I am back from the wilderness

[theking]

...had to take one of my dogs to the vet. He ripped a nail/toe and needed stitches. I will probably be in for a week or so.

[Scott McD]

[Chosen]

Originally Posted by Scott McD

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Scott McD

that's a drag

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

that's a drag

How about we go with him when he returns? Month or two in the wilderness.

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Originally Posted by theking

...had to take one of my dogs to the vet. He ripped a nail/toe and needed stitches. I will probably be in for a week or so.

So much for living off the grid...



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[Rochard]

Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude

So much for living off the grid...



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Who goes off the grid when they take a crap? Between my cell, my kindle, and my Surface I have more computing power when I am on the shitter than NASA used to get to the moon.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

How about we go with him when he returns? Month or two in the wilderness.

that would be the odd couple 2014 +1

[mineistaken]

welcome back not

[CaptainHowdy]

[American Psycho]

pls leave now.

[VikingMan]

did you express his anal glands? Dogs love that shit.

[jódete]

Originally Posted by theking

...had to take one of my dogs to the vet. He ripped a nail/toe and needed stitches. I will probably be in for a week or so.

official photo

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

How about we go with him when he returns? Month or two in the wilderness.

so its me you the bearded lady and the mountain man? im bringing extra ammo

[CDSmith]

I on the other hand am now OUT in the wild. In fact the ice just today broke apart on the lake. It was a glorious site.

Fishing won't be far off now.

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

that would be the odd couple 2014 +1

No farting in the tent.


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[John-ACWM]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Who goes off the grid when they take a crap? Between my cell, my kindle, and my Surface I have more computing power when I am on the shitter than NASA used to get to the moon.

[theking]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

I on the other hand am now OUT in the wild. In fact the ice just today broke apart on the lake. It was a glorious site.

Fishing won't be far off now.

There is a creek within walking distance in my A0 where I can catch an occasional trout.

[DWB]

Originally Posted by theking

There is a creek within walking distance in my A0 where I can catch an occasional trout.

Is it clean enough to drink or do you still have to filter it?

I've always wanted to visit someplace so clean I could drink right from the stream. Going trekking in Nepal soon, perhaps in the Himalayas I'll be able to do that for the first time.

[PornDude]

Coming back every 3 months. What's the point?

[deltav]

Originally Posted by DWB

Is it clean enough to drink or do you still have to filter it?

I've always wanted to visit someplace so clean I could drink right from the stream. Going trekking in Nepal soon, perhaps in the Himalayas I'll be able to do that for the first time.

I spend a decent amount of time in the mountains, so a word of warning. Even in the purest of pure alpine snowmelt springs in a high mountain vale you can get beaver fever aka giardiasis, because some small animal pooped or died in a crevice somewhere which trickled down to your spring. It's *unlikely* in some settings and you might happily suck down that fresh H2O for a while..... but after the first time you wind up projectile vomiting and shitting in the wilderness for 3-4 days straight and then struggling with digestive problems for months and sometimes years after, you'll decline to take the risk from there out. Purifiers FTW in most cases.

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Originally Posted by DWB

Going trekking in Nepal soon, perhaps in the Himalayas I'll be able to do that for the first time.

Sherpa porn?



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[Bryan G]

You're a fucking idiot. Why do you lie though your ass pathfinder?

[_Richard_]

Originally Posted by deltav

I spend a decent amount of time in the mountains, so a word of warning. Even in the purest of pure alpine snowmelt springs in a high mountain vale you can get beaver fever aka giardiasis, because some small animal pooped or died in a crevice somewhere which trickled down to your spring. It's *unlikely* in some settings and you might happily suck down that fresh H2O for a while..... but after the first time you wind up projectile vomiting and shitting in the wilderness for 3-4 days straight and then struggling with digestive problems for months and sometimes years after, you'll decline to take the risk from there out. Purifiers FTW in most cases.

first rule of the forest

don't get beaver fever.

[theking]

Originally Posted by DWB

Is it clean enough to drink or do you still have to filter it?

I've always wanted to visit someplace so clean I could drink right from the stream. Going trekking in Nepal soon, perhaps in the Himalayas I'll be able to do that for the first time.

I don't know...I don't drink it. There is a small spring within my encampment from which I had the water tested and it provides me with drinking water without having to purify it.

