Anyone else planning on trying to survive as a Homeless dude

have fun

I did for 8 months a few years back, lived in the woods all winter. I'll tell you this:

you better man up.

do you have any tips and tricks for someone before they venture out

do you have any epic stories . how many bandits did you come across in your travels

I'ld be a liar if I said the thought has never crossed my mind ! Dude if your serious, you gotta go all out though like Jeramiah Johnson lol. Awsome movie if you haven't seen it ! That's how I'ld do it ! Also check out Man vs Wild, lots of helpful stuff there too! Assuming you're serious, that would be the way to go!

Lol, I could write a book about it.

Many bandits out there. Many sick, sick people living homeless, also some very enlightened individuals.

There may be honor among thieves, but there is no betrayal without trust.

Do not ever show any other homeless people your area.

For that matter, you don't have to hang out with them, or even look like you are homeless yourself.

I actually hand-built a little 8x8 shack, insulated, stove, bed, the outside was chain link fence I rolled up and carried up the mountain, I thatched it with pine branches, it was awesome, wood floor too.

Clean up after yourself.

Feed the birds.

Learn to be hungry, it will make your food taste incredible.

I had a membership at the YMCA, I worked two jobs, saved all my money, nobody had a clue, now I am doing quite well for myself 2 years later.

Thats an awesome story. You should write a book!

let's do it

Maybe some day I will. There was quite a bit that happened to me before that, it was the culmination of a rebirth of sorts for me, only found through suffering extreme misery.

I bet it was cold

Like how to squeeze the juice out of a ginormous chunk of elephant shit so you have a nice tasty beverage..and you wont dehydrate and die. Mind you there are no elephants roaming around here but that's not the point. :)

I'd rather die.

The trees start to pop at around 15 below 0 when any residual water in the trunks freeze and wind torques them.

I woke up many nights with my blankets frozen to the floor.

One night it was so cold I went to take a drink from my water bottle, but not only was the water frozen, my lips froze to the bottle too.

I was laughing though.

Dumpster diving and existing on plants don't seem to co-mingle. Unless you are like nature dumpster diving.

well i plan to have my 'home camp' of sorts in the woods and then venture into town to dive in the dumpsters for edible/useful goods. i figure the edible plants will be more supplementary; i'll mainly subsist from the dumpsters.

i have some more questions . . what did you eat? -- did YOU dumpster dive/eat edible plants. also who owned the property where you lived, and did you ever have confronations with the owners (police, park rangers, whatever).

Some diving, some food at work, some foraging. I don't know exactly who owned the property, it was several hundred feet up a small mountain, not easy to get to.

Cops came up looking twice, both times they walked within 30 feet of me and my place while I just sat there watching them like Rambo. It was kinda cool actually.

I did meet some winos and the like at the bottom of the hill one night, I told them I had strung rusty fishhooks on piano wire in the trees + a few other things to keep them scared, none of it true at all, but kept them from trying to even get near my place.

Don't do it.

Your health will be dumpster diving.

If you want to be a bum, then be a beach bum. But learn how to fish and how to cook fish; be legal with a fishing license for that particular state.

Now is a bad time to experience what you wish to experience. Wait until it is warmer.

Don't carry a large knife, or you will go to jail for possession of a concealed weapon along with vagrancy charges.

Don't loose your life simply because you are not prepared.

You will need Food, Shelter, Clothing and a place to use the bathroom and to clean up.

You may not live through such an experience. The wrong kind of people can and will see what your situation is, and if they think they can prosper momentarily in life, they won't mind taking your life in order to do it.

Don't do it my friend, it's not an experience that everyone lives through, especially if they are a loner.

That is a wonderful ending. I am so sorry you were having a hard time but I know it has helped you in many ways, especially spiritually. I am very happy for you that you are now doing very well. God Bless you always.

Everything takes longer and is much more work than you're used to. Obtaining enough calories is going to be very difficult.

There is a great sense of freedom and I understand completely about being a wageslave.

I have experience being homeless but not living as a woodsman.

You may love it.

U plan on buying a clunker and a used rv.

Buy some really cheap land,forage,dumpster dive and metal detect for the extras.

Ill get a solar hookup for tv and cell and ill piggy back wireless.

Im going full monty in the spring

gonna head north and find some secluded area near live water

Its all fun and games til ya get rump rustled by a bunch of butt bandits!

notice to my dictionary: "rump rustled"

i did it 3 years ago.
only i hooked up with comminuties and eco villages throughout the usa.
check ic.org

i also looked up the rainbow tribe or rainbow family.

they are really cool people and live all over the world. dumpster diving is key too.

it's easier up in the usa to dumpster dive. people throw nothing away down here.



good luck and God bless bro.