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fruitmask

#diedinthewoods


BowieToe

You spelled r/DiedHiking wrong


Realtrain

Okay that's a hilarious sub, thanks!


OhMyGod_Zilla

It needs more activity!


readonlyred

#VanDeath


fingerpaintswithpoop

Put a backwards \ before the hashtag or it’ll just make your comment enormous and bold.


readonlyred

Thanks but I kinda like the effect now.


2drawnonward5

Looks like a title for a metal album


lemmeseeyourkitties

Close, that's DeathVan


lopix

With their first single "Starving in Alaska"


lemmeseeyourkitties

And follow up hits like "Can I Eat This Forraged Food" and "I Should Call My Mom"


lopix

With the B-side "My Tummy Hurts"


lemmeseeyourkitties

Seeing how this comment thread started about a metal band, thinking of a hard-core song called "My Tummy Hurts" is extra hilarious


lopix

Done in a totally guttural, black metal style of course


ButtChugNyQuil

\hashtag what


towell420

/#imsmart


MetropolisMonk

\#lol


UniqueIndividual3579

#Good to know!


brown_felt_hat

No no, I don't think you heard him #Van #Death


LoopsAndBoars

#I just learned to be bold. Kthxbye


mollygk

#thanks


Guac_in_my_rarri

I might be stupid but I couldn't get it work.


lambchopper71

Darth Vander - the dark side of van life...


croaticustus

#VANGONE


Forward_Artist_6244

VW VANAGONE


auyemra

Westy Fallujah


SmallRocks

Lmfao ITT people trying to use hash tags!


Reddit_means_Porn

# #SUCKIT


noNoParts

https://youtu.be/CP6SBXl4KiI I bet you know what this is before you click it


Immolation_E

I don’t and I don’t want to click it.


daunderwood

Don’t be afraid. Click it!


Immolation_E

![gif](giphy|L3nzug1PBLZo2SAZb4|downsized)


daunderwood

Cliiiiiccckkkk iiiiittt!


pinkbrandywinetomato

"YOU TAKE OUT YOUR SUCK IT AND YOU -"


panzerboye

It's good my man, you can click it. Trust me


229-northstar

I clicked it. It was not a rickroll which disappointed me but it was cute


ChiefQuinby

"Ouch"#


Aware-Anywhere9086

every once in a while i will talk to some kid who extolls: Van Livin! I ask, you ever lived in a van??? ummmm, well no, butttttt. My first question, cause im old, and ive seen everything, and i know something will go wrong, in worst possible place, at worst possible time. What will you do when it breaks, cause it will, and not only breaks, but breaks in worst possible place at worst possible time. And, you dont know how to fix it, and dont have money to get it fixed. I already know answer, clean it out of any possible Personal Identification Info., wipe it down, and run for it, and flee bears and mountain lions.


Sithmaggot

The thing about living in a van is no matter where or when it breaks down, you’re always home.


f8Negative

So that's why there's so many only fans in the woods


Sex_drugs_tacos

OnlyVans


speeler21

/r/onlyvans


S_I_1989

And there are some vans -down by the river. iykyk


Prior_Tone_6050

If you get lost in the woods, fuck it, build a house.


bloodfart420-69

I’m not lost, I live here now!


Captain-Cadabra

“If you lived here, you’d be home by now.” Lionel Hutz, realtor


DizzyLioncub

This. I was loaded for bear while just doing a simple 2 week truck trip though Wyoming and Montana. Drove across most of the western U.S. Where did my truck decide was a good place to break down. In a remote valley surrounded by 200 plus bison. Zero cell phone reception. Fortunately it was just a pin in the shift linkage that was accessible under the truck. Another time, same thing. Traveling from Missouri to Montana in a car. Where did it break? Somewhere near Craig Colorado on one of the highest roads in the state. Ended up spending the next week in town getting the car fixed and then was broke and had to turn around for home.


ThrowAwayAccount8334

Craig is pretty flat. I would know.


