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Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by IncreasePosts » Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 4:58 AM UTC

iberator wrote: post #147

IncreasePosts wrote: post #106

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Maybe that's because you're homeless and don't want to be. The Leatherman could have settled down, per the article he "had money", but he just didn't want to. I was intentionally homeless for 4 months, just riding my bike all around western Europe, just setting up my tent in a random woodland every night. I didn't have a safe harbor, except for the knowledge that I could get a job and rent an apartment if I wanted to…

Camping with money for 4 months is not homelessness! Thats such absurd idea.

I actually had almost no money. And no connection to money(parents, relatives, a boo, etc...).

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by aa-jv » Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 8:06 AM UTC

throwaway173738 wrote: post #141

aa-jv wrote: post #117

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It was. The distinct contrast between the hell of street life in LA and the wild, uninhabited, yet entirely less hostile, wild outback, definitely gave me context for a life lived, since then, in awe of the folly of humanity.

Nature can be cruel, unrewarding, and ambivalent but she is never spiteful and nothing she does is ever personal.

Very true. And in the Australian outback, it can be absolutely beautiful too.

I found it quite rewarding, personally. Stripping all the material world of 15 years of life in California took me just a few days, semi-naked, thirsty and hungry, walking barefoot among the spinifex and wattles. Definitely a life-changing experience I would do again and again.

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by mycall » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 7:56 AM UTC

iberator wrote: post #148

mycall wrote: post #111

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> Being homeless or a homeless traveler is HARD. You can have money or food supplies and still be a homeless traveler. While it is common to assume homeless is broke, sometimes adventure and not being strapped to a certain, civilized life is the goal. I'm always amazed how far legs can take you.

What do you mean?! If you have money it's not homelessness but adventure and hiking. Homelessness is a forced state without an easy way out.

home· less. having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused [0]

[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeless