>be me >moronic >go off trail and walk over multiple hilly areas of dead trees >not even tying markers around trees >9 hours later >sun is setting >ran out of water >(dehydrated as a catlady's vegana) proceed to drink stream water out of desperation >somehow luck out and find trail, vomiting the entire way back >sleep all day the next day
Got turned around on an unblazed trail a few months ago, it was pretty darn cold but i had a few days of food and there were plenty of streams nearby. I knew there was a road to the east of the mountain so i just walked down until i found it. Took me awhile and i had a pretty shitty night but i made it ok and hitchhiked back to my van.
>drink stream water out of desperation >somehow luck out and find trail, vomiting the entire way back
Larp, flowing stream water is fine 99% of the time if you aren't in a city park. Even if you get Giardia you will be shitting your guts out, not vomiting.
Not to mention it takes time for that to kick in.
I'm not worried about bacteria, I eat a lot of raw meat. I'd be more concerned about heavy metals and other chemical waste near cities.
Up where I live, I could just boil the water and drink it
>flowing stream water is fine 99%
moron. you don't know if there's a bog or swamp upstream. only time you can 100% safely drink water outdoors without treating it/filtering it in some way or using a seep is if you're getting it directly from the source like a spring
years and years ago. went out inna woods in back yard at my parents house when i still lived there. it started to snow, and we got disoriented because the landmarks we used to identify where we were were unrecognizable. ended up lost for about 9 hours until we wandered onto some guys land and he gave us a ride home.
Last month, but no so much lost as just turned around, in the exact same place it happened 8 years ago.
This is the first time it happened: >hiking on a trail >map shows the trail turns to cross a stream >looking for the turn, following the trail >trail sort of becomes less apparent, then picks up again, the fades again, again and again >come to a long abandoned dirt road >don’t remember my route coming to that road when researching maps >check GPS, shows the trail turned way back >check map, same thing >head back down the trail >still looking for the turn >check GPS and map again a while later >passed it up again, in the opposite direction
Super frustrating. The people in charge of the area want to keep it as natural as possible, so there are no trail markers. But it’s so heavily trafficked that a path has been worn by people passing up an easily missed turn. The turn is in a small washout, which leads to a very easy to cross section of the stream, so a path will never be obvious.
When I went back I was certain it must have been me, just making a mistake or something. Or maybe the map was wrong. But it’s just a really common mistake.
my buddy and i got "lost" by taking a dried river bed, instead of a designated trail on a rented razor. we were following bike tracks. ended up getting stuck in the muck twice, and ripped off one of the underside panels.
we turned around when we used up half the tank of gas and saw no one else for a while.
made it back on fumes
that looks exactly like the place i got lost. it wasn't really dire, like i knew where i had to walk to reach the access road i drove in on, but i'd totally lost the trail itself
In the Blue Mountains, it was on a path too but when I thought I was going back the whey I came I came across a radio tower and it was getting dark and didn't want to get bitten by snakes so couldn't exactly just go through the bush so just pitched up for the night and tried again in the morning.
Not lost until water is running low.
But went spelunking without gear or anyone knowing where I was. Got turned around, and came up a different tunnel. Took me probably 3 hours to find a landmarker I knew to orientate myself.
I've never gotten lost in my life, innawoods or elsewhere. I don't understand how people do. Maybe if I went hiking in like Canada where I can hike for hundreds of miles without seeing a house, even then you're not technically lost, America is south kek
I've gotten slightly misplaced while picking mushrooms as a kid a few times, but it never took me more than 10-20 minutes to figure out where I was again
having hills and visible terrain is basically cheat mode for navigation
It's impossible to get lost for me if I start from known location, if they did some blind fold thing and an airlift to random woods then I'm sure most of us here would never be recovered but would probably have had alot of fun
>decide to go PrepHole and bag a peak under the full moon on a solstice >take a shitload of MDMA/MDA >reach the top of the peak and chill at the top with a fire until the happy vibes fade away a bit >MDA hallucinations make determining whats in front of me 20 feet away borderline impossible without stopping for a few minutes. >immediately get lost, spend half an hour getting off the peak because I cant tell what side has the drop off, somehow wander my way back to my car after a few hours of meandering down a valley
14 miles in almost as many hours, was fun though.
