We encourage you to have a look around the catalog first to see what we’re all about before posting your first thread. Topics typically posted here include:>Outdoor recreational activities (Hiking, trail running, bushwhacking, camping, spelunking, geocaching, orienteering, expeditions, urban exploration, backpacking, etc.)>Gardening, farming and related activities>Hunting and fishing, and other activities involving the stalking or taking of game (including bird-watching)>Outdoor survival, bushcraft, foraging, self-sustenance in nature, train-hopping, hoboism, etc.>Outdoor destinations and exploration (specific trails, parks, regions, etc.)>Water-related activities (boats, diving, etc.)>Outdoor philosophy (conservation, Leave No Trace, protectionism, etc.)>Outdoor building and living (cabins, huts, treehouses, etc.)>Outdoor social activities and organizations (meet-ups, Scouts, NOLS, etc.)>Gear related to any of the above topicsMost topics related to the outdoors are fine. Write properly, behave politely, encourage a respectful community, and most importantly, GO OUTSIDE!!
Just a friendly reminder that threads about weapons which do not pertain to their use in outdoor activities should be posted on /k/ instead. Thanks.
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>>2723819mi choice is >hike and not tecnical spikes <salomon gtx 4>speleo and tropical hikes <us amy green boot whit panama sole for me is the only 2 boots i use
>>2724923Felt, the synthetic sort is the most common.
>>2724827>Horrible blisters Two pairs of wool socks. Really.
Recently started going /out / I need some boots that serve as hiking and are water proof.
>>2724548>what happened
Stop obsessing over gear and go outside
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>>2721178Heh
>>2714357What if i like collecting stamps because the little pictures are pretty, affordable; abundant?
>>2714357Did the mods autosage this thread again?
>>2718700Can't see the forest through the trees.
/out/ music
Modest Mouse first few albums on the drive thereNo music once out of car
>>2718838https://youtu.be/5oBAzvDUJCcI just fucking love country swing, man
>>2721861>Modest Mouse first few albums on the drive there>No music once out of car
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>>2720916This is beautiful
I have only ever hiked in Europe but I'm interested in experiences other places when I take a sabbatical next year. Pic rel is the type of environments I have hiked.Pictures please!
>>2725220I live in France and I camp most often. I don't have any idea on regulations though but I couldn't care less.
>>2725220Compare that to public land in Europe and it's not super contiguous. And everyone's laws surrounding camping in each country are a bit different.
>>2725223As you should. >>2725224But comparing the two stop one another kind of hits home the disparity. Europe has very pretty nature where it exists. But it's not the same.
>>2725226Shit forgot the pic.
I want you to understand that in the US, one contiguous park system, (the greater Yellowstone area, everything in the light green) is the size of the entire country of Slovakia.
The purpose of this general is to encourage people to go /out/ and find cool fossils and artifacts. This thread is also a place to share our own collections and things we find when we are /out/ hunting.Rules are as follows,>To just post and discuss fossils and other related geological subjects.>When you post about a fossil in your collection, please label it with what formation it is from, what it is, and where in the world it is from.>If you don't know where it originated or the species that is ok, just label it as soHelpful Links https://paleobiodb.org/navigator/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/https://zoom.earth/Geologic maps of US states (usgs.gov)A Beginner's Guide To Fossil Hunting - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forumclasses have finished for the year and work has slowed down so hopefully I can keep this one alive. I've made some amazing fids in the past few months that I have been gone and I hope to see what all you have found since the last thread as well. First fossil of this thread is a Placcticeras sp. about 9.5 to 10 inches in diameter was super stoked when I found it. Upper Britton Formation of the Eagle Ford Group, Denton Co. Texas
>>2724371Beach find perchance? Looks suspiciously like a waterworn piece off a ceramic strainer or pierced vessel.
>>2724456I don't know. I posted it because it looked similar to the one above.>>2724794Feels/looks like sandstone. I'll look into that, thanks.>>2724964No, a river... a river that has a lot of pottery, bricks and old, dumped stuff. Central Scotland. I found this thing along with other bits of pottery I would post but idk if it's really the spirit of the thread.
