What do we think about binoculars? Anyone have any recommendations for durable compact binoculars around $100?

Best backpack and why is it the British Army 100L Bergen?

Why haven't you taken the PMC pill yet? Best way to get /out/ into different parts of the world while receiving the best training there is and making a ton of money on top.

Official thread were we can hate, laugh at, mock or otherwise berate ultralight “outdoorsmen”
>bro you sure you need that [useful piece of gear] bro how many grams is that adding?
>yeah bro I got these UL pants for only $179.99 + tip, I know they’re fundamentally the exact same as your Walmart pants but mine weigh 5 ounces less
>have you looked at [product]? Should I buy [sale item]? Is [brand] good? Does [corporation] make good [consumer items]?
>yeah bro gotta hit 47 miles tomorrow
Why are they like this?

Who are your favorite /out/ youtubers? This dudes recent video on rebuilding the cabin is pretty cool.

Wtf? Does Schrade make good knives now?
>AUS10 steel
>full tang
>$14

For all things fire lookout / fire tower!

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Homestead community where we divide responsibility and use barter system is the only way to push through the events that will follow when ww3 comes in a few months. Discuss how we will manage and how "money" or "credit" will work hereafter /out/

Ayo. Check out this photo of the area where my family friends live in Oregon that I visited a few years ago. Thoughts? Opinions? Emotions?

In the West you have to carry way more shit because you can't rely on natural resources to improvise. For example, the only sleep pad you need in the East year-round is an ultralight closed cell cheapo pad, because you can just pile as many hemlock boughs underneath it as necessary for insulation and comfort. For shelter you can use a bivvy style tent and make a vestibule or other expanded living space from saplings and branches and bark. You can save tons of weight by just using a hammock tent. Dry firewood is absolutely everywhere and you don't need a stove. You don't need trekking poles because you can just make a walking stick. A folding saw and a sturdy fixed blade combined with some skill can replace almost half the shit people carry. Very hard to pull that off when you're in a place with very few trees that are all weak softwood and where touching them is banned. Lots of conventional backpacking gear and strategies considered basic and critical by others I just don't give a shit about because I've always just relied on bushcraft instead and see no reason to change. I don't even own a single inflatable sleep pad or fuel burning stove anymore, I would never carry such a thing.