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Interesting, you have the land, but it doesn't have an address.... What's written on the property's title? Just a lot number? How did you find that land? I've been looking for land online, but it's all ridiculously expensive. I'm guessing it's a better idea just to drive around and notice a...

Exactly! Fuck this "safety first" nonsense! Life is about risk. I'm hoping that the next generation can remember that and embrace it like a counter-culture -- but hopefully where it becomes the new normal.

Best thing I ever did for my mental health was get the fuck out of Klanada.

Wow, that's quite the vagabond life, man. Were you happy in those places, like staying in that shed for a few years, etc? Your posts aren't clear if you were enjoying it or just surviving it.

Damn, I was up near there a few years back -- I didn't think the bus would be a limited time opportunity. Sad to read that. But thanks for posting, Matt. Guess I'll have to find some new interesting hobo-historical places I can wander to.

Back in high school, my friends and I were walking along a suburban pathway that paralleled the road, one night. We noticed a cop driving along the road. So I'm like, "guys, let's just start running, and see what happens". We do, and we hear the cop car's engine start revving up, and he races up...

I wonder if this will be the fall of the American Empire. I'd imagine the US is much stronger than that, but still, the economy must have and be taking a huge hit this year. I mean, fuck the corporations, but the looting will also come back on the future consumers.... those filthy fucking...

If you don't know about the NSA's PRISM PROGRAM, please do yourself a horrifying favor and at least read the introduction of the Wikipedia article. Like Dameon said, above, it doesn't only matter that you supply fake information (although that definitely helps somewhat). Another issue is what...

The (heavily foreigner-driven) social media here in fascist China is abuzz with right-wing nonsense about "CHAZ". That's absolute madness that FOXNEWS was caught shooping pictures. What kind of state is Seattle (and America, more generally) in, right now? I had to ask my good friend, who also...

Shit that sounds familiar.... Did my family also call them that? I can't remember, right now... but they definitely had a name like that. I miss those days... when you and your fam would sit back there and make faces at people. Some people would smile. Others would look stern and angry. It was...

Man! West Coast touring with a station wagon is PREFERRED, in my opinion; vans are too big. Station wagons are so stealth and light on the gas. Beautiful setup, man. When I come back to Vancoooovah / the Island one day, I'm going to do that very setup. Well, personally I'd keep the passenger...

Wow, and you've been to Pripyat?!?!!? (Your display picture). That's my next destination. Did you make / share a video about the Zone? I'd like to read / watch about your adventures at Chernobyl.

Poor, misguided guy. I bet he's willing to fight for any cause -- just looking for acceptance. Give him a molotov and point at a Starbucks.

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Fight Club. Ok, maybe that was a joke, but actually it did open my eyes to the ideas of forming autonomous and underground groups, and fighting the corporate / monetary system, back when I was 14. It was the book / movie that set me off on my ideological quest, so it will always have a special...

I usually carry a full-tang survival knife (right now, a Fallkniven F1). I really hope I never even have to pull it out for anything besides cutting up veggies or kindling, etc. But it is comforting to know I've got it. I've heard from many folks is dangerous to have a big knife and pull it out...

By the way, at the end of the video, it looks like you jump off the train in the middle of the Xinjiang desert...... how did you get out of there? Was there a town nearby? Yeah, maybe Xinjiang would be a good place to freight hop, but like I think you mentioned at the end of the video -- you...

Wow, that's excellent, man. I see you mostly ride in the open gondola coal cars. Did it ever rain on you? What was your sleeping setup? If you go again in China (especially south China) send me a message; we can go hop one together.

Psychonauts 2 is not coming out in 2018 - VG247 - https://www.vg247.com/2018/01/03/psychonauts-2-is-not-coming-out-in-2018/ "What has been will be again.... There is nothing new under the sun." But srsly, I doubt it. They have been continually pushing it back for years. I will believe it when...

Like the commenters on Reddit, I think this pack will weigh too much with such a complex system. Anyway, when I ruck-up, I can fit all my shit into a 3-day assault pack -- if your pack is too much, get rid of some shit. Don't add more shit. This contraption is like something Billy Mays would...

Of course there's the FALLOUT series. I think they have a similar feeling as being on the road. Actually, most of those Post-Apocalyptic / Survival games have that feel. DayZ, Far Cry. Wander around with a vague purpose... But I think my favorite "travel" game, and you may disagree here, is...

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I noticed that when I was posting; i.e. the message to consider not posting because it's an old thread. I don't understand that. What's wrong with continuing a discussion from a long time ago? Personally, I think that's one of the best features of the internet -- the great conversation will...

I've been researching squatter's rights, or "adverse possession", for the past while. Seems like under current Canadian law, every province has it's own rules, but generally it takes about 10+ years. And yeah, BC is impossible to get squatter's rights in. I think most people have been using...

I think phone/internet media culture and the general wealth of all us Westerners has lead to an inundation of previously 'real' or 'untouched' or 'hidden' areas... anyone who has found their version of "THE BEACH" isn't going to share that information, anyway, I guess. That said, I have still...

