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I wouldn't call him a hobo in any way, but if you really like a calming way of wandering around North America, I recommend checking out: Foresty Forest YouTube

I wouldn't call him a hobo in any way, but if you really like a calming way of wandering around North America, I recommend checking out: Foresty Forest YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@forestyforest https://www.youtube.com/@forestyforest He lives in a van with a dog. And he will summit random mountains across Canada, go on hikes, cook some food in his van. There is a weird comfort that I think might echo with people who have a fascination with nomadic lifestyle.

prawn 3y ago
Haven't watched him in a while but in the earlier days, his production values were quite charming. He's at a great intersection of vanlife+summiting+pressure-cooking. Not much pretence or glamour.
- anyfactor 3y ago
  I took a very long break as well, but I started re-watching again. For some reason, I have become very fond of the idea of finding comfort in routine. He posts a video and the format is pretty much the same, so I just play his videos as I go to sleep. Post10 [0] has a similar tone to his videos. [0] https://www.youtube.com/@post.10 https://www.youtube.com/@post.10
tkgally 3y ago
Here’s a video that happened to come up on my YouTube feed today. It’s by someone doing what I’ve always thought of as the quintessential hobo activity: hopping a freight train. Beautiful scenery. https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlPWF8LFXS0 https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlPWF8LFXS0
- watmough 3y ago
  Beware, this is kind of a deep rabbithole. I suggest to look up his trip up from Mexico, following the migrant route. For a different view of the same trip, his travelling companion (automous something) has his own channel. RanOutOnARail isn't really a hobo though ... I think he's a software engineer in Texas somewhere. Hobo Shoestring has an interesting channel also, albeit with a home base. You'll learn a lot about trains, and hobos' most hated adversaries, the 'homebums'. :D And of course, there's a 10x hobo, in stobe-the-hobo (RIP), well worth watching all his videos.
  - ljf 3y ago
    Stobe's videos got me through lockdown. Was so sad to hear he had died. Stunning videos, huge character, and so much soul in the journeys he went on.
- tumdum_ 3y ago
  You might find this channel interesting: https://youtube.com/@shiey https://youtube.com/@shiey
  - asdfqwertzxcv 3y ago
    Love Shiey and he also goes on quite a few trips with this guy (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8iPVSFr42KUFf8DKsmnvSw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8iPVSFr42KUFf8DKsmnvSw) who is very well educated and more philosophical and artistic than Shiey. Like them both a lot, but they're different flavors of the same genre.
  - iammjm 3y ago
    And you might find this channel interesting: https://www.youtube.com/@VagrantHoliday https://www.youtube.com/@VagrantHoliday
- ljf 3y ago
  Can't beat Stobe the Hobo's videos, though sadly jumping trains killed him in the end: https://youtube.com/@hobostobearchive6909 https://youtube.com/@hobostobearchive6909
helf 3y ago
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iancmceachern 3y ago
Also check out: Camping with Steve We're the Russos

prawn 3y ago

Haven't watched him in a while but in the earlier days, his production values were quite charming. He's at a great intersection of vanlife+summiting+pressure-cooking. Not much pretence or glamour.

anyfactor 3y ago
I took a very long break as well, but I started re-watching again. For some reason, I have become very fond of the idea of finding comfort in routine. He posts a video and the format is pretty much the same, so I just play his videos as I go to sleep. Post10 [0] has a similar tone to his videos. [0] https://www.youtube.com/@post.10 https://www.youtube.com/@post.10

tkgally 3y ago

Here’s a video that happened to come up on my YouTube feed today. It’s by someone doing what I’ve always thought of as the quintessential hobo activity: hopping a freight train. Beautiful scenery. https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlPWF8LFXS0 https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlPWF8LFXS0

watmough 3y ago
Beware, this is kind of a deep rabbithole. I suggest to look up his trip up from Mexico, following the migrant route. For a different view of the same trip, his travelling companion (automous something) has his own channel. RanOutOnARail isn't really a hobo though ... I think he's a software engineer in Texas somewhere. Hobo Shoestring has an interesting channel also, albeit with a home base. You'll learn a lot about trains, and hobos' most hated adversaries, the 'homebums'. :D And of course, there's a 10x hobo, in stobe-the-hobo (RIP), well worth watching all his videos.
- ljf 3y ago
  Stobe's videos got me through lockdown. Was so sad to hear he had died. Stunning videos, huge character, and so much soul in the journeys he went on.
tumdum_ 3y ago
You might find this channel interesting: https://youtube.com/@shiey https://youtube.com/@shiey
- asdfqwertzxcv 3y ago
  Love Shiey and he also goes on quite a few trips with this guy (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8iPVSFr42KUFf8DKsmnvSw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8iPVSFr42KUFf8DKsmnvSw) who is very well educated and more philosophical and artistic than Shiey. Like them both a lot, but they're different flavors of the same genre.
- iammjm 3y ago
  And you might find this channel interesting: https://www.youtube.com/@VagrantHoliday https://www.youtube.com/@VagrantHoliday
ljf 3y ago
Can't beat Stobe the Hobo's videos, though sadly jumping trains killed him in the end: https://youtube.com/@hobostobearchive6909 https://youtube.com/@hobostobearchive6909

helf 3y ago

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iancmceachern 3y ago

Also check out: Camping with Steve We're the Russos