>>2296955>hitchhiked up north>wandered about innawoods>sat around a few acre campsite slowly starving to death and staring at pretty mountainsGrow the fuck up man that was every summer between 19-23 for me (minus the bit about starving like a retard). Apply to College of the Redwoods you'll get in. Everyone does. Then you too can gaianeet all summer. Save your dad some money.
He didn't live some extraordinary life he fucked around and found out because he was a total novice trying to play to the death on hard mode.
I'm still a novice compared to a lot of people, and you know what I don't do?
I don't go play on hard mode. Because I have very basic self awareness.