Absolutely Sick of Society

I won’t go into too much detail, but this past year has been one of the worst for me. It’s hard for me to communicate what I mean, but I am at my absolute whits end with society, and if I don’t get away from it all...well, I fear the worst. And the only way I can see of preventing something drastic is to just go where society is Not. After a great deal of thought and research, I have decided to move to the mountains around Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina, and live off the public lands of the National Forests, in the areas that allow year-round camping. I realize that this sounds absolutely bonkers, but this has been something that I have thought might come some day..for quite a while now..and recent events in my life have proven to me that that day has come.

I typically hate to ever ask for money, especially if it isn’t merely a loan, but I am pretty much flat broke, and don’t really have many valuables that I could sell. I will be making this move no matter how much I am able to raise, but having to sell my truck/purchase less gear in order to afford it will put me at a serious disadvantage in surviving the wild. But I would rather die out there than experience what will surely happen if I don’t do this.
My best friend is buying me a rifle, and any other donations will go to purchasing survival gear/clothing, all the licenses and permits that I will need (which are kind of pricy for my first year as a non-resident), and then gas&food for the trip up and a night’s stay at a lodge on the edge of the forest before heading out to make my first camp (have to move sites every 14days). $3,000 will just barely cover it all, and is with purchasing some rather inexpensive gear, so if by some miracle I am able toraise more, I will then just put that extra money into purchasing higher quality gear than what is on my list of things I’d like to be able to purchase.

I will be making a YouTube channel in order to fund my needs for purchasing future licenses and gear that wears out/runs out. I haven’t made the account yet, so I don’t yet have the name, but I’m planning tocall it something like “Surviving the Wild”. But it might have something else at the end depending on what’s available. So I hope you will also watch my channel to see where your donations have gone. The videos will likely center around survival techniques/making things from my surroundings, and if things go well with the channel, and I am able to earn a good amount of money via ad revenue, I plan on purchasing some land out there where I could then build a cabin...something that my girlfriend will be able to join me in (she’ll be moving in with her sister while I am out in the wild) 
I will be bringing solar chargers for charging my phone and flashlights..and my father will pay for my cell service.
I will try and upload videos weekly, but will have to travel a bit  in order to get service, so it might end up being every two weeks, when I have to find a new site to make camp.

A CDC declaration is currently holding off our eviction until December 31st, but after that, the eviction process will begin, and I need to be up there before January 4th when an access road to the area of forest I have chosen will possibly be closed.
So I would like to be leaving for the mountains on New Year’s Day...a new year, andhopefully a new me

I will be following all laws and regulations while I am out there, and will respect the forest and it’s inhabitants just the same. And the animals I must eat to survive will be dispatched in the most humane way possible, and I will utilize as much of them as I possibly can. 

And since I hate just accepting money for nothing, if you donate, I would like to show my appreciation by sending you something in return. I don’t know how to work that out, but I could make something, collect some expensive fungi to send (theres Morels and Chantrelles out there), or I could test out some sort of survival technique of your choice on a video, maybe send you an animal pelt if I am able to tan a hide in the wild without some kind of predator snagging the skin over the time it takes to process it. So depending on your donation, if you would like a souvenir, feel free to make a reasonable request, and onceI get situated out there, I will do my best to fulfill that request. And if you can only donate if I am able to then repay you, it could possibly take a little time, but if the YouTube channel does well, it might not be too long..and would happily repay you as soon as I absolutely can! So if there’s a way of sending a message when you donate, please let me know if there is something in return you would like, and how I can send it to you.

And hopefully one day I’ll feel safe in returning...but right now, the only thing I can do is get completely away from everything. And with your help, I ought to be able to survive until that day comes. 

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart