Going back to nature one full year.

stonerman

stonerman

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Have you ever felt like working a 9-5 job, monday-friday until you retire is a complete waste of a lifetime? We wernt put on this earth to pack grocies in bags, stock shelves or work at call centers, we are here to simply survive and reproduce.
Like the title says, Ive been contemplating about taking a year vacation into the deepest woods there is. Ive got a little inspriration from witnessing some of the still standing "hippy houses". These hippy houses were built back in the seventies when the draft dodgers came up from the states into canada. They were only temporary shelters made of anything and everything with barns and pens for animals.
Well I have been wanting to do this for some time now, almost like a year of complete solitude, drop completely out of society, no electricty, no newspapers, go back to more of a simpler time, pioneer farming. Be fully sustainable so I wouldnt need anything out of society to live once Im out there. I want to be one with nature for one full year, no disturbances. Complete peace and solitude would give me time to perfect my poetry, writing skills and art work. So anybody else ever thought of what I have just mentioned. I didnt get into to much detail But if you got any thoughts or questions or anything Id love to hear them. Happy toking guys :blsmoke:
 
You had better do a lot of studying before you decide on this adventure. You can't just walk out the door one day and decide you're going to live off the land. You have to find out what's edible and what isn't. You need to know (at the very least) basic first aid. What plants you can use as treatment or medication, basic construction, basic farming techniques, basic husbandry (animal and agriculture), self defense, extensive knowledge of the flora and fauna in your area, and water purifying and collecting techniques.

If I were you, I'd purchase some survival manuals and books to give you a good idea of what you need to know and have.
 
Stonerman... you got the right idea, I am the same way except I've made a lifestyle out of it, you'll rarely find me enjoying any activities in a city and can almost always find me within the trees.

I really recommend the Foxfire books, it was a magazine project undertaken by a school teacher and his students during the 60s in Rabun County, Georgia... these kids brought all of the knowledge their Appalachian elders and relatives talked to them about and put it in a 12 book series.

Everything you need to live successfully in nature in a moderate to temperate climate is in these books, you just have to start reading.

www.foxfire.org/thefoxfirebooks.aspx
 
SocataSmoker said:
Stonerman... you got the right idea, I am the same way except I've made a lifestyle out of it, you'll rarely find me enjoying any activities in a city and can almost always find me within the trees.

I really recommend the Foxfire books, it was a magazine project undertaken by a school teacher and his students during the 60s in Rabun County, Georgia... these kids brought all of the knowledge their Appalachian elders and relatives talked to them about and put it in a 12 book series.

Everything you need to live successfully in nature in a moderate to temperate climate is in these books, you just have to start reading.

www.foxfire.org/thefoxfirebooks.aspx
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You can download all the foxfire books on demonoid. :)
 
Thats the thing, I have plenty of experience. Im not talking about walking out my door and trying to live with nothing. Im talking about a handbuilt shack, woodstove. I used to raise my own turkeys and chickens and had a few vegetable gardens. boiling water is all you need to do. Lol I have my first aid course, and I have practiaclly lived in the woods since I was able to hunt, I am aware of many edibles, but if I grow my own that will not be much of a concern. Besides if im really that hard-up I guess I could probably make my journey into town, marijuana is a very tradable commodity. But I can understand where your coming from BE PREPARED!

P.s I appreciate the links to foxfire books but unless I can find them in a bookstore, Im a big sketchbag with buying stuff online.
 
Carne Seca said:
You can download all the foxfire books on demonoid. :)
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After I found Book One in an antique shop, I went and downloaded them from there... but after reading the actual book, I hopped on eBay and got an original set from the 60s :-)

The seller also shipped the Foxfire movie from Hallmark, it has John Denver in it.
 
i know exactly how yu feel and i often contemplate the same thing. not so much back to nature but more buy a 100k house in sme shit town and live in it for free. just pay bills with income from computer work. live like i am retired. i dn't want to wor my life away at jobs i hate
 
stonerman said:
Thats the thing, I have plenty of experience. Im not talking about walking out my door and trying to live with nothing. Im talking about a handbuilt shack, woodstove. I used to raise my own turkeys and chickens and had a few vegetable gardens. boiling water is all you need to do. Lol I have my first aid course, and I have practiaclly lived in the woods since I was able to hunt, I am aware of many edibles, but if I grow my own that will not be much of a concern. Besides if im really that hard-up I guess I could probably make my journey into town, marijuana is a very tradable commodity.
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Look me up if you make it up to Alaska...
 
humm humm, still, there is a reason,why humans stopped living like that (and jump out of it as quick as they can).

its often very difficult work, and if you are going to be alone, even more difficult.

plus if you get sick, you basically are fucked, alone out in the woods. unless you make certain precautions (a way to contact civilzation for one)
 
PeyoteReligion said:
That sounds fun...if you are Man vs Wilds' Bear Grills
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I love how you mentioned bear grills. To be compltely honest I think hes a big fake. He has a camera crew follow him around the entire time, they make those shows seem hardcore, hes even supplied with all the equipment like when he starts a fire with two sticks, those sticks were already provided. I dont know if you familar with surviorman, or beyond survival with les stroud. Now he is my hero, He goes all over the world a week at a time and survives with almost nothing, a bag of nuts, a string and a knife. He brings his own camera, he cant use the cameras in order to survive, just to film and he has produced some amazing documentaries from all around the world completely by himself. AND les stroud is canadian.
 
swishsam said:
Check out a film called 'Into The Wild'
Fantastic film and based on a true story.
:peace:
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Yea I watched that film when it first came out, I believe he ended up dying in the end? I didnt like his lifestyle though, it was silly, who would live in a crap bus like that. I forgot to mention, Ill always have my dogs with me for company.
 
i watched it too and yes he died. i don't want to live like t hat though. i intend to make money, just minimal money and not spend much. i don't need stuff, i will just be frugal and live inexpensively.
 
Well if you read Foxfire Volume II - Make sure you don't read the chapter called, "Boogers, Witches, and Haints" if it's after dark or you're feeling particularly boogered. That chapter will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck.
 
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