Lounge 2014. - Part 64

[jaymes_e06]

Nathan why are you naked?

 

[NickNitro]

Nathan why are you naked?

 

[Duke]

Maybe preparing for a toga party?

 

[jaymes_e06]

 

[MrMaooz]

I don't. I broke off contact with my very best friend over a year ago, simply because I didn't feel like hanging out anymore.

Wow, that sucks.

 

[Teelie]

I think the internet has actually made us meaner. It's easier to for mayhem and cruelty because yeah, you aren't face to face with an actual person. Most folks wouldn't behave that way in person.

It's amplified everything, including the positive. We don't always see that side of it though or recognize it.

Look at some of the Kick-starter campaigns to help people, or when there's a need to spread information quickly during emergencies or to keep in contact with friends and families or make new ones. The internet is not bad or good. It's a medium for people to excercise both.

 

[NickNitro]

I love that commercial.

 

[Lord Valumart]

I missed my course pack delivery today because I was buying milk. I have to get it friday now

 

[Duke]

I hate whenever I miss a delivery or it's misdelivered.

 

[Lord Valumart]

It's really annoying when it's a delivery of an expensive toy. Or something that was supposed to arrive next month but it's arrived early, but now you have to wait an extra day or two rather than the few weeks. Damn it for turning up early.

 

[NickNitro]

Anyone here hike a mountain? I have recently had the urge to explore the wilderness. I'm also deathly afraid of getting lost and dying in the forest.

 

[Duke]

Plus, I tend to believe the more time it spends with the delivery company (USPS, FEDEX, UPS, etc) the more likely it will be mishandled or damaged.

 

[Teelie]

There are plenty of wilderness hiking trails, guides and maps to help prevent you from getting lost. And if you're worried about that you can always go in one of those groups that are guided.

More people need to get outside and explore nature, without destroying it preferably.

 

[Duke]

Anyone here hike a mountain? I have recently had the urge to explore the wilderness. I'm also deathly afraid of getting lost and dying in the forest.

I'd be extra careful about planning such a trip. Be meticulous when planning for it, such as take everything you'll need (snacks, water, compass, phone,) & especially make sure to let someone know where you'll be going. If you can, go with someone, which is better.

 

[Lord Valumart]

Anyone here hike a mountain? I have recently had the urge to explore the wilderness. I'm also deathly afraid of getting lost and dying in the forest.

I've done drunken camping before. If I can surive it drunk a sober man can survive anything.

Plus, I tend to believe the more time it spends with the delivery company (USPS, FEDEX, UPS, etc) the more likely it will be mishandled or damaged.

Yeh, I hate feeling my stuff is being handled by delivery companies. I trust the Royal Mail. At least they know to just leave it round the back with a note.

 

[jaymes_e06]

Anyone here hike a mountain? I have recently had the urge to explore the wilderness. I'm also deathly afraid of getting lost and dying in the forest.

I did accidentally once while trying to walk home from school. It did not go well.

 

[NickNitro]

Ahhh crap you guys are no help!

I was wondering if you were going to do serious hiking if you needed any kind of prerequisites. I know outdoor survival training is almost a must but I didnt know if ti was like scuba diving or sky diving where you need specific certificates to do it on your own. I assume no, but I was curious.

 

[Lord Valumart]

Ahhh crap you guys are no help!

I was wondering if you were going to do serious hiking if you needed any kind of prerequisites. I know outdoor survival training is almost a must but I didnt know if ti was like scuba diving or sky diving where you need specific certificates to do it on your own. I assume no, but I was curious.

How to hike:

1. put on clothes
2. leave house
3. hike
4. return home

 

[jaymes_e06]

How to hike:

1. put on clothes
2. leave house
3. hike
4. return home

I second this only I think you can take out 1. entirely.

 

[NickNitro]

OK I'm not talking about a hill in your backyard LV. I'm talking about like the Pocono Mountains or the Rockies. Ya smartass

Ugh, I shouldn't of opened my mouth.

 

[Lord Valumart]

OK I'm not talking about a hill in your backyard LV. I'm talking about like the Pocono Mountains or the Rockies. Ya smartass

Ugh, I shouldn't of opened my mouth.

It's pretty much the same.

Unless you're going to do something REALLY big and stupid, you just walk, climb, and know when to turn back.

 

[Teelie]

That's the gist of it. I used to hike all the time. It wasn't remote wilderness or anything but it was still in a forest and it was possible to get lost.

Really the only things you need to go hiking in the woods (provided it is not a remote location) are the proper clothes (preferably clothes that provide some insulation from the elements, sturdy shoes and maybe a hat), someone to know when you're leaving, expecting to return and to have at least a bottle of water on hand in case you need it.

edit: Okay, hiking something like that you'll need more than just a days worth of rations or water.

 

[NickNitro]

I can't wait to get out there. I feel like people need to get back in touch with nature every once in a while. We get too caught up in the all mighty $ and trying to get as much of it as possible to buy needless stuff.

That's the gist of it. I used to hike all the time. It wasn't remote wilderness or anything but it was still in a forest and it was possible to get lost.

Really the only things you need to go hiking in the woods (provided it is not a remote location) are the proper clothes (preferably clothes that provide some insulation from the elements, sturdy shoes and maybe a hat), someone to know when you're leaving, expecting to return and to have at least a bottle of water on hand in case you need it.

edit: Okay, hiking something like that you'll need more than just a days worth of rations or water.

lol finally someone who takes me seriously. Yeah when I go I want to go on like a week long hike. Something that is really life changing.

 

[Tanin]

When I hike I go to the local tourist bureau for the trails and possible group. I go hot dessert hiking so I take:

Appropriate Clothing to cover all my skin to protect from sunburn
Sun lotion for face
Compass
Food
4 quarts water. (as much as I can carry)
Large stick to shoo off the snakes
combat knife for... emergencies

 

[NickNitro]

I get too hot too fast, sweat a lot lol I'd rather go cold climate hiking.

I want to go hiking with either a group of friends or a girlfriend. You connect on such a deeper level as humans than just sitting around on your damn cellphones showing one another the next funniest youtube video.

The Poconos are really close to my family in PA