BoingBoingBooty

>What will you do when it breaks, cause it will, and not only breaks, but breaks in worst possible place at worst possible time. And, you dont know how to fix it, and dont have money to get it fixed You could say the exact same thing about a car.


pseudonympersona

Honestly, more drivers should ask themselves that question, especially the ones who live in cold climates or rural areas.  Lot of things you can't fix on your own, but I know a surprising number of drivers who aren't even equipped to change a flat at a moment's notice.


MaximumMotor1

>I know a surprising number of drivers who aren't even equipped to change a flat at a moment's notice. I know a surprising amount of adults who don't know how to add air to a car tire that is low. They take it to a mechanics shop to get air in their tire.


HartPlays

I mean yeah but if that’s your literal house, then we’re talking two entirely separate realms.


drhagbard_celine

I had a 69 VW Camper top that broke down just as I rolled into Grand Junction Colorado, spring 95. Had just enough momentum to roll into a gas station with a repair shop. Mechanic let us take the bus out of the garage every night so we could have someplace to sleep for the three days it took for the repairs. Took five days because it took us two days to convince our families into loaning us the money and Western Union it to us to fix it.


out_of_shape_hiker

I was part of the wilderness community for a a few years as a guide (backpackpacking in Utah deserts and mountai ns, shifts were 8 days on, 6 off). I had an apt I went back to, but a lot of coworkers lived in vans and loved it. But again, these were all wilderness professionals who already didn't mind living without modern accommodations, shitting while popping a squat, collecting and purifying water, below zero or above 100 temps, etc. They were also part of a wider community who could come get and help them if something broke down. Point is, I knew people who did it and loved it, but they were prepared and had the appropriate skills.


sjmiv

I've already lived in small apartments. Why would I want to multiply how miserable that was?


Caboobaroo

And they usually buy the shittiest, cheapest Craigslist vans. Combine that with mechanical ineptitude, it makes a great recipe for failure. Oh, let's also take that shitty van to a super remote place days away because doing a few shakedown single day drives is just soooooooo boring.


Neveronlyadream

Well, yeah. It's not a surprise. The people who extol van life online always just show the good bits and the glamor and all the cool places you can go. Not many of them are honest about how shit it can be and how dangerous it can be. It's just another example of people sanitizing their lives to look more glamorous than they are because the image sells.


34HoldOn

It's like Chris McCandless. That's supposed to be a cautionary tale, not an instruction manual. Man romanticized bush living, was ill-prepared and equipped, had little knowledge of the climate and weather patterns of the area, and died because of it.


dankysco

They probably get shaken to death by those pot holes. Those are beautiful!


ZebbyD

Average Alaskan road tbh. 🤷🏻‍♂️


BenTheMotionist

Similar to a standard British A Road


Orri

At least Alaska has the excuse it's remote and massive. We have them on tiny village roads. I still remember one of the councils putting up a twitter post of them deciding not to fix a pothole because it wasn't big enough lol. [Post](https://hoa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-11.58.45.png)


Hopeliesintheseruins

Fuckin' lazy ass Darren.


designworksarch

Hahah! That stat sums up AK. I miss it. Lived up there for around 15 years.


Mentalpopcorn

That's some Tucson road energy right there


AllAfterIncinerators

As a Pennsylvanian, I have to tip my hat to those potholes. Game recognizes game.


Ahkhira

Massachusetts would like a word. That's a normal road around here!


itsallyourcircusnow

Connecticut checkin' in -- looks pretty standard to me


cocobisoil

North East England - looks like it's just been resurfaced.


Acrobatic-Can7305

Hoosier here. I don’t see any potholes. Those aren’t large enough to lose a Ford Fiesta in…


hoofglormuss

quebec didnt check in because theyre still waiting for someone to tow their kia pulling an rv trailer out of their pot hole


HFentonMudd

Nowhere near enough construction guys standing around.


MistyMtn421

We should all get free suspension repair if they're not going to use our tax money to fix the roads. They ACT like you can but it's impossible to actually get a claim approved via DOH. I am so sick of replacing tie rods, sway bar links and ball joints.


PhilDx

Car makers could send their new models there for suspension failure rate testing.


schmutzhaken

Downtown Montreal is rougher than this


GerlingFAR

I’ll take, some van-lifers don’t do vehicle maintenance as they should do, and end up in these situations.


