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1 No. 1 Locked Stickied hide watch quickreply   [Reply]
Welcome to /wild/, the board for Outdoors Discussion. Anything from Camping to Canoeing is acceptable here. As with all topic related boards, trolling and off topic nonsense will earn you a ban. So throw on your hiking boots, pack your beer and take a journey through the /wild/.
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Also, if you think you're tough enough for /wild/, maybe you're tough enough for the #toughguys channel in the 99chan IRC
Server irc.99chan.org
Channel #toughguys
Port 6667 / SSL port 6697.


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257 No. 257 hide watch expand quickreply   [Reply]
ITT: Firestarters.
My personal favorite is touching battery terminals to steel wool, although dryer lint or cotton balls in petroleum jelly with flint and steel is cool.
inb4 napalm/other explosives/matches/lighters.
Flaming martini firestarter would be so cash.
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>> No. 331
>>325

If you've ever tried to start a fire with a lighter on a cold windy morning, you'd know the disadvantage to lighters. When the fuel is cold, it is less volatile. The way around this is to keep the lighter close to your body so it stays warm, but then you still have to deal with the wind as well as using your cold fingers to operate a tiny wheel. Zippos are superior to Bic lighters with regards to dealing with wind and cold finger dexterity, but are still susceptible to the cold. All lighters have trouble making a flame if they are wet, although they tend to be just fine once they dry out.

With matches, you're limited to the number of fires and your ability to deal with wind. That's not a huge problem for backpacking, since matches themselves weigh almost nothing. Bringing a pack of 100 strike-anywhere's is no more trouble than a pack of 12 bar matches. The main problem is water. Once matches get wet, they are dead forever. You can keep them in a waterproof ziploc bag, but the chance of wetness entering into your gear still remains. Plus, they're not great with the wind.

A flint and steel does not perform poorly in the wind and won't stop working when wet. Vaseline-impregnated cotton balls are lightweight, catch a spark and are highly flammable, so if it's windy, they burn brighter rather than blow out. Of course you could always bring the vaseline/cotton, matches and leave the flint at home. That's not the point. The point is not having to depend on wind and cold to screw up your matches and lighter.
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>>276
http://www.soloscientific.com/aurora-fire-starter1.html?gclid=CNKavu2Fgp4CFdx05Qod4mozpQ
>> No. 587
How about magnesium shavings? A lot of flints come attached to a big block of magnesium metal. It's kind of tricky to use, but ignites when wet.


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477 No. 477 hide watch quickreply   [Reply]
I'm going to be moving to New York City in about 2 weeks and I was wondering if there is anything fun to do in or around the city. I already know about Coney Island and I'm a decent stalker/urban explorer (I could use some good locations for this, though).
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>I was wondering if there is anything fun to do in or around the city.

What kind of question is this? Why are you even moving here, if you don't know if there's "anything fun to do" here?!

It's a world-class city, but maybe you should just stay where you're at!
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Yes, to answer your question, there are fun things to do in the city. It's a giant live-in amusement park, in fact.
>> No. 516
>I was wondering if there is anything fun to do in or around the city

Are you kidding me? New York is the LARGEST city in America. No matter what you're into in NYC you will be able to find it.

That place is fucking amazing. If you mean like outdoorsey stuff... all you need to do is take a train/bus to up state new york and bam. You're good.
The city will have any type of store you want if you need to purchase any gear or anything (backpacking, scuba, camping, whatever)

Also if you're REALLY daring you can tread around in the underground tunnels. The city has a massive network of underground tunnels/abandoned subway routes, ect. You gotta be careful tho, most of the people who fuck around down there are either taggers, drug addicts, or bums.
>> No. 586
These guys are full of shit. I've been living here my whole life and the sad truth is, the general nyc experience requires high sums of money. You need to be able to dish out cash with out having to worry to really enjoy the city.

The Urban Exploration is a bitch too as there is a huge amount of police presence in the name of property protection.

The music scene is absolute shit for the most part unless you're a square living in brooklyn or like really bad music. There are really good gems amongst the shit pile though, and of course there are also great out of town bands coming in to play.

I'd say your best option is the first guy to comment; head upstate to Harriman State Park (an hour or so away by car) and you can go to Doodle Town- a village bought by the state and demolished to be integrated with the park- and find all sorts of cool trials, grave yards, camp sites, etc. Long trail goes all the way from NYC, up to Harriman, as far North as the Adirondacks. Harriman is also smack dab on the Appalachian.

Aside from that, the best times I've had here have just been drinking on the street with good friends. Good luck to you, and I hope you have a better experience than I have here.


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447 No. 447 hide watch quickreply   [Reply]
So, I just made my first attempts at windsurfing a few hours ago. It is bar none the most frustrating activity to learn that I have ever tried in my life so far. Any windsurfers here? If so, how in God's name did you stick it out for long enough to do it effectively?
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i started 2 seasons ago it really helps to have a partner. the guy i partnered with had tried 4 years ago and gave up but we both improved alot since we teamed up. being able to watch similar style and errors in another novice along with peer competitiveness were very helpful.
>> No. 585
my dad wind surfs. He tried getting me to do it when I was like, 14. I can agree with you, that it is absolutely a very, very frustrating activity. I've gone about 4 times or so. I'm not very good, but I have my bursts where I'm on fire, you know?

Pic looks like Columbia River.


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569 No. 569 hide watch expand quickreply   [Reply]
Anyone know of any abandoned cities or large towns in the United States or Canada? I've met a couple of people who also like urban exploring and I want to try to plan a trip.
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>>574

That's very similar to the... not sure if what the right word is... "industrial"? part of Pittsburgh actually. Parts of Worcester, MA too where it's mostly just squatting areas for homeless and the place truckers stop for stripclubs, alcohol, and food.
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I recently explored the old Pleasureland site in Oakland NJ. Site of the Oakland Massacre
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=381953905&blogId=503839328
Too bad they razed the buildings. Still it was cool.
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>>571>>574

Hey guys, I live in Michigan. Ann Arbor at the moment. I've been exploring Lansing when I go back home, but obviously Detroit probably has more hot spots for me to hit up. Any places of particular note?


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157 No. 157 hide watch expand quickreply   [Reply]
ITT: Fire.

How do you lay your fires? I just dig a little hole and put rocks around it and I'm ready to go.

http://onlinebooks.110mb.com/af%2064-4/64-4-16.htm#16-10.%20Fire%20Lays
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Tipi
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It really depends on your enviroment and materials you have. If you're in a wetter area, digging a hole would be a bad idea because you're increasing the area that the fire is exsposed to moisture.

If you're using hard or dense wood, you'd want to use a pyre style of structure. That way you'd be able to use the hot coals more effectively.
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>>163
oh hey, i do that too!


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abandoned mine exploration is a hobby of mine.
Since I live in Arizona there are underground ones all over the place.

the 4 main steps in exploring one are these:

1) locating them.
2) finding info on them
3) transportation to them
4) SAFELY exploring them


today's topic will be step 1 and 2

step 1 and 2 are very easy due to the internet and if you live in USA.
what i do is use the united states geograpical service's (usgs) mineral resources data system (mrds). First go here: http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mrds/select.php and choose your state. then download your google earth file.
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>>283
I would love to be able to read this book. What's the author/title?
>> No. 564
>>561
Title is on the top of the page like nearly every book ever.

Author is Ninjalicious.
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>>289
it doesnt say anything about legality, just that it is "urban adventure" only. Not so much exploration or infiltration


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567 No. 567 hide watch quickreply   [Reply]
hey /wild/, in this thread we'll share our favorite backpacking territory. I'll start, I went to the northwest region of New Mexico. Stayed out there for two weeks and I had the time of my life. What's your favorite place?
>> No. 576
Desolation Wilderness near Lake Tahoe in California.
>> No. 578
OP, were you at Philmont?


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360 No. 360 hide watch expand quickreply   [Reply]
Sup guys, any idea what's causing my burner to suck the way it does?

I made a single walled burner that goes great, but my second, double walled one is just a big pile of fire.
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>>543
anonymous ban ^_^
>> No. 563
>>411
not a problem if you do not allow oxygen to be your limiting reagent. I recommend taking a course in introductory chemistry, because it has all sorts of neat tricks like this.

>>508
>>513
>>520
"A combustion reaction is a reaction in which a substance reacts with oxygen, usually with the release of heat and light to produce a flame" - Chang, Raymond - Chemistry 9th Edition - McGraw Hill - pg 138

That is the technical definition, meaning that combustion is an exothermic oxidation reaction specifically involving oxygen as the oxidizing agent. Combustion is an exothermic oxidation, but not all exothermic oxidations meet the technical definition of combustion. The common definition of combustion is "burning" which is an exothermic oxidation that doesn't necessarily involve oxygen. This definition is not technically correct. >>510 is on the money.
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>>539
Wikipedia is fine for scientific/engineering/etc articles.


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Scanned through all the pages and couldn't find a single thread dedicated to all the amazing wilderness flicks and survival shows out there. So reckon lets have it; a thread for all those favorited films and shows showcasing the great outdoors.

I'll start us off with Jeremiah Johnson, which for all those who haven't seen it, is a great 'western' classic about a jaded war veteran who goes off into the Rocky Mountains to live as a mountain man. He gets some assistance from several other mountainous hermits, and has several run-ins with Indian tribes of the area, who later become pivotal in the story's conflict. I always put off watching it due to my imagining of it as just a generic western, but it's nothing of the sort and really is a great film.
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Alone In the Wild just wrapped up, it's a three part series following 'common man' Ed Wardle as he attempts to live in the wild, in near complete isolation, for three months. Filming himself and all that jazz.

Had a much more personal and rugged feel to it than any Survivorman episode, really showed all his ups and downs as he struggled to get along. Felt like a film if anything, really good stuff.
>> No. 540
those movies are great to see some wonderful hollywood decoys
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The Edge (1997)

A billionaire and his co-workers get stranded in the Alaskan wilderness when their plane crashes. They're forced to learn survive in the wilderness, and have to deal with a man-eating bear that is stalking them. Here's an excerpt:

Hopkins: We’ll have to distract him and trap him, but it can be done. Do you believe it, Bob? You believe it?
Baldwin: I don’t know Charles. I don’t think it’ll work.
Hopkins: It will work!
Baldwin: No!
Hopkins: It will work. What one man can do another can do.
Baldwin: You can’t kill the bear, Charles. He's…he's ahead of us all the time, like he’s reading our minds. He’s stalking us, for God’s sakes!
Hopkins: You want to die out here, huh? Well, then die. But I tell you what…I’m not gonna die. No, sirree. I’m not gonna die. No, I’m gonna kill the bear. Say it, “I’m gonna kill the bear. I’m gonna kill the bear!” Say it!
Baldwin: I’m gonna kill the bear.
Hopkins: Say it again.
Baldwin: I’m gonna kill the bear!
Hopkins: And again.
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