I get lost all the fricking time because the crudely drawn map in my head often fails to account for distance traveled. I don't think I'd make it out there without an actual map. Without retracing my steps it's really hard to tell how far a mile is.
>boy scouts >summer camp at parsons years ago >my friends and I are the older kids in the troop >all of us bring weed >smoke a bit when we have a chance to get away before dinner on most days >we sneak out of our campsite late one night >we slowly make our way to a smoke spot we found earlier that day >it’s outside of the actual summer camp >no flash lights we only have a sliver of the moon to help us >finally get to our smoke spot and proceeded to get pants on head moronic stoned >we realized we should smoke everything so there’s no evidence on us >the shadows/low light are making me borderline hallucinate >we then spend the next couple of hours slowly walking around parsons trying to find our camp site and not wake people up >giggling and acting like idiots the whole time >one us apparently grabbed a fire extinguisher from the mess hall and sprayed it all over the dock then threw it into the ocean >finally make it back to hour camp site >I eat all of the food I brought with me >none of us got caught
I don't get lost innawoods, I help others get unlost sometimes though.
This. The only time I ever got lost was when I tried to navigate completely by GPS. ...just trust the computer bro...
Based Bombadilbro
How can you feel lost when you're in the midst of god's beautiful creation?
is she crying
>be me
>moronic
>go off trail and walk over multiple hilly areas of dead trees
>not even tying markers around trees
>9 hours later
>sun is setting
>ran out of water
>(dehydrated as a catlady's vegana) proceed to drink stream water out of desperation
>somehow luck out and find trail, vomiting the entire way back
>sleep all day the next day
Got turned around on an unblazed trail a few months ago, it was pretty darn cold but i had a few days of food and there were plenty of streams nearby. I knew there was a road to the east of the mountain so i just walked down until i found it. Took me awhile and i had a pretty shitty night but i made it ok and hitchhiked back to my van.
>drink stream water out of desperation
>somehow luck out and find trail, vomiting the entire way back
Larp, flowing stream water is fine 99% of the time if you aren't in a city park. Even if you get Giardia you will be shitting your guts out, not vomiting.
Not to mention it takes time for that to kick in.
I'm not worried about bacteria, I eat a lot of raw meat. I'd be more concerned about heavy metals and other chemical waste near cities.
Up where I live, I could just boil the water and drink it
>flowing stream water is fine 99% of the time
So it's not 100%
You are more likely to get sick from fast food than stream water. And even uf you got sick it wouldn't be immediate
>flowing stream water is fine 99%
moron. you don't know if there's a bog or swamp upstream. only time you can 100% safely drink water outdoors without treating it/filtering it in some way or using a seep is if you're getting it directly from the source like a spring
Weak stomach detected
>t. gut bacterialet
That's not how water contamination works.
Being a zoomer does not count, no.
Desert outside sedona 2018. My skin is still scared from the burn.
Got so much UV your skin has PTSD
Every time I go back to the parking lot looking for my car.
years and years ago. went out inna woods in back yard at my parents house when i still lived there. it started to snow, and we got disoriented because the landmarks we used to identify where we were were unrecognizable. ended up lost for about 9 hours until we wandered onto some guys land and he gave us a ride home.
lol The way you told it made it sound like you were lost for 9 hours in a small backyard. Anyway that is how to went according to me.
I'm never lost
I'm having a proper adventure without knowing where I am or where I'm going
That's all
Definitely not lost
Last month, but no so much lost as just turned around, in the exact same place it happened 8 years ago.