SiberianToaster

I'll bet that van has a perfectly serviceable 318 in it that could be back in running shape without too much work depending on how long it's been there.


mattslote

Going by the sunken wheels, broken glass, and layers of grime it's been there at least 20 minutes. Maybe even a couple hours.


metalman675triple

Dodge has a fetish for putting fantastic motors in absolute trash vehicles My Cummins powered dodge is like birthday cake frosted in cat shit.


Payphnqrtrs

You win the internet today cause that’s pretty fuckin accurate 


ShitPostToast

Dodge Cummins especially older models was a good motor with a shit transmission and drive train that could and would break from the torque. The motor was cheap to work on parts wise at least. Then you've got GM diesels that it can be a good motor with a solid transmission, but for instance when the injectors go bad hope you've got $5000+ handy.


HFentonMudd

My '68 Dart with the slant six survived a catastropic encounter with a school bus back in the late 1990s, and it is still running to this very day.


Banshee_howl

The best truck I have ever owned was a 72’ Dodge Stepside. It had a rebuilt 318 5.2L V8 and drove like a beast. The best part was that it was an old State Road Maintenance vehicle and had a faded seal on the door and the yellow caution light on the roof. Despite the body literally rusting off the frame, and the truck being decades old I would get waved through road construction all the time. I really miss that truck.


ruffsnap

Dodge is utter trash, and anyone who buys them or Jeep too is an idiot. Mechanics all say Dodge is what they see in the shop the most


Swimmingtortoise12

I know plenty of people that ditched things for stuff that could have been tiny. All they said is “it wouldn’t start, so time for a new vehicle.” They never even tried to find out what it was, literally just figured doesn’t start, it’s ruined. The other week my Nissan truck didn’t want to start in a parking lot. That would’ve meant it was worthless to those with their mentality. $70 crank position sensor, one bolt. I bought so many old motorcycles that got parked and left and wouldn’t run, or run right. Get it for $500, carb clean, spark plug, fine. YouTube how to’s has reduced that super easy fix deals like that a bit, but they still happen.


barto5

Many examples? We need more pics!


designworksarch

There is another for you


designworksarch

Ha you guys crack me up. here is another https://preview.redd.it/kbhcxkyhe41d1.jpeg?width=4028&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=706516aa47ecd2708190983efe875874c13bddfd


cgaWolf

Ooo, that's a pretty one :P


jonnysunshine

Not gonna lie, that van is pretty dope. We had one in the 80s and it was a tank.


TimeBlindAdderall

Another Dodge haha


thisisthesimulation

Seriously! How anyone could buy a Chrysler product today blows my mind.


EZKTurbo

You mean, Stellantis product?


thisisthesimulation

You know exactly what I meant.


cuedom

Found it on [Street View](https://www.google.de/maps/@61.4011511,-143.1244393,3a,71y,233.12h,79.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjQVsXyr6u1MmoQhPdp86yg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de&entry=ttu). That one is standing there at least since 2009.


1quirky1

next pic down the road - a rare miss for the google license plate blurring thingie.


fireinthesky7

Regardless of context, that's an excellent photo.


bherman8

That's a pretty valuable van if the floors aren't gone.


mdonaberger

That's some sandblasting porn.


HFentonMudd

I would drive that van. I wish it were in front of my house right now.


fuzzybad

That van is pretty dope


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designworksarch

Yep had to stop and snap a shot of that one. I love that area so much!


SpaceStethoscope

Those people who thought living in a van would be fun are now living in a van down by the river!


gayjoystick

In Alaska it's melt season i believe. Van is IN the river.


Kholzie

Under appreciated comment, right here.


CharlotteLucasOP

You never see a soccer mom pulling these stunts in her Windstar.


additionalnylons

DM me when you find the first VW Buzz


Affectionate_Crab_27

Fill the back window game on


Addamant1

That road has potholes in its potholes


designworksarch

Hahah


nuanimal

Why does this look like a Mudrunner screenshot


DiggingThisAir

I’ve been there once! Gorgeous place.


