How To Tell If You Have An Outdoor Lifestyle
1.) Your closet is devoted to your gear.
2.) Your clothes are synthetic or smartwool
3.) You have more than one bike... in your apartment (not counting the ones in storage)...
4.) Your sink(s), toilet(s), and bathtub(s) are constantly clogging due to the sticks/leaves, mud/sand, sweat/tears you pour down them when cleaning your gear or yourself.
5.) Your friends assume you'll walk instead of take the cab.
6.) You have an article of clothing you keep "campfire smell" on so you can remember the good times.
7.) Your dog has a backpack.
8.) When it's -20 F, sideways precipitation, wind like a hurricane, and the news channel is advising no travel what-so-ever, it's just "the weather", and you're still going out to have fun.
9.) A multi-tool, magnesium stick and flint, and a water bottle are all you need to survive... and you happen to carry them with you everywhere...
10.) You're an EcoHiker Adventures fan.
11.) You constantly spout lingo that nobody understands unless your backpacking, climbing, cycling, etc...
12.) Clif Bars and other high energy products are constantly in stock at your place.
13.) There's something satisfying about getting dirty...
14.) You live for a sunrise... or sunset... or both... and mountains... yes, and desert... and forests...
15.) Your lighter is wrapped with duck tape, just in case.
16.) Your surfboard is getting another round of wax for the 5 am breakers on Lake Michigan in January.
17.) You've always got a good story about "that one time you went (insert activity here)".
18.) For you, life expectancy depends on what your next adventure is.
19.) You LNT, DIY, ABC and are proud.
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| Tamir Klein - Photographer - at Peninsula State Park, WI |
All my friends know my lifestyle, I like to be outdoors. As such, I guess I happen to make it easy for someone who may not know me to guess that I do indeed love the outdoors. I've started taking a poll of what makes a life an outdoorsy lifestyle, from my own observations to the ones my friends joke with me over beers about. Enjoy!
1.) Your closet is devoted to your gear.
2.) Your clothes are synthetic or smartwool
3.) You have more than one bike... in your apartment (not counting the ones in storage)...
4.) Your sink(s), toilet(s), and bathtub(s) are constantly clogging due to the sticks/leaves, mud/sand, sweat/tears you pour down them when cleaning your gear or yourself.
5.) Your friends assume you'll walk instead of take the cab.
6.) You have an article of clothing you keep "campfire smell" on so you can remember the good times.
7.) Your dog has a backpack.
8.) When it's -20 F, sideways precipitation, wind like a hurricane, and the news channel is advising no travel what-so-ever, it's just "the weather", and you're still going out to have fun.
9.) A multi-tool, magnesium stick and flint, and a water bottle are all you need to survive... and you happen to carry them with you everywhere...
10.) You're an EcoHiker Adventures fan.
11.) You constantly spout lingo that nobody understands unless your backpacking, climbing, cycling, etc...
12.) Clif Bars and other high energy products are constantly in stock at your place.
13.) There's something satisfying about getting dirty...
14.) You live for a sunrise... or sunset... or both... and mountains... yes, and desert... and forests...
15.) Your lighter is wrapped with duck tape, just in case.
16.) Your surfboard is getting another round of wax for the 5 am breakers on Lake Michigan in January.
17.) You've always got a good story about "that one time you went (insert activity here)".
18.) For you, life expectancy depends on what your next adventure is.
19.) You LNT, DIY, ABC and are proud.
20.) You have this thing called "stoke".
21.) You have a beard, love a good beard, or secretly wish you had a beard.
22.) Your best piece of cookware in the whole house is your titanium 2 step you backpack with.
23.) You own a hammock, or a slackline.
24.) Toilet paper means more to you than most, and your idea of what a bathroom consists of is different than most others.
25.) Your best friend is a tree or a rock.
26.) "Lighter, faster, stronger, better" is your credo.
27.) Gear stickers cover a lot of your stuff.
28.) You've been there or want to go there.
29.) You own a headlamp.
30.) You read all the way through this list and are now thinking about how similar your lifestyle is.
Hope you found a couple that are up your alley, I want to hear about your outdoor lifestyles either here or at the EcoHiker Adventures Facebook page. The list continues, and so do the adventures. Cheers, beers, and the great outdoors!
~Eco
30.) You read all the way through this list and are now thinking about how similar your lifestyle is.
Hope you found a couple that are up your alley, I want to hear about your outdoor lifestyles either here or at the EcoHiker Adventures Facebook page. The list continues, and so do the adventures. Cheers, beers, and the great outdoors!
~Eco
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