>>2724964honestly you could be right about ceramic strainer... I also found parts of vessels and plates and such so it's not completely out of place.the holes are quite regular, though kind of scattered, as if a kid made it, kinda messy. they all have a slight angle inside of them if you look through the holes, about 30 degrees slant in the same direction... may suggest handmade.
Need help identifying a rock if anyone is up for it. I would say it's some kind of granite but the feldspar(?) is a pale green color. Any ideas?
>>2725203looks like a pegmatite
And what do they do to protect the woods from weekend warrior citidiots?
>>2724528A lot of places I've see that sort of crap is only accessible via ATV after a long car drive. A lot of adults never grow up and continue to use the world as their personal trash bin until the day they die.
>>2724439You think people travel from out of town to chuck an old toilet off the side of the road or to dump a truck bed full of trash in the forest? >>2724671Beer cans and bonfires, sure. But they’re still locals. And the household and construction debris isn’t teenagers, it’s “adults.”
>>2725069Lol that little bastard has been in that pond for three years now he follows the fishing lures splashing off the dock. I can go snap you another one in about 10 mins if you want.
>>2724747trash is still trash
>>2722656Well, the city council here figured they should set up a mountainbike trail to attract more larpers. Didn't take long for the first accidents to happen, including one that ended with a dead dog. Then suddenly, by strange coincidence, a number of trees fell across that trail, and some wires appeared out of thin air... Long story short, that trail is "closed" now - they can't legally stop people from using it, but they have giant warning signs and roadblocks on it, and even if some cityfag makes it past those, there's still a dozen or so trees across the path at head height. And trees like those have started to appear on all the trails leading away from the parking spots in the area, forcing those mountain bikers to either go cross-country (which is hard, considering how steep our mountains are) or get of their bikes every few hundred meters to haul it past another obstacle.And as an added benefit, it also keeps out any "hikers" who're afraid to climb over a couple trees.
For all things fire lookout / fire tower!Previous: >>2694387
>>2725176Is it true they only give these jobs out nepotistically? You need to have a friend or an uncle to get the job?
>>2725180the fire watchman in the last thread got hired normally, he said when you apply just make sure to call the guys hiring
Found out about this baby fire tower at Clemmons State Forest in North Carolina. For a bit of fun what type is this, modified 22' LS-40?
>>2725196the only inside view i could find online
>>2725196Bro that shit ain't spotting no fires
Post your trailcam photos. This is the only thing I’ve captured in 4 months.
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Bought one of these recently. Used it hiking on flats and in mountains. Found the accuracy and route following to be excellent, however the learning curve is steep. The interface is like something out of the late 80's and it's complicated to program. If anyone's got any tips/shortcuts on general use they'd be much appreciated.
>>2721327>Can your phone download satellite imagery without a cellular connection?You need connection on the Garmin device too. You have to connect it to some kind of internet source.
>>2721768I think you can use a phone just fine usually but I recently got an instinct 2 solar and I love it.I can navigate trails when hiking or MTB ing without ever pulling out my phone and getting bothered by work messages or some shit.pretty sure the handheld devices are great especially when shoulder mounted like some anon suggested you don't need these but I do think it's a bigger QOL improvement then most other outdoor products.
>>2721293Was this the thread that sparked all the recent angry posts about GPS?
>>2721307Redundancy, glowniggers have a harder time tracking you to your hideout, battery life, durability. If you have an extra 600$ to blow a current gen gps is worth the investment. If you're a poor fag doing perfectly legal stuff in the woods, don't worry about it.
