The OLD CLOSED Post Your Campsite/gear/knife/hiking/anything Outdoorsy Pic Thread!

[Mentor]

That last pic with the sunlight on the trees is outstanding, 11x11x.

And Mungobah, great pictures of Algonquin. Nice to see another Torontonian on the WSS forum - welcome!

All the best,

- Mike

 

[Gutshot]

Well, since I've yet to contribute anything to this thread as yet:

 

[11x11x]

Mentor, thank you for the comment. Those shots were taken from the front porch .

 

[JTC]

This was taken from the base of a cliff looking out over a spring called Big Springs in the Missouri Ozarks. It flows about 300 million gallons a day on average and is 55 degrees year round. I really like the color of this water because of the minerals it is really blue.

 

[lambertiana]

I always liked those large springs coming from underground caves. One time when I was canoeing on the Current River I passed by a number of them. They were nice and cool on a hot summer day.

 

[JTC]

Big Spring flows about 300 feet right into current river. I love to go floating down the river.

 

[Ed T]

limited to essentials

 

[Bushman5]

not really outdoors, or gear (wait, the camera is the gear! WOOT!)

close up of the cats eye: (and YES, that is the cats black pupil, not a photo edit) you can see me in his eye!)

cat nose:

specs:

original size: 2592 X 1944

f4.4, 1/30 sec, ISO6400, chrome film, super macro full zoom

for full effect, view as original image, (full screen)

 

[11x11x]

Fatwood harvest-

I live among some fatwood producing pines, as shown by photo #1 (notice my rooftop at bottom).


I remembered that there was an old stump in my front yard. Went out w/ an axe and discovered sticky, flamable gold.


Pure resin! The deeper down to the root ball, the thicker the resin.


It is hard to get out. I used a beater axe, hatchet, and knife. You'll also need a bucket, work gloves, and protective eye wear.


The pay-off was atleast 15 lbs of fatwood.

 

[Brian Jones]

Outstanding first post, Mungo, and welcome aboard!

Pinetree Lake Algonquin Park Solo Trip

The first evening on the site was a fairly wet one - but my sleeping bag was dry, stored in a good compression bag. I set up the tent quickly, knowing that the ground beneath the tarp wasn't going to dry itself any time soon. Monty and I sat in the tent looking out the door at the lake, watching the rain wash over in sheets. After a while, the rain stopped. The day ended. I read a little by candle lantern and Monty curled up under the thermal bivvy blanket that I had wrapped him in. It was dry and warm in the tent, and I was happy - finally, I was in the woods.

The second day started early at about 6:00, and it was still wet, but the sky had cleared. Up and at 'em, Monty began to explore the site, sniffing furiously and wagging his tail. I started a fire with some birch and then hung up the 2 wool blankets and my wool pants that had gotten soaked in the rain the night before. I made clothes pegs out of dried pine sticks, half-split down the middle with my Mora knife.

The fire was perfect - I boiled the kettle and made coffee and a hot breakfast of oatmeal and dried fruit. Prior to eating my breakfast I ate 3 Beano tablets.

"Beano is a natural food enzyme dietary supplement that can help prevent gas before it starts. It helps you to digest the complex carbohydrates in your favorite healthy foods. By taking Beano at the beginning of a meal, you can help prevent gas, bloating and other discomfort."

That's because the last time I ate oatmeal, dried fruit, freeze-dried food etc... for several days straight while camping, I developed horrible stomach cramping, Hindenburg-esque gas, and disturbing pains in my middle area of my body. Beano works.

After a while my wood ran out, so I went for a walk in the woods. Monty followed close behind. From a distance I saw a dead-standing birch tree. Shortly after this sighting, I had slain the beast: chopped it down with my Gransfors-Bruks Small Forest Axe, cut it up and dragged it back to the site. Chipmunks and small toads and witches butter (Tremella mesenterica) fungus filled the woods around.

While out on my walks I snacked on Wintergreen berries, Partridge berries, Blackberries, Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis), and at one point - some Rock Tripe fungus. The blueberry bushes around the site were bare at this point in the season.

Flocks of Canada Geese flew overhead, 50 and more, honking high in the sky - all headed south. The 2 (really) mosquitos I saw the whole week flew past me on the evening of the second day. They looked a bit bewildered. They too were headed south.

It was quiet up there. Other than the sound of the wind, and the occasional flight of geese, I heard Blue Jays cajoling, shrieking back and forth (I saw a family of 15 flocking around some maples in the distance).

Nuthatches flitted about the Pines, the Balsams, and the Birches - chattering quietly amongst themselves. Loons swam up and down the lake during the week and sang in the evenings.

The second day ended well - the weather was clearing, the air was warm, Monty was good and tired out from running about the woods, and I had my book to read by candlelight.

Cheers,

Mungo

 

[Brian Jones]

Great pics, and welcome to the newcomers here!

Morales, are you in Chile by any chance?

EDIT: Nevermind - saw that it was Kazakhstan...the terrain in your photos, and your location "by the sea" made me think of a certain part of Chile...

 

[Travis22]

WOW - i love this forum guys. In all my years reading ive never gone through this forum... until the last couple of days AND again im loving it!

I just thought id share a couple of quick photos of our recent trips outdoors. My partner, (well i guess i should start calling her wife as we got married after being together 10years now this year) and we love to get away camping, have done a lot of 4x4ing, hiking and hunting over the years and get out as often as we can.

These are just some pics i have in my flickr account right now. coords are only approx locations using google maps, if you stick them into google it should take you there on the map.

Just a random photo of the misses along a VERY steep section of the track... near Mt Dom Dom in Victoria Australia. -37.611369,145.651975

The next lot were taken a couple of weeks ago at Wilsons Prom, the most southern point of mainland Australia. It was a long and exhausting 38km day hike... -39.051245,146.468267

Imagine this... driving along approx 1200km from home on a weekend road trip when all of a sudden in the middle of nowhere you pass a "one house town" and it is your freaking family name... -34.096193, 148.508669

The misses and i camping last new years. Mt Arapiles on a little rock climbing trip. -36.762225, 141.842637

Middle of freaking nowhere.... IIRC in South Australia. -33.669811,138.979111

Thanks for looking guys. Will post more photos later if its ok.

Again, i love this forum and really enjoyed going through this photo thread... im up to page 16 so far!


Travis.

 

[lambertiana]

Travis 22 - More pics from down under! Yay!

11X11X - Where are you located? What kind of pine was that? It's some pretty good fatwood. The only fatwood I have found of that quality was from a Ponderosa pine.

 

[11x11x]

Lambertiana, sent you a pm.

Here's a nice chunk for carry.

 

[baldtaco-II]

Travis, hola

Yeah, bring 'em on, the more the better

 

[baldtaco-II]

 

[mmmotorcycle]

Wonderful photos guys! :thumbup:

travis, Australia looks like a wonderful place to settle down.

 

[lambertiana]

Looking down Big Arroyo, Sequoia NP

 

[baldtaco-II]

Looks rough on the ankles, but well worth it.

 

[HikingMano]

how about another warm spot?

This is a great thread, will post a few more when i get home to my computer....