This is the first time it happened:
>hiking on a trail
>map shows the trail turns to cross a stream
>looking for the turn, following the trail
>trail sort of becomes less apparent, then picks up again, the fades again, again and again
>come to a long abandoned dirt road
>don’t remember my route coming to that road when researching maps
>check GPS, shows the trail turned way back
>check map, same thing
>head back down the trail
>still looking for the turn
>check GPS and map again a while later
>passed it up again, in the opposite direction
Super frustrating. The people in charge of the area want to keep it as natural as possible, so there are no trail markers. But it’s so heavily trafficked that a path has been worn by people passing up an easily missed turn. The turn is in a small washout, which leads to a very easy to cross section of the stream, so a path will never be obvious.
When I went back I was certain it must have been me, just making a mistake or something. Or maybe the map was wrong. But it’s just a really common mistake.
my buddy and i got "lost" by taking a dried river bed, instead of a designated trail on a rented razor. we were following bike tracks. ended up getting stuck in the muck twice, and ripped off one of the underside panels.
we turned around when we used up half the tank of gas and saw no one else for a while.
made it back on fumes
that looks exactly like the place i got lost. it wasn't really dire, like i knew where i had to walk to reach the access road i drove in on, but i'd totally lost the trail itself
Maybe you are still lost.
Wake up, Anon!
In the Blue Mountains, it was on a path too but when I thought I was going back the whey I came I came across a radio tower and it was getting dark and didn't want to get bitten by snakes so couldn't exactly just go through the bush so just pitched up for the night and tried again in the morning.
Why didn't you just walk down the access road for the tower?
It was a 50/50 shot of going straight into the endless bush at night or being less than 10ks from so felt like the thing to do.
I've been feeling lost for almost 15 years if that counts.
got a little turned around in the BWCA near sunset, wound up in Canada. Made it back to camp before dark.
Not lost until water is running low.
But went spelunking without gear or anyone knowing where I was. Got turned around, and came up a different tunnel. Took me probably 3 hours to find a landmarker I knew to orientate myself.
I've never gotten lost in my life, innawoods or elsewhere. I don't understand how people do. Maybe if I went hiking in like Canada where I can hike for hundreds of miles without seeing a house, even then you're not technically lost, America is south kek
I've gotten slightly misplaced while picking mushrooms as a kid a few times, but it never took me more than 10-20 minutes to figure out where I was again
having hills and visible terrain is basically cheat mode for navigation
It's impossible to get lost for me if I start from known location, if they did some blind fold thing and an airlift to random woods then I'm sure most of us here would never be recovered but would probably have had alot of fun
Hey just because you are a LARPer doesn't mean everyone else is.
>decide to go PrepHole and bag a peak under the full moon on a solstice
>take a shitload of MDMA/MDA
>reach the top of the peak and chill at the top with a fire until the happy vibes fade away a bit
>MDA hallucinations make determining whats in front of me 20 feet away borderline impossible without stopping for a few minutes.
>immediately get lost, spend half an hour getting off the peak because I cant tell what side has the drop off, somehow wander my way back to my car after a few hours of meandering down a valley
14 miles in almost as many hours, was fun though.
I get lost all the fricking time because the crudely drawn map in my head often fails to account for distance traveled. I don't think I'd make it out there without an actual map. Without retracing my steps it's really hard to tell how far a mile is.
get prayer beads
I already carry anal beads in my ass so there's no need.
>boy scouts
>summer camp at parsons years ago
>my friends and I are the older kids in the troop
>all of us bring weed
>smoke a bit when we have a chance to get away before dinner on most days
>we sneak out of our campsite late one night
>we slowly make our way to a smoke spot we found earlier that day
>it’s outside of the actual summer camp
>no flash lights we only have a sliver of the moon to help us
>finally get to our smoke spot and proceeded to get pants on head moronic stoned
>we realized we should smoke everything so there’s no evidence on us
>the shadows/low light are making me borderline hallucinate
>we then spend the next couple of hours slowly walking around parsons trying to find our camp site and not wake people up
>giggling and acting like idiots the whole time
>one us apparently grabbed a fire extinguisher from the mess hall and sprayed it all over the dock then threw it into the ocean
>finally make it back to hour camp site
>I eat all of the food I brought with me
>none of us got caught