A thread for those studying/working in the geosciences.

Lease is up in October and considering a stint of car homelessness to save money and get out of credit card debt I can pay rent but my life goals just don’t feel accomplishable if I do. Right now I work 56 hours a week 7 days a week between 2 jobs, but I was out of work for a year after breaking my leg in an accident, a lady hit me while I was uninsured. I have been without internet and utilities since march, so it won’t be much of an adjustment, if anything I will probably shower more often. I checked /trv/ and here expecting a van life general or discussion but didn’t see one.

It’s not the first time I’ve lived in my car, I did it for a year 7 years ago. I know all the basics in the nomad wiki already just from experience and more. It would be nice to hear what anons think about portable batteries and car refrigerators for these purposes since I have some money to invest in my set up.

Back then it was real desperation, it was fun at times but also very boring, I lost my mind a bit. This time I guess it will just be the fun parts cooking camp meals and going wherever I want, at least for the night. My car is totaled but it still drives, my goal is to get a vehicle upgrade before I worry about a place to stay.

Any van life or car homeless anons lurking?

Post your preferred hiking shoe and the rest of us can judge how /out/ they are

anyone tried Vibram five finger shoes? i'm inspired by Cody from Dual Survivor but barefoot is too hardcore for me. i'll have to use mail forwarding services to get these to my country and so i wont be able to return them if they dont fit, and they look really risky to gamble on. maybe i should get Merrel shoes instead. i just want to feel the terrain more

>take out friend on a night hike up to this mountain
>he says he heard someone calling his name on the way down
>cant stop talking about it
>plan on going on my own tonight to see what it was
>we also found a cross near the summit

was it some demon/cryptic trying to lure him out the trail or what?

How is your experience with night hiking, anons? There's a big forest reserve in the middle of town and I want to lose track of time and walk around in it at night. It might be the difference of only a few people I'd otherwise meet but I want the peace of knowing I'm alone. There are some coyotes apparently but no bears or montain lions probably. I bought a bear horn and a stick just to be careful. Anyway I feel like I could walk forever in this sort of environment and I'd get a lot of exercise

Can't they make something safer than some spinning blade sticking out for boats motors?

yo yo, I need help to identify a building or a compound that appears in historical Google Earth imagery from 2003 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. im trying to figure out what was this place called and what was it used for?
coordinate: 10°43'32.02"N, 106°43'15.61"E

any information or help would be appreciated.

does anyone know what these are?

I love this brand. I proudly display it on my clothes, water bottle, camping gear, shoes. Everything I have is Ozark Trail. I think the Walmart family sells it at a loss to get people into camping.