>be me >go to banff with family last summer >campsite is a bunch of fucking rocks and gravel, hard to get the tent stakes in, pretty close to others, very small, no foliage and in a crowded area >fire ban in effect >go to lake louise, parking lot full, barely manage to squeeze in and find a spot >entire tourist area absolutely packed, mostly with shitskins, super crowded, reeks of shit, some dude smoking a spliff >utterly miserable experience >leave, go to a beach on lake minnewanka >also crowded, almost no room to swim and youre fucking packed together on the tiniest beach ever, also the ground in the water is pretty shitty, very mud-like >go back to campsite, sleep while you can hear everyone around your campsite talking and playing music because there's zero fucking trees or grasses between the campsites, and no stars because light pollution >wake up the next morning, decide to go walking on some trails >finally some relative peace and quiet, although the terrain is kind of shitty and there's fucking electric fences everywhere to keep the bears out i guess >later go and drive to Banff (the town) >absolutely packed place with fucking ludicrous prices, even at pizza pizza and timmies. also massive jeet and shitskin hordes. >eventually just decide to just go driving around all of banff and the mountains around it for the rest of the day >actually fucking nice, nobody around and you get to admire all the views from your car and take pit stops >driving through banff is nicer than actually staying in it >leave, never fucking go back there again
Tried to summit Mount Washington today. A group of, older men, completely cock blocked me while I was pretty far up. They told me I had no business being there alone with the gear I had. I'm so fucking fed up man. I ran into this same fucking issue earlier this year when trying to do Mount Katahdin via the Knife Edge and a fucking park ranger refused to let me continue up to it. I'm so fucking over hiking. This sport has been nothing but pain with all the fucking rich boomers gatekeeping everything cool.
>most sparsely populated state in the United States >Beautiful backcountry or outback >Recreational weed is legal >Locals are sick cunts and cool despite being majority religious >Easy place to make friends and be social and find a potential partner in Missoula and Bozeman as with Melbourne and and Canberra
The only difference is that Montana has less dangerous fucked up animals and has gun rights
This amuses me endlessly because there's zero evidence that Lyme disease exists, and I've personally been bitten by hundreds of ticks over 30 years with no issues. It's just like covid hysteria, retards freaking out over nothing because of something they heard on the internet. I have engaged in outdoor activities in New England every day since 1990 and I don't give one single fuck about ticks and barely even bother checking for them.
>woman discovers man enjoying peace, quiet and solitude in the outdoors alone >becomes obsessed with disrupting his peace and solitude Is /out/ watching solo camping for 2?
Has anyone made sumac lemonade? I am going to try it, there's lots of staghorn sumac around me, the nearest is under some power lines down the street, in the utility easement. It's looking like picrel now so I think about the right time to take some, or by next weekend.
I guess it depends heavily on region and weather when is the best time to pick them but I'll just give it a try, and maybe again later.
why do i feel a pull towards the unknown and terms like abyss, abyssal and the void? the sea, deep deep sea, vast nothingness yet to be explored. the sheer mystery of it, whale song and other oddities. also, old abandoned sites and buildings are deeply fascinating. what were their lives like? of course i'd never step near a underwater cave because i realize it's stupid and suicidal. but still. it's deeply fascinating. anyone else? i explore old buildings out in the countryside, run around with a metal detector on old buildsites from 100 years ago, abandoned long long ago. virgin forests are cool too.