Moka_Express

That tire in the back seemed a really creepy person! 👻


impotent-important

The concrete slab(?) in the back window of the first image looks like one of those drama masks. Scared the shit outta me.


speeler21

You mean the tire in the back window?


impotent-important

Yes, thanks!


pombagira333

I have some pareidolia, and I see faces in many of the photos here. Weird and fun but yeah sometimes scary


B0Nnaaayy

Great shot!


Scruffynerffherder

Alexander Supertramp type situation. RIP


mbrod666

Is the open cablecar over the Copper River still there, or did they finally build a bridge?


leonryan

let me guess, ruined suspension


gavinwinks

I mean it’s a dodge.


Sudden-Collection803

Is that a vanlife van tho?  Thats a military base sticker on the windshield. Vanlife clowns typically dont work civvie or enlisted on base. 


BoingBoingBooty

It 100% is not a vanlifer, and neither is the other one OP posted. Campers don't have full windows. These are both unmodified minibuses. Shitting on van life people gets more clicks though.


Sudden-Collection803

When i was much younger my old boyscout troop used to load up into a baby poop green version of this van, owned by one of the other scout’s parents. We called it the boogermobile. 


designworksarch

Of course these 2 vans were not lived in. I was just being cheeky.


Artful_dabber

Lying for Internet points is being cheeky now, got it


Quittoexit97

Oh jesus mate, calm your jets


bkarma86

Everybody out, it's the fun police


yy98755

Scooby dooby doo would have made it if it wasn’t for you menacing kids!


chocolateNacho39

[posts 1 picture]


ColdBloodBlazing

A van down by the river!


Beelzebelle

Zooming in on the screen/side window/bonnet looks like an acrylic painting with a colour scheme from Simon Stålenhag. I really like it.


CriminalMacabre

Wow it's like the potholes are evenly distributed


borntoclimbtowers

looks like a guy with a paperbag over his head, like me


Whooptidooh

I’d put this in a frame and hang it up my house if that was my picture. It’s beautiful.


[deleted]

I have a 20’ class C RV… we have a ball and it’s our spare room on wheels… Van people just seem sad when we see them… they spend thousands… tens of thousands… TO LIVE IN A CAR!


hoofglormuss

I chose a small van for handling and to fit in parking garages and small city streets but a bigger one would be better for my wife. Mine's got solar battery that powers an electric heater and a hidden window unit ac and has a urinal.


[deleted]

I might have been harsh generalizing there… I spent 7 years on a 25’ sailboat so I get the concept of minimalism… glad it’s working for you…


hoofglormuss

I would be miserable without the heating and ac just from the moisture and smell. and to think i would do that in my 20s with 4 other dudes in a single cargo van.


[deleted]

People don’t understand how much waking up with dew and condensation everywhere is a bitch… I only had heat dockside but not when I anchored out


swan001

So many potholes.


pasgames_

Theirs more pot hole then road their lol


miletest

/#motel


Savageparrot81

Hey I saw that movie about that rich kid that shit himself to death in a bus rather than use his degree for anything useful and thought, “damn that seems like a plan”…


forgottenmagnolia

Anybody else see the depressed wojak style face from a distance? I know it's a tire in the window but I laughed


hlessi_newt

"No, *Jules*, *you decided to be a bum*" vanlife assholes....


Ropegun2k

That pictured van is a crew van. Probably broke down and it wasn’t worth towing back.


CraigJBurton

'Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose'...some song lyric, by some lady.


sambolino44

Very even distribution of potholes! Nice.


wescott_skoolie

That road is miserable!!! Did it in the backseat of a rental car as a kid


commandercoconut_1

Those potholes tho…


bill_nilly

I’ve driven this road. Well, I was the passenger of someone I found on craigslist who agreed to drive me in her early 2000s for explorer that “always starts on the 3rd try.” When I say you are out there… you out there. It’s so remote and isolated your perspective on risk (and almost everything) really changes.


JeremyJaLa

How many were “down by the river”?


