I'm going to Aconcagua in a few days. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas, and the highest mountain outside of the Himalayas. It's not technical by any means but it's a challenge due to its altitude or 6,967m (22,858.1 ft) and it can get really cold: https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Aconcagua/forecasts/latest -30/-40c

Expedition starts on Feb 1st.

I'm going "solo", unguided, with logistical support (a few meals on Camp 0-1, a mule to carry some gear to basecamp, etc.), I have experience, and there's a lot of people on that mountain in case something happens (HACE/HAPE being my main concern really) so I won't be solo for real but I'll be minding my own business for the most part, I'll keep park rangers informed of what I'm doing, etc.

For extra safety I'm bringing an InReach (for routes, messaging/SOS stuff), and a VHF Radio (to talk to park rangers in case some shit happens during certain portions of the ascent), but the most challenging part will definitely be the summit push,which can last a long time and get really cold/disorienting due to the altitude.

I'm all loaded up on audiobooks, books, and I'll be porting my own gear up and down the mountain most of the time anyway so I'll acclimatize pretty well, plus I don't have a guide constantly telling me I'm not fast or that we're running out of time, etc. which generally tends to bring an extra level of complexity if you're not acclimatizing well and you're being pushed to higher camps.

picrel is the south face, I took that pic a few years ago I went with a friend and couldn't summit (felt like shit, had gear issues).

What challenges do you have in mind for this year?

I think I want to sell my home and just either live in a boat or an rv and fuck around the west coast until I eventually drop dead or something

Anyone here ever actually live in an rv or a small boat full time? does one cost more than the other long terms? I suppose the boat thing sucks because no natl parks or driving around to go get supplies, but living on the water sounds kind of cozy honestly

Discuss /out/ activities and locations in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary.

Here are lists of national parks in each country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Parks_of_Poland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_areas_of_the_Czech_Republic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Slovakia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Hungary

How does this happen?
Femanoid gets into an argument with a friend at a bar and storms out into a snowstorm with no coat or phone and dies.

https://www.kake.com/home/missing-emporia-teacher-found-deceased-police-say/article_edb44dbf-62b6-4fc5-85f2-eed5fb1c62c2.html

How would you have survived /out/?

near one of the most remote lakes in the western US. I thought /out/ told me the western US was remote and untouched. all you really need is a car, AllTrails™ App, and some running shoes?

Land that conservation agencies refuse to allow to be open to the public outright should be turned into condos for millionaires instead.

I recently got my bachelor's in history from my local university, honestly even though I'm qualified for office jobs and stuff, I'd rather have a farm in Tennessee and grow weed and shrooms and opium and DMT (if the climate of Tennessee allows to grow DMT containing compounds), and raise chicken and sell eggs and sell fruits and vegetables, and power my farm home with renewable energy like solar panels.

I want to quit society and live out in nature.
Where can I do this, and how should I prepare?

Does anyone actually hike with these or are they just fashion items for UL faggots and women? They look extremely tiny and impractical to me

what strange / spooky stuff have you seen?

once when i was in the desert, there was a telephone pole, on it looked exactly like a 10ft tall bird of prey, just eyeing me down
it was about a good 5min of walking, which felt like forever, just to see that it was a transformer that looked weird, none of the other poles had it either
sounds dumb, but it really did look exactly like a gigantic human sized hawk, and the "head" even seemed to follow you too, really interesting illusion, since it also hit all the primal parts of the brain that gone "you're about to be fucking eaten by a bird!!!!!!"
a year or two later, when i was gonna take a picture, it was gone, which adds a strange air to "it was right there, i tell you!"

>inb4 go to /x/ for this shit
i want real stories, not >i smelled the rotten shit fart gas, and my best friend was turned into a skinwalker, and then i pulled out that gun from videogame and blasted it, dude trust me