Hey /out/, I feel like greentexting you my history with this board as a thank you to all you kind and helpful anons. Feel free to comment on it or narrate your own introduction to the outdoors.

>Be me, 2017
>Small friend group, 20kg overweight, way too many videogames, virgin.
>After lurking chan for a while discover /out/
>Always liked the mountains, didn't know anyone to teach me/bring me hiking.
>Show interest in a post, but hesitating.
>"Grab a snack, a water bottle and walk until is half full, then turn around and come back"
>Gather the balls to actually do it and go solo.
>Do it, chill the entire time, feel free as fuck.
>Get into it, even bring a friend camping and other friends hiking.
>In the span of 5 years got into hiking, camping, swimming, rock climbing and now, alpinism.
>Got fit, met a lot of interesting people who share my interests. Even fucked thanks to it.
>All thanks to /out/ and that kind anon
>Aswell as all the other posters that cheered me up whenever a I posted a picture here and there, or when I bought my first backpack.
>Picrel was my first alpine excursion with crampons and ice axe, yesterday.
>Went solo, 4h train ride, woke up 3 am, came back 10pm.
>Probably going to an ice corridor in 3 days with a group I met climbing.
>At the end of the month will go to a 4 day technical mountaineering course.
>When I have more money, I'll buy a pair of technical axes and start ice climbing.

Thanks to all of you anons who share knowledge and experiences. I hope my history shows how you can actually make a positive change in someone elses life just by writing some words in an internet box.
I'll post some more of yesterday's pics.