I know there's an app for your phone which shares wifi passwords, so that if you get enough people using the app all around the world, everyone will have access to everyone's wifi. They use it here in Asia with some good success.

Up in East Van, I hung around with a punk drug dealer and his polyamorous GF. They had orgies once and a while. We went to a sex club a few times, too, in the Davie (downtown gay pride) district. Even in the rave scene back east there was alot of cuddle puddles turned a bit more heavy. For some...

Fuckin eh, nice writing style, man. You're a great wordsmith. Wasn't it fucking COLD on that train going into Denver? And in the rain, weren't you shaking uncontrollably? Just imagining your struggle through that gives me the chills. Hope the hitching goes well and you make friends with the...

Me, sitting in month 3 of forced quarantine in China, watching the "free" west deal with their hysteria and consumerist madness and trying to "suggest" a quarantine:

- Rooftops, rooftops, rooftops. - And sometimes, if roof not possible, fire-escapes (borrow some extra cardboard from a recycling dumpster to cover the uncomfortableness) - Top of Hotel Stairwell (by roof maintenance door) (perfect for winter / inclement weather (will require you blending in...

Very interesting tale, Doc Z. I know those suspicions very well... I'm a long-time member of CouchSurfing, and even though I've hosted dozens of people, I still feel that trepidation and have those late night (and mid-work-day) fears. Mind you, I don't have a family, and the people I host aren't...

This is a god damned fascinating world that I have no idea about. Thanks for making me aware of it. Post more pics. What's it like to live out on a boat? What's the longest you've been out on the high seas?

Fucking amazing pics, Coywolf! I hope to make it down there to Slab City some time soon. Maybe this summer, a west-coast roadtrip and rail-hop from Vancouver down to Mexico seems about right.

I went through phases in life of telling myself that I don't care what other people think, and other times of gauging my entire self-worth on what others thought. Being an expat lets you start over again, every time you go to a new city, a new country. This current place I'm in, I've come to...

I was thinking about getting a wool travel cloak. My only issue is that they are not inconspicuous in the urban jungle.

Fuck facebox. Besides the social and mental problems of FOMO, Facefuck also owns facial recognition, AI, and VR companies. They are, in actuality, trying to create the matrix. hahaha ...But seriously, Zuck's idea of privacy is to install facial recognition cameras in EVERY device, track your...

For my opinion, I think it's a great idea. Limitations or potential pitfalls have been mentioned, but overall, I think the benefits of sharing information (and by extension, community building) far outweigh the risks. Do we live life in fear of consequence or do we live life in hopes of...

Mesh trail runners. Watershoe concept, but looking casual and also just a bit professional, i guess. I call them my ninja shoes. I wear them for anything from hopping trains to parkour to work. Of course, they don't offer any god damned protection at all, so if you buy something like this, make...

Stealth camping is usually fine. Having a fire changes things. Also travelling with hobos that blow up the spot also really changes things: We were travelling together (3 of us) in Cambodia. Me, the self-titled "hobo-king", and a French-American guy. We were camping at the shallow goose-shit...

I was at a wild rave after-party in Ottawa, Canada, and a bunch of vile gangsta dudes came into the house. The busses had stopped by this point, and wouldn't start for another few hours, so my girlfriend and I slept on a couch in the middle of the party, and I held onto my pack. I woke up a...

I'm considering the same idea. I think northern Canada / Alaska is the best for the hermit life (possibly in the world), but the cold weather is just too much for me. So now I'm looking for a legal way to make this happen. Aiming for a place that's warm year round. SE Asia seems safe enough...

Hud, if you haven't considered a season of tree-planting, especially in the PNW / Canada's West Coast, definitely consider it. You may not get along with the other freaks and weirdos out there, but the main thing is you get out there and live off the land and make some decent money you can put...

Why can't he just hitch? Or use ride share? After Toronto (west of Toronto), it shouldn't be anywhere near a problem to get a ride (unless stranded in the prairies). And I agree; I don't think there would be a problem domestically booking a flight, as the corporate airlines system is not yet...

OP (Satanic Botanic), this is a very poignant topic. Relevant to my mental interests. I've been debating it through the lens of my life choices these past years. I think that punk meta-ethos of "not conforming, even to punk non-conformity" is paradoxical but the right way of being. Yeah...

No birch in the NorthWest / mountains, so Make a feather stick. Light a plastic bag, and let the flaming death drip onto your tinder. Works every damn time. Carry a bunch of plastic bags in your ruck.

Hahaha, yeah, I guess so. I meant relationships in the platonic way. But a sex is fine, too.

Yeah, a good hostel fosters interaction. Big common tables, smoking balcony, cheap bar, etc. But most hostels I find nowadays seem to bring about the opposite: individual cubby-hole spaces in common areas, beds with curtains, cold and clinical looking steel and concrete with white interrogation...

What's Eugene like? I guess I will just have to go -- I've heard a lot of good things about the place.

AHahahahahahaha... oh man, I had never even heard of this movie. Thank you for making my day.