
>>711381
I disagree. My wife is 26 and her brother is ten years younger and neither of them are like what you describe. Of course, they were both raised in Shelby County Texas and are country as fuck. My wife will shit into a hole faster than I will and my brother in law is essentially a teen version of Jed Clampett.
I think it's just city people in general who are shit. Like, I only go camping in shitty, cold, rainy weather because that drives off the city folk. I'd they're around, it's slamming car doors, barking dogs and fucking megawatt lighting all night long. And that's if they don't park a house-sized RV next to you and run a giant air conditioner all night.
>>712231
i dont own a smartphone i just use a shittie phone for work
>>713441
>it's because I A: have kids,
My parents had kids in the 1980s and they didn't need cellphones when in the woods.
>B: keep all my books on it and I like to read after dark.
Bring a book. Those are not real books. You may as well be reading blog posts in that format for all it matters.
>>712231
I don't own one and a friend of mine doesn't own one.
>>713490
This isn't the 1980s. Books are heavy. Shitpost elsewhere. We're full here.
>>713445
> wife
>>712209
I
K E K ' D,
F A M
>>712191
It used to be
>go /out/, take a couple of snaps for posterity
Now it's more like
>OMG I bet if we climb a mountain we would look really sexy on instafam
>Experiencing life behind a tiny screen
Just fucking put it down.
>>711405
Read Uncle Ray's biography. Not super substantive, but some interesting nuggets. Talks about some of his filming adventures and explains why he's tubby. Seems like a breddy gud guy
>>712327
Agree.
I've been feeling a bit of anxiety lately so I went /out/ for a week. As soon as I got out there I felt like a weight was lifted from my chest.
I realised that I'd somehow become addicted to slurping up the shit feed of the internet. I'd been checking facebook, twitter and gmail first thing in the morning and last thing at night. I think it's got to do with some twisted kind of fear of missing out, plus filling every tiny gap of time by seeking out new content on the net. It's almost like poker machines, how they're engineered to give you little hits of success at the right time to get you addicted.
Was fucking disgusted with myself when I realised how often I had been reaching for my phone, which I'd turned off and taken the battery out of (still took it in case of emergency).
Being able to just sit and think or engage with the actual fucking world is somehow just so much less stressful.
(and here's me shitposting on a forum kek)
>>712856
Nah man don't let them fuck your fun. Try to meet up with some other proper camping bros. That's what I'm about to do. Gonna start looking on meetup.com
>>712191
I coudn't care less about what other niggers do but people just took pictures because they liked it and kept them. That's it. Now I see grown men with eyes stiched to tiny screens being narcisistic cunts 14/7 taking pictures for instagram. Thank god I live in a shit holw with no cellhpone coverage on those kinds of places. (Sometimes even in cities kek.)
>>711361
something i usually always bring, is a watermelon. it is an essential.
>>711405
the name of the wind
>>711401
this is where people go from sensible to dense as fuck. a kindle is lighter than a lot of books. it has it's own light source and basipally you're a fucking meme if you would rather a paperback.
>>711350
Well, I'm 37 and I always take my phone to the woods with me. I don't have any games, but I do have animal calls and shit like that.
It's also good for a GPS and a decent compass. Then there's the ability to call for backup if I see a bunch of wolves that need body slammed.
>>711350
this is rei's fault
>>713769
Real books don't run out of battery life and are normally lighter than a kindle. Plus, you can use them as tinder if you must. A kindle is just dead weight.
>>711405
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
>>711381
le born in le wrong generashun
>>711381
Kek
>>711940
get a job and a hair cut you hippie
>>714369
That's a hot opinion you've got there kid, but I'm forty years old
>>711949
Da fuk? Einstein didn't work on the atomic bomb. Also the atomic bomb was too late to affect the outcome of ww2.
I can make a movie projector using my smart phone, a fresnel lens that weighs 10 grams, and a tent/tarp. Are you saying you'd object to movie night under the stars?
