Christopher McCandless

I would say get some education before you go. Learn "earth skills" or "survival skills" such as how to make fire with out a lighter or matches. Learn how to make an outdoor improvised shelter. Skills like this. Will you need these skills? Possibly, but to have them will give you ...

Pezar, your insight could not be more dead on! I have personally dealt with this in the last 2 months. Keeping things bottled up inside is a guarantee for mental illness. If a person has something bottled up inside and they have never shared it with anyone and they refuse to share it with anyone the...

"Rise" by Eddie Vedder

Wander, I have had to change my plan. My best friend and partner in my venture decided to commit suicide so I am lost and don't know what I am going to do. Sorry to give you bad news but it is my reality.

Hey Nitzan, try this link :http://www.wwoofusa.org/ They do say on this website that you should be interested in learning organic farming. I don't know if you are interested in "learning" organic farming but this might be a good place to start your search. or try: http://www.ehow.com/list_...

Hey, try this link. It is a website owned by Eric Halfacre, an administrator of this forum. Eric arguably knows more about going to see the bus than anyone and his website is an excellent resource for planning a trip to the bus. Eric also has a "contact" section so you can ask any question...

I have 27 acres in the mountains of NC and used to have partners with a vision of off the grid living. The problem is everyone has a vision of what they want to do and then some years pass and suddenly no one is on the same page anymore and I'm left with the property. If you are asking the question ...

I have zero experience in hitchhiking. But I do think I can "read" people and their intentions. Hitchhiking danger is the same as the danger of swimming in the ocean and getting eaten by a shark. There may be one incident in 50 million beach goers but the horror of getting eaten makes peop...

chriswasanidiot is the same person you see on every forum. Never a positive word to say. He waits for an attact on his posts so he can continue to attact the positive message because his life is so pathetic and uneventful. He lies in wait, excited at the prospect of a return post of hate. He can onl...

Wedelen, there's a post on survivalistboards.com about these people, search that board for "Rainbow Gatherings". The Rainbow website is welcomehere.org, I had it wrong. The people who visited the gathering in Ocala from Survivalist Board weren't too impressed, they said that people had ta...