So I been wanting a cheap bike to bike around to the store and maybe bike 5 miles to work, but I don't want to shell out hundreds of dollars for some overpriced bike if a walmart bike suits me fine. I heard walmart bikes are shit, but are they that shit that I should spend 500+ bucks if I just want to commute to places?

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>Luke Drylawn , known for his youtube survival channel "Outdoor Boys", found dead aged 42 in his Salt Lake Springs home. His family has asked for privacy at this time.

>https://outdoorsurvivalist.ng/news/2926/utah-youtuber-found-dead.aspx

;_;

The nature is harsh, dry, not welcoming, the people are very dumb and either friendly if they can't actually help you, annoying when they want to help you ged rid of all cash in your wallet or rude when they don't care for your existence.

Frequent interaction with the wild animals is what made it worthwhile though.

>be me (common wildflower)
>look out the window
>see all the meat-pilled luckmammals outside
>remember that I'll always be a stupid fucking plantmoder
>perform photosynthesis to take my mind off it
>fuck my fucking chlorophfoid life

DWR is truly the devils work

It works fine and dandy out of factory, but god forbid you get stains or perfume on it, and then its basically ruined forever.
Bonus:
f your dryer do not get hot enough, it can't activate the coating. If its hot enough, there is a good chance its going to ruin the outwear, ideally by melting seams.
What you bought a fancy 3 layer jacket? Congratulations, its only DWR on the shell, meaning its not a musky and sweaty jacket after treatment the 2 liners will now trap moisture.

Sup /out/, went camping (at a wilderness campsite) recently to try out some winter gear. Sleeping bag, sleeping pad, and the rewaterproofing on my tent held up really well.

One issue I had, was that while there were plenty of big logs available, there was no tinder or kindling and I had to use my swiss army knife to baton massive pieces of firewood to start a fire. This was fucking atrocious work and I realise I need a good fixed blade knife. Now I've got it in my head to get a big knife or a hatchet, picrel is available in a very decent 6 inch blade and this beauty of a 10 inch blade. As much as I know 6 inch is probably fine, my gorilla brain is telling me to get this big fucking thing, then I don't even need a hatchet and can carry the SKA for small tasks/multitool.

Convince me otherwise before I drop serious money on this thing.

What does your backpacking kit look like & what are your favorite pieces of gear you have that are unusual or greatly increased your quality of life on the trail? This is my basic kit alot of the gear is 10 years old or more I have recently added a camp chair & a little bidet that goes on a water bottle. My favorite piece of gear is not pictures but it is a frybake pan which is basically a lightweight dutch oven I will be using it on my trip at the end of this month to roast a chicken & make stuffing.

my friend is backpacking in the grand canyon this march and asked last minute if I wanted to come
backcountry permits for this mach closed already
do they even check for those in the park??
I hiked the high sierra trail in sequoia national park and no one ever asked for my permit, even as I was going down to the mount whitney trailhead
should I just risk it?
are they more likely to check for permits in the grand canyon?
also, if they do, if I just told them an animal ran off with it or something, would they let me off the hook?

I probably did one of the craziest climbs in the history of alpinism a week ago but no one will ever know because it would get me in trouble. And to think 2 years ago I was here asking what REI was.

Where are my /divers/ at?