>>711432
Get one with an electronic viewfinder, disable screen for normal operation, set it to sleep very quick if unused. Unless you are using a P&S, in which case you have little recourse.
>>711928
He live to about 80yo I think. Also, I can't read your sentence well. Either I had a stroke or something isn't correct with it.
>>711444
Dont listen to those faggots, playing some neil young while you sit around the fire at night with your m8s should be /out/ approved. We arent all friendless hermits allergic to fun.
>>715999
Bring an instrument and play your own music. You can also sing.
http://www.songsforteaching.com/campfiresongs/
Damn people. Stop liking what I don't like.
Sit outside and be bored with me!
I take my phone with me because I think being able to watch a movie or call someone or google something is worth the extra 2 or 3KGS of portable chargers.
If I can carry it, why would it piss you off?
At what point is someone living too comfortably? Is me reading a book instead of talking to you the same thing?
>>712833
Well it is pretty dope and you are pretty dope. Keep it up blanket genie. Maybe someday I will find you in my travels and I we can share our wisdom.
Until our souls meet, magic man
>>711940
You remind me of an ex tree sitter than I used to play dungeons and dragons with in a homeless shelter. You seem cool. May we cross paths one day.
>>711402
Shit dude I live in Arkansas. If you come back you should message me and we could go camping.
>>717154
>baaawwww i have ADHD and can't handle 5 mins without my phone
KYS
>going out with new "friend" coworker for camping trip
>gotta have phone
>give bullshit reasons why, including "buttah amergancies"
>carries extra gear just for phone recharging
>complains his pack is too heavy
>plays Angry Birds constantly since there's no cell reception anywhere
>runs out of battery pack recharger power
>starts crying and whining there's nothing to do (no joke)
>only on day 2 of 2 week hike and camping trip and we JUST got to the camp site
>he eats all his food out of boredom (only had snickers and mountain dew with 1 bag of Doritos apparently) and begs me for some food
>tell him to forage some veggies and catch some fish
>he "forgot" his fishing gear and has 0 foraging skills
At this point I just told him to go home.
>had to walk him back to his car because he didn't know where anything way because he'd been walking and playing with his phone the entire fucking time
This was someone who talked a big talk about how he was a survivalist par excellence (his words). I spent 8 fucking days out of 14 days just hiking because of this fucking idiot.
I consider people who bring phones /out/ to be a warning sign now. Only go car camping with them if you must.
>>717438
This is what I assume anyone talking big about being a survivalist is like, including many people on /out/.
>>717438
>agreeing to a full 2 week hike with someone you barely know
But still
>survivalist par excellence
>"I've watched a lot of youtube"
>>717438
I always take a phone. Most of the time it's turned off, but I take it.
I am yet to see any convincing argument as to why I shouldn't.
>>713881
it's because of wood burning faggots on rooftops that the city is full of smog reeeee
>>711407
I second this, a kindle is much better than trying to use a headlamp or other light to read running down your light source, it's rechargeable, holds hundreds of books, and weighs about what a large paperback does.
I keep my phone with me, but I pretty much only use it to answer text from important people or take pictures.
>>717460
>I am yet to see any convincing argument as to why I shouldn't.
It isn't needed for any reason whatsoever. Not a single person in all of existence has ever once "needed" a phone. Do you know what they did need? A higher IQ and a better plan for going /out/.
>>717722
>Not a single person in all of existence has ever once "needed" a phone.
If you believe this you're the one with a low IQ
>>718235
Phones are not "needed" for survival you doofus.
>>718281
they're not needed the same way a first aid kit isn't needed. Up until you break your leg and are all alone in the woods. Then I'd say it's very fucking needed for your survival.
>>718296
this
>>718296
Yeah, one is considered retarded should they get into difficulty and have no way to call for help.
