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What are the must-have books for someone who wants to be an /out/doorsman?
Into the Wild was awful, can't stand that smug liberal faggot.
>>747697
Just got Walden, can't wait to read it after my exams are done
This
>>747698
You think its awful? Hm weird, i really enjoyed the story.
Read some Edward Abbey. The Monkey Wrench Gang for starters.
>>747860
wrong edition bro you have to get the unedited oxford press edition
>>747698
im sure he was an alright guy but i probably wont read the book, hes not wrong but end all going to alaska to live in the wilderness was just silly especially the way he did it. im surprised he didn't bring a fishing pole instead of that camera
>>747702
Spoiler alert: it sucks.
Thoreau essentially moved to the woods so he could better justify his miserliness. It is less an /out/ book than it is a recounting of the shekels he saved by living like a hillbilly.
>>747860
Great book. Also try his Game Management if you have an interest in wildlife.
>>747887
Then join the ELF. I did, during college.
>>747697
Pic related obligatory.
Anything written by Muir.
This one gave me the final push to move to Alaska. This before the McCandless meme, and I am also still alive to enjoy the place.
>>747929
Forgot pic
>>747929
Muir was a BOSS
>>747909
So? I enjoyed the story.
>>747921
I'm okay with that, that's why I got it
>>747698
>had a rough childhood and rocky home life
>grew up Northern VA, one of the most materialistic places in this country (I used to live there)
>Had an abusive father
>Found out that he was born out of wedlock, his mother was his father's mistress while he was still married (basically he was lied to his whole life about how his parents met)
>get's pretty pissed off about life and society in general
>wants to get away from it all to find happiness
>decides to just go explore, make friends, and go to alaska, etc
So was all of this supposed to turn him into a smug conservative faggot?
>>747697
Pic related. Absolutely recommended.
>>748350
>Emerson
>To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars.
My nig.
![My_Side_of_the_Mountain[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/R4ekwXv.jpg "My_Side_of_the_Mountain[1].jpg")
Read it years ago, but im sure it had a big impact on my life. Good fiction, simple but fun read.
>>748350
Emerson is essential. First time I read his stuff about nature was mind blowing to me.
>>748350
>>748362
>The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit. The flowers, the animals, the mountains, reflected the wisdom of his best hour, as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood.
>To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.
>>747697
I can't believe nobody has mentioned the Foxfire series. Read at least the first six.
Any good Australian /out/ material?
>>747698
> is part of a conservative group at his college
> filthy liberal
>>747697
The 1981 boyscouts manual. Plebs...
>>748974
>chapter 5: don't tell anyone or you'll get in trouble
>>747697
Grew up in northern Maine, mcandless reminded me of all the outsiders that come in that know more about how to make it than the families that have lived there for generations. He had warning and offers of help, but decided to go on his own. I don't think he deserved to die but definitely bears responsibility for what happened.
Also Norman Mclean pretty good out stories.
Finished this on audible a couple weeks ago. Must read for any trail runner. If you don't like running it could still be a good read because of all the trekking through the Mexican wilderness.
>>748197
Is this North America specific? Can I use it for Europe?
This for sure, very well written.
>>747702
Unless you're a hipster who's reading it for bragging rights, most of /out/ agrees that Walden is just literary masturbation. The philosophies are good, but there's no actual useful information.
Despite the fact that they're all fiction, I'm partial to Tom Sawyer, my side of the mountain, Robinson Crusoe, etc. The fact that they're novels helps you stay engaged and remember details.
Early boy scout manuals, army field guides, current Audubon society plant and mushroom field guides are all great for detailed instruction while in the field, but your call if you want to carry all that paper or go digital and risk losing access to it. The army field guide is the only one I've come close to memorizing. Also check out how to sew a button and how to build a fire. Despite the books being gender specific, everyone should read both; they aren't specifically out-focused, but you'll learn how to do a ton of things that society has more or less forgotten how to do.
>>749388
It features north american animals but the book is great, and the methods shown will work fine in Europe.
fucking great book
>>747697
The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4019
Saw this in a /out/ book thread a couple of months ago
Meditations
>>749583
>The Great Gatsby
I thought most of us went /out/ to get away from people?
Shelters, shacks, and shanties.
I had to convince myself that the feat achieved in this book wasn't fiction.
>>748361
my nigger
I loved this thing as a kid, I even practiced making the fishhooks illustrated in it.
it will inspire you to fearlessness and grandeur
>>748981
Read it trust me
>>749884
me too....amazing story. Shackleton is the definition of a hero.
>>747697
this book gave me powerful powerful feels.
I have been thinking about writing a MGTOW/ out/ novel.
Do you guys think there would be much interest?
>>747697
Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31709
>>747697
Books by Murfree, Mary Noailles (“Charles Egbert Craddock”)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1759
Bump.
I'm going this summer on a long distance bike ride and I want something cool to read.
Werner Herzog diary
>>747697
Woodcraft by Elmer Harry Kreps
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34773
Science of Trapping by Elmer Harry Kreps
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34098
>>749470
>the army field guide
I've tried finding useful army info but all I've found is a stockpile of different manuals about all kinds of stuff (eg hr, resupply, etc).
Can you link to the one you use? Would be very interested to read this.
>>750436
>something cool
Of those not mentioned ITT yet -and to not only post well known classics- check out 'Killing Pablo' or a book named 'Q' by Luther Blissett if you are looking for good entertainment. Both are great and near perfect for travelling.
Pic retaled
>>749978
I'm not saying it's a good idea, but I would read it
Feral-George Monbiot
Informed a lot of my opinions re: conservation
A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
Fucking hilarious /out/ travelogue with a recovering alcoholic
The Long Earth - a shitish /out/ fantasy novel about parallel earth I wouldn't have read it but I'm a pratchett completist
>>749379
I need this
>>749884
I went to school with shackleton's great grandson. Boring fact.
>>750875
This is gud, I flick through this for ideas all the time.
>>747697
Anything & everything by Carlos Castaneda
If you enjoy wood work
>>747697
Just watched the movie for the first time today. I liked it.
>>747921
kek, the Erisian Liberation Front is an actual thing?
>>753092
Hail Eris
>>749470
You might enjoy the works of Jack London.
>>747900
He did bring a fishing pole
>>747697
Books of edible, obviously.
Something about illnesses and medicinal plants will help.
Can /out/ recommend any survival/migration/farming/etc Polynesian related books?
