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When you spend a considerable amount of the year stuck in traffic, answering emails, and dealing with annoying coworkers, being outdoors can provide a much-needed reset. You set your phone to silent, cook some food over the fire, and feel your problems gradually retreat to the back of your mind as the sky fills up with stars. What can possibly go wrong?
Well, as everyone who spends time in nature knows, there are certain “taxes” you need to “pay” for the peace and quiet it offers, such as “donating” your blood to mosquitoes or providing “temporary housing” to bugs inside your tent. So to reassure you that it’s not your lack of ability but rather part of the deal, we collected a bunch of relatable camping and hiking memes about the challenges that wait along the way.
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Remi (He/Him) 2 weeks ago
Also trying to keep my mouth closed so I don't look like a out of shape mouth breather that I am
Auntriarch 2 weeks ago
Not to mention looking at flowers because I'm about to be lapped by an old lady carrying two bags of shopping and I want to look like a keen botanist rather than an embarrassingly unfit blob.
Remi (He/Him) 1 day ago
Try thinking you're looking weird and a slob to take pictures of the flowers. Ef u my neighbors, I'm here at to appreciate
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Jacob Lang 1 week ago
No but I fell down a hill back in '85! Some little boy was attempting to take my hotdog!
Bonnie Blue Bird 2 weeks ago
Ever run by other runners because you don't want them to know you're fighting for your life?
Inservio Smurf 1 week ago
People need to stop using the word mouthbreather. If you weren't meant to breathe through it, it wouldn't have an air conduit directly into your lungs. By all means throw shade at rectal breathers and bellybutton breathers. Leave people breathing through their windpipe alone.
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On average, people need to spend over an hour (67 minutes) outside each day to feel refreshed, according to a survey from Talker Research.
Their poll of 2,000 American adults revealed that over half of them (57%) are also craving time spent outdoors more now than ever before.
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Rali Meyer 2 weeks ago
checks out, looking at the amount of finnish metal bands: one for every musical taste!
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Rali Meyer 2 weeks ago
worked in catering once on a movie set, offering energy drinks around midnight. - "No way i drown that garbage down my body". Said it, and took another deep puff from his filter less (Roth Händle) cigarette, straight via his lungs into his 100 lb overweight frame.
Data also shows that those who spend time outside say it relaxes them (68%), puts them in a better mood (66%), and helps them clear their head (64%).
At the same time, people feel that being forced to spend more time inside than they prefer can lead to feelings of depression (38%), anxiousness (33%), and loneliness (32%).
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Peter Smith 2 weeks ago
My daughter got a badge from Girl Guides in the UK for buying and comparing chips (fries) from different takeaways in the town. Definitely sticking to their original ethos.
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David Paterson 2 weeks ago
Or come to Australia. It's easier to keep a safe distance from bison when hiking there.
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Callum Young 2 weeks ago
Because being prepared in the outdoors is just so silly. Think of this the next time some 5 year old goes missing while out on a forest trail.
Six in 10 (58%) also get stir-crazy after spending too much time inside, with the average threshold of indoor time being 10.5 hours per day.
However, sometimes circumstances simply do not allow you to pick up your backpack and go outside.
Respondents report feeling disappointed (48%) when their outdoor plans change, as well as frustrated (32%) and annoyed (28%).
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Findings reveal that two-thirds (67%) of Americans view travel as a form of self-care, and 4 in 10 (42%) said they need to book a trip to “escape” at least once every 6 months.
One-third of Americans (33%) regularly book vacations around outdoor activities they enjoy and are the most excited about, trips to the beach (44%), national park visits (29%), and cross-country driving (12%).
This is probably why more than half (57%) prefer driving to their vacation destination, compared to 25% who prefer flying.
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Michael Fernandez 2 weeks ago
The funny part is the Duke Energy sponsorship, as they pollute the environment with coal ash.
According to Claire Wilcox, M.D., who is a general and addiction psychiatrist in private practice, an associate professor of translational neuroscience at the Mind Research Network, and an adjunct associate professor at the University of New Mexico, beyond exercise, science has shown that outdoor time might actually boost our mental capacities, which would help us make wiser decisions and change bad habits.
“Furthermore, because outdoor activities—like rock climbing, team sports, and even backpacking or hiking—often require us to work with, and rely on, other people, especially when challenges emerge, we build important relationship skills in the outdoors,” she says.
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Liliana Spiro 2 weeks ago
Darn you. I was just about to have that with my lunch. Operative word beeing "WAS"...
“Nature gives us the gift of much-needed separation from excessive technology, urban noise and clutter, and stressful work and home environments. And this gifts us with perspective,” Wilcox adds.
“For many of us, time outside can enhance our sense that there is something greater than ourselves beyond the day-to-day sensory experiences; we may leave the outdoors with a greater sense of purpose. Spirituality is a source of comfort for many people, and higher levels are associated with greater well-being.”
And if, for some reason, something isn’t entirely to your liking, you can always make and share a meme about it after you come back!
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David Paterson 2 weeks ago (edited)
Ah yes, reaching the summit just on sunset, coming back down in the pitch dark with a heart attack.
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Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 2 weeks ago
I dont often roll a joint, but when I do, its my ankle, old joke
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Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 1 week ago
I HATE that! I have learned to search that thing out before I start eating.
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Tobi Ornot 2 weeks ago
Or if they wait until you've finally caught up with them, exhausted, and then they immediately continue climbing up.
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Huddo's sister 1 week ago
The one weekend a year I always go camping, we don't even hike, we are there to drink (though me less than I used to) and listen to music!
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Bonnie Blue Bird 2 weeks ago
I get annoyed when healthy me does the grocery shopping when unhealthy me wants snacks
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BookFanatic 1 week ago
I was ambushed during a hike once. Very confused German Shepard pup thought I was his human. We found the correct human, eventually. Thought I was gonna have a new roommate for a while though.
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Gracie Mae 4 days ago
I gauge my snacking on how active I've been, and that could be a pic of me (just add some hair)
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Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 2 weeks ago
Werewolf soup? Fungus lives in trees, the cap is just the fruiting body. Drink this and you will see God
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Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 2 weeks ago
I listened to a podcast about marthon runners who p00ped themselves but still finished
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Inservio Smurf 1 week ago
Wait isnt an ounce three grams or thereabouts? 120 grams of pizza really doesn't sound satisfyng.
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Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 2 weeks ago
Truth: the OG "bigfoot" was an escaped s***e in Texas who wore animal skins and raided people's kitchens at night. Texas is the only State where its legal to bag a bigfoot
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Inservio Smurf 1 week ago
Is nobody going to ask why or HOW that bird managed to spear the woman in the chest without hands???
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Inservio Smurf 1 week ago
Does not compute. Prettyboy is pretty at any elevation, and Deuce is an antivaxxer at any elevation.
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Arthur Waite 2 weeks ago
And then you fumble the tpap, and sit and watch it roll away, away, away...
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Inservio Smurf 1 week ago
I do not understand what this is doing on BP. Genuinely. If there are hikers that do visit this site, by all means correct me.
Inservio Smurf 1 week ago
I do not understand what this is doing on BP. Genuinely. If there are hikers that do visit this site, by all means correct me.
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