[theking]

Originally Posted by Bryan G

You're a fucking idiot. Why do you lie though your ass pathfinder?

Is your wife ok with you being gay/girly boy...or has she left you?

[_Richard_]

Originally Posted by theking

Is your wife ok with you being gay/girly boy...or has she left you?

do you have a wife?

[jódete]

Originally Posted by _Richard_

do you have a wife?

[theking]

Originally Posted by _Richard_

do you have a wife?

I haven't had a wife since the late 80's.

[_Richard_]

Originally Posted by theking

I haven't had a wife since the late 80's.

[theking]

Originally Posted by _Richard_

Self taken?

[jódete]

got a question 4 ya theking. u post alot of adventures , brag of all sorts of guns , ur cabin , the wilderness , why havent ya ever posted a pic or a fast video of anything u brag about ????

[oppoten]

From the wild to the zoo

Quick, make your escape!

[theking]

Originally Posted by jódete

got a question 4 ya theking. u post alot of adventures , brag of all sorts of guns , ur cabin , the wilderness , why havent ya ever posted a pic or a fast video of anything u brag about ????

Ahhh...but I have...and promised myself never to do so again.

[theking]

Further more I have posted pics of PF as well as myself and a couple of military documents...and I regret doing so...as I and the pics were just flamed...and a few ignorant souls still call me Pathfinder.

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by DWB

Is it clean enough to drink or do you still have to filter it?

I've always wanted to visit someplace so clean I could drink right from the stream. Going trekking in Nepal soon, perhaps in the Himalayas I'll be able to do that for the first time.

Nym lake is. It's at the top of the water table for a massive region of NW Ontario, you can absolutely drink the water right from the lake. No other water source drains into the lake, only out. It's one of N America's only pristine lakes left.

The meat out of the fish in this lake is snow white, and the tastiest on the planet I tell you. Zero impurities.

And the lake home I'm staying at right now on this lake just happens to be for sale.

[DamianJ]

Originally Posted by Bryan G

You're a fucking idiot. Why do you lie though your ass pathfinder?

to get people like you to respond to his attention seeking lies.

he wins.

[_Richard_]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

Nym lake is. It's at the top of the water table for a massive region of NW Ontario, you can absolutely drink the water right from the lake. No other water source drains into the lake, only out. It's one of N America's only pristine lakes left.

The meat out of the fish in this lake is snow white, and the tastiest on the planet I tell you. Zero impurities.

And the lake home I'm staying at right now on this lake just happens to be for sale.

was that one of the lakes they did all the radiation experiments in?

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/05/10...ictable-result

don't really have time to track down which lakes, but it's in the "NW Ontario"..

[theking]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

Nym lake is. It's at the top of the water table for a massive region of NW Ontario, you can absolutely drink the water right from the lake. No other water source drains into the lake, only out. It's one of N America's only pristine lakes left.

The meat out of the fish in this lake is snow white, and the tastiest on the planet I tell you. Zero impurities.

And the lake home I'm staying at right now on this lake just happens to be for sale.

Are you at your Uncle's place?

[deltav]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

Nym lake is. It's at the top of the water table for a massive region of NW Ontario, you can absolutely drink the water right from the lake. No other water source drains into the lake, only out. It's one of N America's only pristine lakes left.

Yeah well..... it's still a big lake - plenty of places for an animal to poop in it, or for rotting things, whatever. Also people do live in the area. Sure, it's cleaner than most, but if you happen to have bad luck with any particular mouthful, very unfortunate things will happen. Our civilized guts just aren't conditioned for those microorganisms anymore. You can get giardia from mice, beavers, deer, etc, ain't just people.

I'd far far rather drink from a high-altitude snowmelt fed spring rather than a lake like that with so much surface area and shoreline, there's just too much access for something to contaminate it.

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by deltav

Yeah well..... it's still a big lake - plenty of places for an animal to poop in it, or for rotting things, whatever. Also people do live in the area. Sure, it's cleaner than most, but if you happen to have bad luck with any particular mouthful, very unfortunate things will happen. Our civilized guts just aren't conditioned for those microorganisms anymore. You can get giardia from mice, beavers, deer, etc, ain't just people.

