Recent content by mkirby

I'm starting to get sick of being the city and I think I'm almost ready to spend some time surviving the natural way. Let's say me and a couple of friends wanted to go kick it in the forest for a couple of months...what's the best place in North America to go do that? I want to find a spot where...

Everyone list the clothes you carry when you travel, including what you have on your body.

So I recently bough a 3/4 size guitar for travel, and discovered that I can attach it to my pack by putting it in a gig bag and creatively placing some straps and carabiners. It hangs up and down parallel with my back, behind my backpack, and the weight is distributed pretty evenly. (I'll post...

So I got a new pack (high sierra summit 45), and it pretty much meets my needs in every possible way except for one. The only color they had left I got it at a closeout sale, CHEAP) was fluorescent orange. I'm trying to avoid the "I'm a yuppie, rob me", statement that a flashy new pack seems...

I have frequent panic attacks about the number of things that I own, being that I'm missing something essential or I have way too many things that aren't at all necessary. My STUFF, what I have, how much I have, how it' s organized, how it's stored has been an issue for me for a long time. So...

Here's the situation in my life right now. So basically after traveling all summer, I accomplished what has been my goal for a really long time. I learned to live happily for an extended period of time with virtually nothing. I reduced what I owned to about the contents of regular school-sized...

I've heard a lot of stuff from the folk lately about how we shouldn't do things like make zines, or post on websites, or even talk about really, how to get started living this sort of lifestyle. Don't teach people how to dumpster dive, or there'll be no goodies left for us, don't talk about...

I've been torn about this for a while. I've always gone internal because I thought they were lighter, but I've been seeing a lot of externals lately that were lighter than internals. And there's the added benefit of being able to lash stuff to the frame, and the fact that your back doesn't get...

Let me start out by saying that I normally like Tyra Banks and I think she's done some good things for the world. But I was flipping channels earlier and she did something that really pissed me off. She had these two ex-trainhoppers on, and was talking about them with this kind of awful pity...

Real Anarchists Don’t Breed Read and discuss.

Thought it might be good to have a thread on the things people bring to save on weight that have a bunch of different uses. This could be stuff that a smart person could use for lot of stuff, or stuff that's manufactured to be that way I'll get the ball rolling. Hemp Twine uses 1. making...

My complete lack of muscle defenition and endurance is beginning to bother me. What's the best way to go about starting a calisthenics/strength training routine that can be done anywhere and doesn't require any equipment.

I loved my carhartt overalls because of their durability and million pockets, but hated the fact that being female I had to unbuckle everything in order to pee. Also the fact that I was basically swimming in them, especially my skinny little legs, and that they were heavy as hell, bothered me...

fuck!!!! i accidentally hit the edit button on your post and deleted it instead of responding to it. fuck, sorry about that. --matt pist

Saw a special on T.V....houses in Detroit, Michigan are going for a just few hundred dollars each. If you're flush with cash and good with a hammer, and can handle living in Detroit, you might consider jumping on that shit.