Going off the grid.

Latly ive been trippin over some shit. see ive got myself into a predicament, im 18 and ive had this big plan of joining the marines(whoops must have forget i smoked dank?) anyway i graduated early and worked my ass off just to graduate like a semester early just so i could get out of my parents house. i had two jobs and saved a good sum of money and now i sorta am having second thoughts about joining i was thinking about going off the grid to live with me and my gf of 3 years. of coarse in oregon to grow our fair share of the green but i guess this goes out to anyone that wants to tell me how fuckin rediculous this is or isnt?

Latly ive been trippin over some shit. see ive got myself into a predicament, im 18 and ive had this big plan of joining the marines(whoops must have forget i smoked dank?) anyway i graduated early and worked my ass off just to graduate like a semester early just so i could get out of my parents house. i had two jobs and saved a good sum of money and now i sorta am having second thoughts about joining i was thinking about going off the grid to live with me and my gf of 3 years. of coarse in oregon to grow our fair share of the green but i guess this goes out to anyone that wants to tell me how fuckin rediculous this is or isnt?

its really not that ridiculous.

Lots of people are starting to build self-sustaining homes off the grid.

Check out this article:

Is Living Off the Grid Right For You? : TreeHugger

its really not that ridiculous.

Lots of people are starting to build self-sustaining homes off the grid.

Check out this article:

http://www.treehugge...ght-for-you.php

No no no thats not what i meant i meant like going out into the shit middle of nowhere building a house and sustaining by our selves

No no no thats not what i meant i meant like going out into the shit middle of nowhere building a house and sustaining by our selves

i dont understand what the difference is

in mind mind i see like just going somewhere nowhere else is around for hundrends of miles i guess illegal because the whole property deal. where would be an area no one lives in or near oregon where i can put up a house and no government will fuck with me

in mind mind i see like just going somewhere nowhere else is around for hundrends of miles i guess illegal because the whole property deal. where would be an area no one lives in or near oregon where i can put up a house and no government will fuck with me

wait jk i read that and that sounded fucking stupid. i just want to go somewhere where i dont have to buy property,can grow weed, hunt, fish and live where no one will tell me i cant

wait jk i read that and that sounded fucking stupid. i just want to go somewhere where i dont have to buy property,can grow weed, hunt, fish and live where no one will tell me i cant

true.

not sure you could pull that off in oregon. If I was in your position, I would probably head to Alaska.

true.

not sure you could pull that off in oregon. If I was in your position, I would probably head to Alaska.

Yeah, just make sure you bring a rifle and alot of ammunition. Those grizzlies get real nasty man.

That has always been a dream of mine,and someday I am confident I will pull it off.

As far as legality,well I mean it is legal to camp in the middle of nowhere,as far as time limits I never heard of one.

So I guess if you wanted to build a very well stocked and semi permanent camp house,and stay there a few years and grow all the weed you want,I'm sure noone will try to stop you,at least in some areas.

I'm currently looking at Alaska,which I can say is the most remote and lawless place I can think of that is still US soil.

Either that or somewhere in Oregon,Washington or anything near the canadian border.

The best place would be the great Yukon forests in Canada,population is next to zero.
And is one of the most beautiful places I would choose to live,except I don't want to have to deal with all the immigration paperwork I would have to do.

Orrrrr
You could forget the marines and join the rangers.. let them train you in survival skills (all the ones you are talking about now) and go native 4 years from now.

Just a thought

Your exact desire is chronicled in the movie called "Into The Wild" it's pretty good you should check it out. The kid doesn't smoke pot but he does leave everything behind to go live off the grid in alaska. Check it out though

Your exact desire is chronicled in the movie called "Into The Wild" it's pretty good you should check it out. The kid doesn't smoke pot but he does leave everything behind to go live off the grid in alaska. Check it out though

Yea that was a good movie,also based on a real person.

Orrrrr
You could forget the marines and join the rangers

Zordon says thanks for the plug

VeiledReality, you have just answered basically what i was asking thanks glad to hear im not the only one that feels like they can take on the wild and leave behind civilization *atleast for a while

if ya do man, wait til spring. the winter out there is gonna be harsh, especially if ya have to camp until ya get something built

You should check out Emergency by Neil Strauss. It's a pretty good read but not all of it is feasible unless you have a lot of money ($60k for a second passport is a tad much). Still, some of it might help you out or point you in the right direction.

Orrrrr
You could forget the marines and join the rangers..

Considering that is supposed to be one of the hardest trainings there is, i doubt thats an option.

How hard a training do you think it is to haul your unprepared ass off into the middle of the wilderness with a gun some shells and a happy thought or two? The rangers do that to you in the 1st week or so but at least they come BACK in a few days and check up on ya...

Just a thought (lol)

who says im un-prepared ive been hunting on hundreds of thousand of acres and have had to camp under a tarp for 3 days with a pack of beef jerky because of a flash flood. my dad started taking me hunting when i was 8 and i started to hunt by myuself when i was 14 and have been since. im up for the challange id just have to have good recorces

How hard a training do you think it is to haul your unprepared ass off into the middle of the wilderness with a gun some shells and a happy thought or two? The rangers do that to you in the 1st week or so but at least they come BACK in a few days and check up on ya...

Just a thought (lol)

Its alot harder than going off into the wilderness, its more like doing some of the most tiring tasks you can imagine with little to no sleep, for months at a time. Yeah.