West coast
>dozens of unique mountain ranges with their own special charm and flavor
>towering snow capped peaks, volcanic ruins and jagged landscape
>vast deserts with alien like landscape stretching for hundreds of miles
>massive canyons and plateaus carved by thunderous rivers
>ancient old growth forests untouched by human hands
>vast expanses of savanna and prarie teaming with wildlife
East coast
>here’s some replanted trees and shit with a McDonald’s right down the road
>btw we built a staircase and a bridge to get to the cool part
How is it even a competition?

What do you guys use for shoes? Are high top ankle collared shoes good for long distance hiking or is it mainly for hilly terrain? Are those $300 shoes overpriced meme shoes or is there a cheaper alternative that holds up well?

Alrighty, I could give a gay sob story. But it doesn't matter. What matters is that I am prepared to go die innawoods. However, I want to see how long I can last there before I become worm food, as a personal challenge and nothing else. It's literally either die innawoods or shoot up a bunch of people and suicide via cop. I chose the former. I need advice in the...

A: Best places to go where park rangers wont mess with me.

B: Best places to get water, trapping, forage, etc

C: Items I should take and get acquainted with and skills I should know

I don't know much about bushcrafting, I went to SERE school back in 2015, so I know how to read maps and use a compass and some basic stuff, but I'm no pro. Again, I don't expect to make it. I'd rather die in nature than be homeless in this liberal gay pavement ape drug infested shithole city I live in, and I don't want to be another antigun statistic if I stay here and inevitably snap further and "clean up the streets".

>inb4 go kill yourself innawoods

That's literally what I am doing, just slowly.

What’s your TV set up when you go /out/, /out/?

how many myths are out there to make us believe we depend on the government to live?
i know that you can indeed drink as much rain water as you want without dying, cause most of our minerals come from food. what others are there? are rabies real? protein poisoning?

>you have to buy trekking poles!
>you need something lightweight!
>if it's not collapsible it's garbage!
counterpoint: just pick up a stick

A few weeks ago I went camping in Northern ID. It was warm and clear out so I slept on a sleeping pad and only used a wool blanket and a hoodie for insulation. It was plenty and I slept great, but it probably didn't get down past 40°.

The blanket is the cheapest 80% wool blanket I could find at a surplus store. I think the brand is Swiss Link. It's relatively think and looks like a moving blanket.

It got me thinking, is there any benefit to 90 or 100% wool over 80%? Would a thicker wool blanket, like an older Pendleton or a genuine Swiss blanket, be noticeably better for colder weather, maybe down to the 30's? Asking because it seems like all of the good wool blankets are $75-$250, and while you definitely get what you pay for, I wonder how much more you get. I'm not suggesting a wool blanket over a real sleeping bag, or only using one in the dead of winter or something stupid like that. Just using one in spring-summer.

Does anyone here blankie camp? If so, what seasons? What's your setup like? What's the best way to be comfy?

okay last thread in the catalog is gay af so here is a machete thread
what should I be looking for if I want something heavy to cut through shrubs and thorns like an explorer but also maybe for firewood and full tang batoning and to have something to hold on when it's scary at night and I hear weird noises?
also bonus point if it allows me to larp as a cyberpunk pirate like pic related (is it really a cool looking flimsy piece of shit like I suspect?)
the cheaper the better btw