It's the 21st century, survivalist dogma has changed with technology
I hiked the AT and parts of the PCT with a solar charger and played my PS Vita every night. Oh no I missed out on all that majestic scenery of my hammock tarp or tent-fly in the darkness.
And oh man having .pdfs of the route with notes on resupply on my phone totally ruined the aesthetics of my adventure.
Quit being a fucking wool anorak wearing elitist. Anyone getting outside is a good thing, and if they want to carry the weight, no reason not to bring whatever the hell they want. HYOH.
>>718758
Nothing else in your pack will mend a broken leg either, you retarded autist, but a phone or plb at least has a chance of allowing you to get help to come to you.
>>718642
As long as you silenced all the bleep bloops I think that's fine. As long as you're not walking along the trail with it stuck in your face, or being rude to others I don't think anyone cares. I'm sick of all the autistic idiots with backwoods fantasies shitposting and trolling on this board, to be honest family
I don't have any ideological bent against taking tech with me, it is just difficult to keep shit charged for more than a day.
That adds weight to your pack. If you want to solar charge you need a much bigger array than you think you will to actually charge as fast as you would from an outlet, and/or a big lithium power bank. Both ideally.
This is enough to keep a phone charged. Tablets suck down vastly more power just for a bigger screen, that's where I draw the line.
A modern smartphone does absolutely everything. It's a camera. It's a GPS. It displays offline maps. It has a compass. It's a flashlight. It runs geocaching apps. It can store PDFs of books for identifying fungi and herbs.
That's why I consider a smartphone the one really strongly justifiable piece of tech to bring with you. It consumes a reasonable amount of power, is about the limit for what is possible to recharge from solar out in the boonies, and the sheer utility of it makes up for the hassle of the extra shit you need to bring to keep it powered.
>>718296
That's what a PLB is for............
>>712021
He tries so hard every time he opens his mouth. It hurts.
>>718886
>Nothing else in your pack will mend a broken leg either,
You don't know the first thing about first aid. Stop posting. Stop going into places and doing stupid things without a proper plan. Your stupidity needs to die off.
>>719032
Say stop one more time.
Also I need to buy some of that miracle bone grower you seem to have. Where do you get it from?
>>719032
Stop being a cunt. Go back to /b
>>719032
So tell us, oh sage, how does one fix a leg bone innawoods? I know how to strap and make a splint but you seem to have some almighty secret. Share plz?? XD
Faggot.
>>719070
>Also I need to buy some of that miracle bone grower you seem to have.
Healthy diet, good exercise, lack of being a fucking tard who goes out places where they break their legs.
You break a leg while /out/? I hope you don't breed.
>>719078
I hope you break both of your legs and have to crawl out of a tick, fire ant, and poison ivy infested wilderness on your belly for several days.
>>719078
But I'm right though yeah, nothing in your pack will actually regrow a leg. I mean, you're the one that brought up broken legs in the first place, yeah?
>>719081
>camping in such a shit hole
You deserve it, if that is what you do, kid. Bring your phone so you can cry to your GF about it.
>>719121
>regrow a leg.
No one said that.
>you're the one that brought up broken legs in the first place, yeah?
lol no.
>>719129
>A phone can't mend your leg. Especially, one that doesn't have signal.
Lol, yes.
>>719127
>has no girlfriend to cry to
>so mad instead
Awww...
>>713311
Thought that was weird myself. I live in WA and I almost never have reception when I'm out. Even when I go car camping with my less out friends we generally don't have reception.
>using phone while camping /out/
Holy shit. Someone should slap your face and take your babby toy away from you while you're out and make you do some man chores. That's what I'd do to you. You want to use your phone? Go home and do it with the other sissies from /b/.
I bet none of you even have a proper beard.
>>711350
I have to bring my phone and some way to charge it with me whenever I go camping. I don't use it, but I'm just paranoid that something awful will happen while I'm away, and since no one would be able to contact me, I'd have no idea. So then I wouldn't be able to enjoy camping, because I'd constantly be thinking "oh fuck, what if something awful is happening back at home right now".