I'd far far rather drink from a high-altitude snowmelt fed spring rather than a lake like that with so much surface area and shoreline, there's just too much access for something to contaminate it.

Simple solution; do what millions of people throughout history have done. Dig a well.


TheKing --- Yes, I'm at my uncle's place right now. And for a mere $549,000 CDN someone is soon going to score one hell of a lake home for themselves.

[deltav]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

Simple solution; do what millions of people throughout history have done. Dig a well.

Sure, we've got a cabin in the mountains and it has a well, I know how it works. I thought we were talking about drinking straight out of a lake, different thing entirely.

[Just Alex]

Can someone ban this delusional fuck.

[theking]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

Simple solution; do what millions of people throughout history have done. Dig a well.


TheKing --- Yes, I'm at my uncle's place right now. And for a mere $549,000 CDN someone is soon going to score one hell of a lake home for themselves.

I saw the pictures of it and I think it will not be on the market for long.

[nico-t]

Pigshit.

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by deltav

Sure, we've got a cabin in the mountains and it has a well, I know how it works. I thought we were talking about drinking straight out of a lake, different thing entirely.

You have to realize that not all lakes are cut from the same cloth. The ecosystem on this lake is very different from a lot of others in the world, especially those in N America. For one thing it's in the heart of the Canadian Shield, among thousands of lakes that were glacier formed and grinded out of rock. Then there's the item I already mentioned, about this being a pristine lake at the top of the water table in the region, and believe me this region is massive. Size of the lake matters as well, and Nym Lake is quite large. A little mouse shit here or there near the shore isn't going to taint the entire lake, more like a few drops of it.

I'd say aside maybe from the dog days of August when there's a lot of sediment hanging in the water with little to no undercurrents, you could definitely take a gulp of water out of this lake and feel good about it. I can think of only a couple of pristine lakes in central Canada that come close to this one, Shoal lake being one, which incidentally is the lake that fed the city of Winnipeg most of it's water supply for many decades.

I'm not saying you're wrong in what you're saying, I'm just saying you might not want to paint all lakes and ecosystems with the same brush.

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by theking

I saw the pictures of it and I think it will not be on the market for long.

He's already got an offer from some local people for $450K. Tempting, but he's letting me run with the website for a while to see what other bites we can get.

You're right though, the place is quite fabulous.

[DamianJ]

Originally Posted by theking

a few people that can see through my pathetic tissue of lies still call me Pathfinder.

So, are you

a) genuinely bat shit mental
b) the best troll ever

?

[kinkstercash]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

You have to realize that not all lakes are cut from the same cloth. The ecosystem on this lake is very different from a lot of others in the world, especially those in N America. For one thing it's in the heart of the Canadian Shield, among thousands of lakes that were glacier formed and grinded out of rock. Then there's the item I already mentioned, about this being a pristine lake at the top of the water table in the region, and believe me this region is massive. Size of the lake matters as well, and Nym Lake is quite large. A little mouse shit here or there near the shore isn't going to taint the entire lake, more like a few drops of it.

I'd say aside maybe from the dog days of August when there's a lot of sediment hanging in the water with little to no undercurrents, you could definitely take a gulp of water out of this lake and feel good about it. I can think of only a couple of pristine lakes in central Canada that come close to this one, Shoal lake being one, which incidentally is the lake that fed the city of Winnipeg most of it's water supply for many decades.

I'm not saying you're wrong in what you're saying, I'm just saying you might not want to paint all lakes and ecosystems with the same brush.

Jeez I would never ever drink unfiltered or untreated water while out in the wilderness, unless I was in some type of survival scenario. Better safe than sorry, if you can help it right? I just got these drops called aquamira for backpacking. Better than iodine because it covers more pathogens, better than most filters because even iodine prevents more things than most filters! Also it doesn't taste like anything, and it only takes 15-30 minutes to treat the water.

[deltav]

Yup, I've spent plenty of time at high mountain lakes at over 8000ft where there were no human habitations for 30+ miles, and the water is fed from brand-new snowmelt right at the source. It does not get much purer than that. You can probably drink from such places a hundred times or more with no problem, but the one time a marmot sharts somewhere and you pick up a trace organism from that - well, the resulting effects will make you reconsider like me! But sometimes we all gotta learn the hard way I guess.