The Great Outdoors!

Green Pylon · Post by **Green Pylon** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:39 pm

turquoise70 wrote:
isawdrones wrote:everything is so processed by idiots who want to sculpt natures chaos (which is its beauty)

my treebors and I disagree that nature is chaos they enlightened me about that a year ago.

nature is the resistance to chaos! ask your local treeborhood for details (mushrooms recommended).

Yeh, I agree with you, the last photo shows when I was tripped :lol:

isawdrones · Post by **isawdrones** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:45 pm

Anything natural is chaotic, this universe is chaos.

The Other · Post by **The Other** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:13 pm

There are alot of woods around my house. So I always like to go find new trails or spots deep in the woods that I havent before. I walk back there, bike there, jog there. When it rains it gets flooded back there washing up all kinds of things...interesting...There is park about 3 miles from my house that is HUGE with tons of bike trails streching over several miles. I like to go there too.

I consider my back yard a secret garden...so alot of times I will go out there with my camera and just snap pictures of all sorts of random things. Anyplace out doors with my camera and I am a happy person. Also any place where I can ride my bike outside I am happy.

When the weather has just turned from summer to fall and the air is cool enough, I go camping. I like to be cold when I go camping. It gives me an excuse to build a campfire. There are tons of places within a small driving distance that I can go to and camp. So thats nice.

Really any chance I get to be outside i will take it. Even if its raining or extremely cold. I even like to record either completely outside or with my windows open. I love the natural ambience of the outdoors.

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:31 pm

isawdrones wrote:Anything natural is chaotic, this universe is chaos.

Exactly. A lot of people don't understand that there is indeed perfection. The universe is perfect through its randomness and chaos.

Does anyone here do any rock climbing? If so, where did you go to learn it?

I'm going to attend community college this fall and I was hoping there would be some clubs that go out and hike/ climb/ camp/ what have you. I need to meet some new people that are into this kind of thing. People who know where the action is... so to speak.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:35 pm

Green Pylon wrote:Yeh, the last times I walk through the forest here in Mallorca, the island has a warm climate, very typical of Mediterranean zone. I take a few photos:

See ya!!

Love Mallorca so much. Was there about 6 weeks ago for a long weekend. Love nothing more than exploring the hills in the North of the island. Beautiful...

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:37 am

LOL well i'm glad you guys have it all figured out so you can enlighten the rest of us

steve-o · Post by **steve-o** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:47 am

Backpack, boulder (rock climbing), mtn. bike, trail run, kayak (sea mostly), surf, work a farm, bale hay, plant, harvest, repeat. I've spent most of my life outdoors in nature. It is the biggest influence on our music and my life.

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:45 am

There's not exactly much nature out here. Living in the middle of a large, busy town (It's not huge, but it's not small, either).
But I do go for walks around my neighbourhood sometimes, and I bike ride around my block occasionally, but I live on a hill, so not much fun riding up...

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:06 pm

Hijacking this thread to share the little BOC evening me and my partner Eleanor had last night. Quiet beach, warm humid evening, BBQ food, cold cider and BOC on the stereo while the sun went down and the moon crept up. Just beautiful....

APOLOGIES - ADVANCE LILY-WHITE ENGLISHMAN WARNING!!

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:56 pm

So I'm back with more outdoor type stuff for those of you trapped in urban hell - lol

Just got back last night from a few days away exploring the Peak District here in England. Had a full day walking the route across Kinder Scout, which is where back in the 1930's hundreds of protesters marched to demand free access to common land in the UK. Glad to say they won so I could enjoy things like this:

We started here, heading for the crags that you can just about see under the low clouds there.

The lake/reservoir below is where we started from. These shots were taken about 1/3 into the route. Took about 6 hours all told.

Luckily this guy below wasn't coming to collect us! He did nearly take my head off though - man he was low!!

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:18 pm

Mexicola those shots are awesome but I think i would just about end myself if I didn't live in a heavily forested place. anywhere you go outside the city that isn't farmland is covered in trees here. I would probably break down and cry if my surrounding landscape was as treeless as that place looks

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:45 pm

Those are really awesome shots!

Going off Turquoise70, I like a mixture of fields and forest. Especially when in places like Upstate New York there are allot of abandoned farms, (example being my great-grandmother's) and its a magical thing to be wandering around in dense forest and suddenly stumble upon an old field with a rusty car half-buried in the earth, and ancient medicine bottles lyin' around.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:22 pm

Yeah, I know what you mean. We do have forests here too, but mainly up in the far North of England and Scotland, although nothing like the forests I'm guessing you guys in the States have, or even those on mainland Europe. When I travelled across Siberia the taiga forest seemed to be endless, stretching as far as the eye could see. Time was (so I'm told) animals could have journeyed the full length of Britain without touching the ground at all. No longer sadly..

On the other hand, much as I love dense forest (and I do), there is a certain majestic eeriness about fells and crags, especially when it's cold. Maybe you have to be from here to get it?

Anyone else been anywhere interesting lately?

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:30 pm

Mexicola wrote:..
On the other hand, much as I love dense forest (and I do), there is a certain majestic eeriness about fells and crags, especially when it's cold. Maybe you have to be from here to get it?

There's lots of areas that look allot similar in Alaska, especially around the rockies up here. I was at this place awhile ago, and I was like......hey this looks like the cover of Rushup Edge!

Echo the Sun · Post by **Echo the Sun** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:36 am

i go walking and camping.

a tip to go camping is to just do it.
i think some people are afraid of the preparation, but you really don't have to prepare a lot.
all you really need is a tent, a sleeping bag, some food, and a change of clothes.
it doesn't matter how long you stay out or where you go, its going to be a nice experience.

Echo the Sun · Post by **Echo the Sun** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:40 am

Vordhosbn wrote:Those are really awesome shots!

Going off Turquoise70, I like a mixture of fields and forest. Especially when in places like Upstate New York there are allot of abandoned farms, (example being my great-grandmother's) and its a magical thing to be wandering around in dense forest and suddenly stumble upon an old field with a rusty car half-buried in the earth, and ancient medicine bottles lyin' around.

sounds a lot like where i live

isawdrones · Post by **isawdrones** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:45 am

You cant beat epansive plains. trees are nice but they can be infinity blockers.

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:00 am

Echo the Sun wrote:
Vordhosbn wrote:Those are really awesome shots!

Going off Turquoise70, I like a mixture of fields and forest. Especially when in places like Upstate New York there are allot of abandoned farms, (example being my great-grandmother's) and its a magical thing to be wandering around in dense forest and suddenly stumble upon an old field with a rusty car half-buried in the earth, and ancient medicine bottles lyin' around.

sounds a lot like where i live

I miss the East Coast....Alaska is cool and all, but so far its a bit too epic for me.

Riley · Post by **Riley** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:01 am

I'm down for pretty much anything. If you need some tips I would suggest going to a sporting good store. They should be able to set you up. A warning though it can get a little expensive and helps a lot if you have friends to go with you. Here is my share of pictures of myself.

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turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:43 am

If all goes as planned, i'll be going camping for the first time up north for 3 days. me and 3 friends from college are gonna go backpacking up in the north shore superior national forest next weekend. should be fun.

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