Climber here. Sure, being outdoors is cool, but I constantly see people pretend they're somehow "enlightened" because of it. Most posters here are rich white losers who invest hundreds of dollars doing this to impress their friends rather than develop a personality. 90% of /out/ are larpers. Average /out/ poster in a nutshell

>Be retarded
>See alone in woods meme
>Envisions future destiny as solo living dream
>time to live off the grid
>ignore the oppressive capitalist system
>cancel all bills and payments
>spend 1000's on camping gear
>spends 1000s on training videos and hiring guids
>living the solo dream
>a week passes
>suddenly gets bored
>without guides/sherpas, cannot do basic survival skills
>Solo living is stupid
>travels back home through deadly woods
>deadly woods is actually most popular hiker zone
>passes 300 other larpers on way back to 2020 Toyota Corolla
>goes back to pay for expensive shit
>posts on /out/ about life changing adventure.

^^^ your average /out/ie