>Bailee Mulholland, an active, popular and accomplished 26-year-old member of a scrambling club in Boulder, died in July 2023 after falling 500 feet from a peak about 45 miles northwest of the city in Rocky Mountain National Park.
I could have saved her bros...

I've Never Done That Before. Also Merry christmas.

Thoroughly clean all of your gear once you get home. Never leave it dirty. It is a slow and relaxing process almost meditative. Do not leave your gear dirty as a performance to other men. Maintain your kit.

Any experience using Meshtastic devices out on a camping trip or whatever?

Is it possible to hike in North Korea? It's mountain ranges are basically prime backpacking territory and peaceful solitude.

Anybody ever paddle the Erie Canal?

Slept on a lock in Brockton for a roadtrip last year and the idea has stuck in my head ever since. Never kayaked such a distance before so any advice would be appreciated. Planning for late august 2026/2027

Mainly how do you handle the car? My current plan is to drive to buffalo, drop my shit somewhere private, park at the airport, and take an uber to the canal. Then when I finish hide my shit, fly/bus back to buffalo, and drive back to Albany to grab my stuff. That seems like a ton of work but I don't have any contacts in the region or friends willing to drive that much just to pick me up/drop me off

The snowy world you grew up in no longer exists.

There are those out there who made billions depriving you of snowy winters.

as a semi-shut-in i spend a lot of my time going to random cool/pretty places on google earth and yearning for exploration

Me and some friends have this dream of walking from Seattle to Miami. I'm currently working through the logistics of the trip. Our current plan involves 15 hours of walking a day, well have packs with pad sleeping bag and mainly just a lot of water, we only want to carry enough food to get to the next place we can buy more with a little extra just in case. Timing wise the summer after we graduate is looking like the most likely time to do it. Heat wise I'm not really concerned about the Washington through Wyoming section of the journey, we've all done lots of intensive summer backpacking before, I've worked 10 hour shifts in 100+ degree weather before. I am however worried about Nebraska onwards. I'm from the mountain west and have no real experience with humidity which i am told makes things entirely different. a conservative estimate would have us at the Wyoming Nebraska border by the end of July and in Miami mid September, but we will likely be moving faster than this. Is covering this region on foot in this time of year doable or will our plans have to change?

Is it possible to live completely cut off from the rest of the world? Not using money or having to work.
If so where and what are the basic tools required?