Thinking of driving up to Washington this late spring or summer. Would mostly be car camping with a few days of backpacking.
Should I hit Olympic or Cascades NP? I would like to go to Olympic for some beach camping but I would guess it’s more crowded, although Cascades is probably also pretty crowded right?

Talk to me PNW anons

alpinists are douchebags

Anyone ever do a ski-rafting trip before? I'm planning this route for the spring. Skiing 40 some miles across the Harding Icefield followed by 30 some miles of packrafting across Tustumena lake.

Is the new Live Action Lara Croft /out/ worthy?

Any disabled hikers here who stick to easy trails?

Post your pets and anything animal related doing /out/ shit. Interesting stories are appreciated as well. Bonus points for doggies.

General thread for freediving and/or spearfishing, since I don't see one mentioning either.

My personal questions:
I've been thinking about taking a certification course so I can learn to do these things correctly and safely. I'm probably happy just doing the diving, but spearfishing seems like an easy and practical extension. I only casually skindive and rod-and-reel fish at the moment. Does anyone have experience taking such a course?
I know I'll need my own gear early on, but each instructor I can find seems to have their own equipment shops, so I imagine they wouldn't be impartial about the quality of other gear on the market. I live on the Pacific coast of the US, so I see that a 7 mm open cell wetsuit is strongly recommended. What good/bad features should I look out for on wetsuits and other equipment? For non-competitive diving, carbon fiber fins are almost certainly not worth the price, right?

How do you go about cooking /out/? What's the minimal gear needed to cook something you can call complex? What's the most complex dish you've prepared?

Discuss nudism. Is it something you grew up with, or found later in life? Have you ever considered giving it a try?
I wanted to try making a thread on a blue board in the hopes that there could be a serious discussion instead of the degenerate gooning the occasional nudism thread devoles into on /b/.

Was he retarded? or free?