>>2722816Reddit spacing belongs on reddit.
pastebin:https://pastebin.com/Mvfh8b87New USDA zone map has been released: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/Koppen Climate Map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/K%C3%B6ppen_World_Map_High_Resolution.pngSearch terms:Agrarian, Agriculture, Agrology, Agronomy, Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Berkeley Method Hot Composting, Cold Frames, Companion Planting, Composting, Container Gardening, Core Gardening Method, Cultivation, Deep Water Culture (DWC), Dry Farming, Espalier, Farmer's Market, Forest Gardening, Forestry, Fungiculture, Geoponics, Greenhouses, Homesteading, Horticulture, Hot Boxes, Hügelkultur, Humanure, Hydroponic Dutch Bucket System, Hydroponics, Keyhole Garden, Korean Natural Farming, Kratky Method, Landscaping, Lasagna Gardening, Ley Farming, Market Garden, Mulching, No-till Method, Ollas Irrigation, Orchard, Permaculture, Polyculture, Polytunnels, Propagation, Rain Gutter Garden, Raised Beds, Ranch, Rooftop Gardening, Ruth Stout Garden, Sharecropping, City Slicker Composting, Shifting Cultivation, Soil-bag Gardening, Square Foot Gardening, Stale Seed Bed, Sugar Bush, Truck Farming, Vermiculture, Vertical Gardening, Window Frame Garden, Windrow Composting, Alpaca, Snail, Toad, Trumpeter, Turkey, Wormprevious: >>2710237Spring is here.Hope you got to enjoy the eclipse.
>>2725072I ripped it out but it was coming from the clump so there weren't many roots, it sort of just snapped off. The other 6 new canes are coming out normally
>>2724753Just go find some old pallets behind a strip mall or something. Lumber and fence yards usually have tons and want people to take them.
Damn this year flash frosts were brutal. I don't think I've ever seen more trees around roads where the whole tree has severe frost damage. Walnuts completely black. Brutal.
>>2718306Where do I buy seed potatoes I want organic I don't wanna be poisoned
>>2725201You can just buy healthy looking potatoes from a store, cut them up (or not) and put into a growing medium, they'll spurt in no time.Unless you want a specific cultivar there is no need to order special premium seed potatoes. I have a potato plant growing and it sprouted from a small peeling in my vermicopost bin and it wasn't the only peeling that sprouted but I don't have enough space for them all.
i understand everyone on this board is TOTALLY EQUAL ORGANIC PERMACULTURE HOMESTEADERS, but i gotta water well nigga just to water my garden your water catchment aint shit your plants will be dieing when the soil harden. fuck now water fagsanyway no well having larpsteaders btfo, eternally
>>2719959nice. how did you locate the water source? how did you drill it. One day I'll have some property with my own water source so im not forced to drink this estrogen enriched jewish dogshit water that comes out my tap.
>>2722749there are extensive watershed and aquifer maps. Learn how to read them.
>>2719959Don't worry none.Some jew will figure out how to bill you for it anyhow.
>>2724531(((Doesn't meet code)))
>>2725208>outside of city limits requires no code/license>also no one to find your body
Every girl has hiking in their tinder bio. How do you know if she's really into it or not?
>>2725124Sometimes even the schizo makes sense.
>>2723120Throw her by herself without telephone access, a small empty can, a lighter and a knife.
>>2725151I'm in the same boat. I'm thinking of doing speed dating or something.
>>2723120>Tinder KYS you degenerate piece of shit>>2723121>>2723123>>2723127>>2723129>>2723243>>2723245>>2723252>>2723267>>2723269you retards are cancer
>>2723120Protip: she is not a landwhale
I got bit by a fucking tick in april.
biotch tried to sneak on me
>>2723834Well anon when you dress like its habitat what do you expect
>summertime bracken weeding
>>2723148Ticks come out whenever it gets above freezing apparently
hey retards. smother the tick in a dollop vasoline or related. it will begin to suffocate and pull itself out. haven't used tweezers for ticks since i was 15
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>>2725188the floater was like 5-7gand one of those weights was 1.5g which doesn't make sense why it didnt go down with how many of them i put on
>>2725188>>2725189that's why I like the rounded floaters
>>2725188Do you have a bobber stop on the line above the bobber? If the line just runs through freely your weights just sit on the bottom and don't apply any weight to the float.
Is it bad to release saw dust into nature, or whatever it is, that meal worms are placed in?
>>2725199ooooh that's why, thank you, gotta buy it before i go out next time
