Life
NeonSpyder
"Das est NTLDR?" Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17913Members
"Das est NTLDR?" Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17913Members
in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">and what you do with it.</div> This upcoming spring, I plan to travel to the rockies of British Columbia with my life partner and live. We are planning to build our own log cabin, plant and tend our own crops, essentially testing our mettle againts that of nature. To see if we, as individuals and together, can live, and grow as human beings, alone and together, in the woods.
We are planning this for many reasons, most of them being that of personal value, willpower, and strength, of body and mind.
If this is going to succeed, it wil take all of our determination, and every last drop of preperation we can muster, So, along with researching the required information ourselves, I would like to ask this community, this wonderful community of individuals, to share with us your fears, doubts, congratulations, questions, opinions, and most importantly.
Your advice.
Thank You.
-Sincerely Ryan, (Neonspyder that those that can read, and Ginkan to those that play Maplestory. you know who you are)
We are planning this for many reasons, most of them being that of personal value, willpower, and strength, of body and mind.
If this is going to succeed, it wil take all of our determination, and every last drop of preperation we can muster, So, along with researching the required information ourselves, I would like to ask this community, this wonderful community of individuals, to share with us your fears, doubts, congratulations, questions, opinions, and most importantly.
Your advice.
Thank You.
-Sincerely Ryan, (Neonspyder that those that can read, and Ginkan to those that play Maplestory. you know who you are)
Comments
Your advice.
Thank You.
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
A good friend once told me
"Keep doing what you are doing, and you will get where you want to go."
<!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Good luck with your new adventure. Breathing in all the fresh air, just dont forget about the rest of us out in civilization. I take it you wont have the internet out there so if you ever come into town get online and say hi and tell us how you are doing every now and then.
That and when its winter time dont get in the way of one of those crafty arctic sno...*cough i mean bears. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Of course i will drop you guys a line if i'm ever in town. though the town i'm planning on living nearby really probably doesn't have an internet cafe or anything. it's called "Hope" for any of those who've heard of it.
Besides, Bears hibernate during the winter. duh. wont need to worry about them.
Especially those offering life insurance. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Or log cabin insurance. They may have matches. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Also, take a tent or something to live in or make sure there's a hotel in the nearby town because I can't see you building an inhabitable log cabin in a single day :p
I advise hunting ents for the best wood. They have a lot of hitpoints but their drops are much better than what you'll get from normal trees even with a high lumberjack skill level :p
I advise hunting ents for the best wood. They have a lot of hitpoints but their drops are much better than what you'll get from normal trees even with a high lumberjack skill level <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
also it may be clever to visit a highly skilled black smith to make you a good sturdy axe
Make sure you know what you're getting into. I'm not trying to deter you at all; just make sure that you're prepared to deal with the extreme hardship you may be lining yourself up for.
I disagree - the artisan class is much better at drinking wine, wearing a beret, and sneering at passers-by than he is at making a house.
Stop DOING that. People give me weird looks when I suddenly lol while sitting in front of the computer.
read Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - it's a very stark true story about the life of a young man who decided to go up north where you plan on going and live off the land... it doesn't end well :o
I don't want to be a doomsayer - just saying, be prepared, so we don't have to worry <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
All we need to know on cabin construction -- check (it's amazingly simple. it just takes a lot of hard work)
Seed money -- check
Back-up plan -- negatory :o
Disco, i do realize that there is a lot of information that we must look into before we start. I am talking to everyone i know, especially my grandparents who have a large amount of knowledge in this field, as well as dozens of books so far. I know how to preserve food, i know how to smoke meat to keep it edible all through winter.
Also disco, for clarification sake, we will be traveling 'south' a little from where we live :P
and if you live north of BC already, at least you're already used to the weather <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I disagree - the artisan class is much better at drinking wine, wearing a beret, and sneering at passers-by than he is at making a house. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think that's only if you take the sub-class - French.
I suggest you watch every episode of 'The Good Life' and take lots of batteries. Oh and read lots of Stephen King.
But really roughin' it is not as fun as movies and books and such would have you believe. You ever been hunting? Kill anything? Know how to clean it? Cook it? How far into this are you going? You gonna be wearing what you hunt? Cause that's difficult, I made a hat out of a raccoon, but it took me a couple tries. Ever handle a gun? Not ragging on you here, just trying to get a feel for your situation.
Karma, we're not doing this because we expect it to be fun. we expect it to hard, challanging, difficult, and every other word for hardship there is. however, we also expect it to be worth it, because without challanges, or hardship, we can never grow as individuals.
I have never been hunting, but i know i will have to learn, and i am prepared to do so, i am also prepared to learn how to clean and cook my prey, though we will not be wearing what we hunt, people have jackets for a good reason.
lol I'm sorry but I just had to point that out.
I thought <b>living</b> was mandatory <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> didn't know we had to as an option ^_^
Karma, we're not doing this because we expect it to be fun. we expect it to hard, challanging, difficult, and every other word for hardship there is. however, we also expect it to be worth it, because without challanges, or hardship, we can never grow as individuals.
I have never been hunting, but i know i will have to learn, and i am prepared to do so, i am also prepared to learn how to clean and cook my prey, though we will not be wearing what we hunt, people have jackets for a good reason. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well thats a slippery slope, people got mircrowave ovens for a good reason too. But let's not.
Im glad you're not just some yuppie off to get his jollies out in god's country, good luck to ya.
No power tools, this is back to nature. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->