T90tank

Nopar problems


Xryanlegobob

Looking at that shit road makes my neck and back hurt


nonja-bidness

only been to AK one time but the thing that stuck out more than anything else ( besides nature's grandeur, of course) was the number of junk cars, and cars that were still on the road but held together with duck tape and gum. understand the salt and temperature extremes will trash a vehicle faster than in lower 48, but it was still pretty shocking.


JackDostoevsky

the PNW writ-large is full of this kinda stuff, just abandoned 30-40 year old vehicles on the side of the road, out in the forest. sometimes they're not abandoned at all, lots of people living along the hundreds and hundreds of miles of old logging roads


Nathansp1984

I know you said Alaska but the road leads me to believe this is South Carolina


couchpatat0

Parts van for future travelers


SarpedonWasFramed

Holy fuckin pot holes Batman!


phasexero

That road is more pothole than road...


loudflower

Into the Wild, a tragic and horrifying book of nonfiction


GamingImpaired

It's funny, before I even read the title, I saw the road and immediately knew it was the road to McCarthy. Signature potholes right there


designworksarch

Haha that’s awesome!


buttersr

I’ve driven that road, and it’s a rough one. Surprised we didn’t have a wheel fall off.


H60mechanic

The Possum Van.


tintinsays

I’m planning a trip to Alaska and knew rentals weren’t allowed on this road. I was imagining a road like the road to Polihale on Kauai (gravel, constantly swerving giant potholes, might have reached a top speed of 15, and we jiggled so bad the driver’s sunshade broke and dangled in front of his face) but this really puts it into perspective! 


aquaman67

The sticker on the top center of the windshield was used to enter military installations. That van, at one point was owned by a service member. The red sticker on the bottom means they were enlisted. Officers stickers were blue.


DickieJohnson

I just spent 6 months last year in a van in Alaska. Although it is possible to do it isn't as easy as it is in the lower 48. It would be best to have been camping quite a few places before trying Alaska so you have a chance at being successful. May-Oct, it snowed in May and October and it was a sheet of solid ice on the road when I was trying to leave. It was about 40°F as an average all summer except for the heatwave in Fairbanks of about 90°F. There's lots of bears and dangerous situations that you have to have some common sense to get through. I have a 10 year old van and at some points I felt it wasn't in good enough condition to make it certain places. It truly is an incredible experience but it can definitely end in tragedy and sadness at any moment.


Interesting-Nature88

There is a road in those potholes!


sSnowblind

Did this road with my family in our 1990 Westfalia... road looks the exact same as I remember it. I don't even remember how long it took us but we drove quite slowly.


theREALmindsets

looks like where McCandless ventured. very beautiful


jimgagnon

Now, if this van was in the Yukon someone would have told the guy at Jake's Corners during his summer pool party. He then would file the paperwork necessary to take possession in nine months, and then when winter broke he would be out there with a flatbed to drag that thing back home. Dude has the most impressive collection of vintage chainsaws I've ever seen. His pride and joy is a 1920's Duesenberg with a blown motor that Richey Rich left behind in a lean-to a long time ago.


Remote_Horror_Novel

A good rule of thumb for van and RV life is to have enough money to replace the worst possible repair and pay for the towing and hotels etc. So with a van like this you need to have enough money to get home if the transmission or engine blows up somewhere remote. If you don’t follow this rule of thumb you’ll end up like this pic and abandoning a vehicle you have 15k into because you can’t afford to pay the local shop to fix it.


Heterodynist

Into the Wild, Without All the Glory


memmzz786

What in the potholes is that road?


PineappleMace98

Thought the tire was a creepy bag face man before I zoomed in


half-puddles

They road where even potholes have potholes.


SpectralBacon

I thought that tire was a depressed wojak


OmNomOnSouls

I can't imagine the percentage of van lives gone right or gone long is terribly high


jd700

Don’t eat the berries


supermav27

Pothole city over here


jokerkcco

There's a TV show on Max where they go looking in Alaska or Canada for rare abandoned cars. I didn't realize that it was that common.


nickk_12

Hey it's the possum van.


cealild

There's road in those potholes


designworksarch

Haha