Buying land off grid

[hick]

I'll keep that in mind.



......shut up!

[Neverna]

70 miles at easy walk speed = 28 hours of walking

But I'll say 35

= 5.83 miles per day to do it in 6 days.

There's something not right with either the maths or the units.

Or are you only going to walk half of the 70 miles?

[hick]

I gotta' sign up for an algebra class.

My maths blow.

Anyways, I think the walking plan will lessen.

Brother can only stay about 6 days and that region is very mountainous, so maybe we'll cover 35 miles. One small lake to another.

[UrbanMan]

Seems to me being good at math would be quite important in being off the grid. Calculations with respect to food and other vital resources, as examples.

[hick]

Agreed and I posted those walking numbers in haste.

I can (hopefully obviously) do simple calculations correctly if I take my time and double check.

The algebra course (or courses) will be preparation for flight school.

[hick]

That long hike isn't feasible due to glacial runoff i.e. silt, freezing river fords, etc.

Good to have solid contacts up there to advise me.

Will fly into the region, make base camp and head out on excursions while checking out the plot(s).

[hick]

Base camp could look something like this:

[UrbanMan]

If you build this, I'll come visit. We'll play bubble hockey, good times.

https://www.tetongravity.com/story/s...hite-mountains

[hick]

Sorry Urby, I grew up on a real foosball table. Steel balls, steel players, etc.

[cyrille]

^^Pretty metrosexual look there.

Do you have a manbag, beard and vampire weekend cd?

[UrbanMan]

manbag

A proper man bag beats a neon-colored backpack.

[hick]

This baby just arrived and is waiting for me in Florida.

[UrbanMan]

Suddenly my man bag does seem a tad metrosexual.

[Farangrakthai]

Suddenly my man bag does seem a tad metrosexual.

;-)

[UrbanMan]

^ That's more loser than metrosexual. Hey look at my very interesting t-shirt, it shows I'm a thinker who loves nature.

[hick]

Hello FRT and welcome to my off-grid thread.

I think you may be from the Pacific NW, no?

Do you have any experience in the backwoods?
Burning moonshine, threatening bears or otherwise?

[Farangrakthai]

Do you have any experience in the backwoods?

yep, in high school and college spent many weekends at cabins in the woods and on mountains (skiing).

though, to your question, for a challenge (to ourselves) in high school, a friend and i had his mother drop us off in the woods and with compasses, lighters, fishing equipment: we survived a couple days and made it to a highway at the other end of the forest and hitchhiked home.

threatening bears or otherwise?

one summer worked as a dishwasher, busser and then waiter (making more than $100 tips/night) in yellowstone park.

worked 5 days/week, ending with a morning shift, so had 3 day weekends hiking around the park.

had to take precautions and would see bears from a distance (they wanted to avoid us, too).

[hick]

Yeah, I did some back country hike/camping in Yellowstone with this Korean-American chick who picked me up hitchhiking....having just returned from Korea (surreal stuff).

Anyways, it was off-season the lady ranger replying to my question about what to do if a bear sticks his head in the tent:

"Just hit it with your flashlight right on the nose."

So,...2 nights in she gets her period.

(the first night we heard, in explicit detail, a pack of wolves rip the throat out of a deer or elk....it was fucking eerie.)

We followed all the guidelines and kept camp very clean.

Heard the nose of a bear as it 'padded' through camp one night, and I could see her (grizzly sow) out the tent window. She reared up on two legs and sniffed hard at our hanging bag.

The next AM I was up early to fly fish and the sow was about 50 yards down river, catching fish.

[Farangrakthai]

The next AM I was up early to fly fish and the sow was about 50 yards down river, catching fish.

[katie23]

^that looks like a badass backpack, hick.

I have no beef against men w/ manbags. They serve a purpose during travelling. My male friends all use them, and they're not gay. To my knowledge.

[hick]

they're not gay.

Well,....they probably have fits of happiness from time to time.

[hick]

Just got the most important addition to my ensemble of equipment and stuff

[hick]

First 2 weeks look a little sumpin' likea dis:



Some campin, hikin,' ATVin,' float plane, halibut fishing, even a rental car.

Still got a week more to play with.

[blue]

Are the campsites where you are looking at off grid land ?

[SKkin]

Just got the most important addition to my ensemble of equipment and stuff

You'll be in the wilderness, couldn't you just pee on a tree?