Homless in the forest?

[flatcar]

Check with the Bureau of Land Management. They have land "grab" specials.

[kabuki_mono]

[quote:b3aa29bc92="KaBar"]I don't understand this obsession with the word "homeless." Wherever you are, that's "home." Just deal with it. If you're living under some bridge for a few days, treat it like home. If you build a hooch somewhere, that's [i:b3aa29bc92]definately [/i:b3aa29bc92]a home.

The word "homelessness" implies that somebody is a helpless loser who can't even provide shelter and food for himself and requires that the rest of society "help" him. I just can't relate to that. I never asked anybody for anything, I just made my own way in the world. Sometimes I had a pretty decent job, sometimes I had to wash dishes in some crappy restaurant to get by, or dumpster dive, but I never felt like I was some poor pathetic "homeless person" that everybody needed to take pity on.

I [i:b3aa29bc92]chose[/i:b3aa29bc92] the life I led.

Sometimes it was great, sometimes it sucked, but it wasn't because I was helpless. It was because I made a few bad decisions. Even the bad decisions taught me something.

("If I can't pay cash, I can't afford it. If I can't afford it, I don't need it.")[/quote:b3aa29bc92]


^I so agree with that!! Couldn't of been said better. I raise my hat to this man who wrote this

[themodernnomad]

In response to the survival talk, I have just a few things to say:

1. Expensive equipment is not needed. Equipment, however, is.
2. Learn about the place you're going before you go. Don't learn to survive in the temprate forests and then head for the jungle.
3. Tell someone where you're going.
4. Have some means to signal for help if things get nasty (i.e., a GPS tracker with an emergency distress button. Won't run you more than $200, max)
5. MAP
6. Climate-appropriate shelter.

I was recently in the Brazilian Amazon for four days, living off mangos and piranhas. Granted, I was within walking distance of people - and four days isn't long - but I'm prepping for a canoe expedition down the Amazon and you need to take it slow; break yourself in bit by bit with longer and longer streches, and eventually you'll be ready for long-term survival in the remote wilderness.

-MN

[RangerChris]

I do have to say one thing, to live in the far north does require a few key pieces of expensive gear. Synthetics dont really cut it so your left with down which is expensive and cheap down IS inferior. For someone serious about being outside in anything its either down or caribou fur clothing, good down parka and pants is minimum 900$. A good "poof" coat is a few hundred cheaper than a parka but will tear easy and is not suitable for long term afterall, at some point that gear is what stands between you and being a popsicle. Also an avy shovel is another must(50-120$) every place you camp, every fire wood run, you will need to move snow. Most other generalized camping gear will do just fine. Whoever made the comment about not having a pot out in the bush, noone should ever go anywhere without a pot, even if its just a tin can with some wire for hangin.

[kabuki_mono]

Let's all go and be [i:65642f836f]in the service of General Cuckoo[/i:65642f836f]

[b:65642f836f]Km[/b:65642f836f]

[Freedom2323]

Lonelyness and booze are the reason drifters(homeless) cant live in the wild. Just my short opinion:)

[kevbo610]

Lonelyness and booze are the reason drifters(homeless) cant live in the wild. Just my short opinion:)

lonliness and booze are the reason i have to GO to the "wilds" every now and then.




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[Laz777]

I've never been more lonely than in a city.
someone here used to have a sig that said: "I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in an city on earth"
hear, hear! my sentiments precisely.

I am not homeless, I am HOUSELESS. big difference.

[RangerChris]

I too find big cities lonely, Calgary was one of the worst I walked for most of an hour and didnt even see a homeless guy in an alley just sky scrapers full of sheep and the odd car... Wherever I lay my head down to sleep is home and my dog is learning that too, he knows the tent is home now.