Luckily though, no one ever bothers me, but I feel better having it just in case.
>>719177
>using beard while camping /out/
Holy shit. Someone should shave your face and take your babby meme hair away from you while you're out and make you do some man chores. That's what I'd do to you. You want to warm your face? Do it with fire like a proper man.
I bet none of you even have a proper fire.
>Pic related: it's you.
>>719229
1/10 put some effort into it, kid.
Also, can I save that image?
>>712718
ugh fuckin rochester, was that first pic the asylum or whatever? I thought it got demolished.
disclaimer I haven't been to Rochester in like half a year or smth
>>717228
Russellville here, where you at?
>>719302
Save it, it's all yours my friend
I was looking for a compass and came across this disgusting bullshit. Seriously, if I was camping near someone that had this I'd throw it in a fucking river.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-OmLaRvM3A
>>720034
>2016
>adding a PCB, bluetooth chip, and speakers to your lantern so it runs out of batteries quicker
shiggy diggy doo
Only been /out/ a couple of times because I'm a faggot. My iPhone and a flashlight or maybe a lantern are the only electronics I would use. But often I wouldn't have service, and the only reason I would use my phone is to take photos, then contact people once I'm back to civilization. The only other thing I could see useful is a GPS or sat phone for emergencies, and a solar charger for longer trips.
>>720034
The biggest tech I have for camping is for festival camping. I use solar yard lights around my tent. They really help in locating my tent when I'm drunk at 2am in a sea of tents.
>>711610
What phone is that. Great resolution
>>711610
I do the same
>>722760
nouuu
>>722760
judging from the exif data I'd guess HTC One. It's only 4.1 megapixels. Impressive quality for a tiny image sensor.
>>711413
>grew up in the woods in the 1980s and early 1990s
>mellinial
I've never seen a genXer that wanted to be a mellinial.
>>711350
(actually i just got my first real smartphone today, and hate it even the fact it could save my life, GPS, call for helpp 911, i never use a phone, on a daily basis. phones are banned in my life.
no wild animals here that can kill me. i'm not affraid here.
but i would be in other places in the world
appart from europe, were i live.
i agree on what another person just said, dont bring your phone into the wild it is destroying the experience of nature,
you will just end up dreaming or listening to music and go by your day in a dream world
not paying attention to details.
phone a negative, i dont need help i dont
need to call anyone or for help.
i'm a survivor not a victim or a dreamer
that needs books or music.
all i need is the nature my wild animals and the camp fire and the stars in the sky
fuck smartphones they are created by satan
like the internet and all other pc and consols
to hell with it.
>>724166
Please stop being a hypocrite and get off my 4chan. Go /out/ find a tree, cut some rope with your mora, and hang yourself.
Top points if you stream it live on your anti-internt-hate-phone
>>724116
This. There's apparently no agreed start date for the millenial generation, but I'll be damned before I get lumped in with those cunts. b 1983
Personally I would class millenials as kids who were born after DSL was common in every household.
The only electronics I bring when I go out is
>phone to take pictures
>vape
>headtorch
I'm practically UL at this rate, right?
>>724271
>tfw born in 1996
>tfw only got internet on 2006
>tfw it was radio internet because middle of bumfuck nowhere town.
>tfw only got DSL after 2010
At least I had a computer, no internet tough. Thanks dad for giving me Total Anihilation and Red Alert when I was like 4-5. At least now I speak, read and write english well. (non-native speaker who never went abroad)
>>724343
So English is your second language but you've never been out of the country?
...making you an abodidgeridoo?
Why aren't you faggots carrying around flashlight/phone chargers while /out/?
http://www.amazon.com/Winbest-Portable-Charger-Flashlight-BARSKA/dp/B009G8MMRG
>>724308
>vape
kys
>>724643
A huehuehue
