the last thing the gorpcore community needs is more newbies like you coming in who don't understand the culture!
this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2025
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Hey, I've been gorping most of my life. Sorry not all of us can jump on the bandwagon of the latest gorptech
I looked up gorpcore. GORP is another name for trailmix snack, acronym "Good Ole Raisin and Peanuts". Gorpcore describes when people wear outdoor recreation clothing (such as hiking boots and puffy jackets) for the purpose of casual street clothing.
Oh, the Vancouver uniform.
can't tell if this is real or not but i've decided to believe it is. studentenfuttercore. SFC.
how about GORPW(PC)core and it's good old raisins and peanuts and wine (in a plastic cup), and it's about wearing the stuff you'd wear to your friend's opening at the university art gallery but you're wearing it as casual street wear
This describes like 75% of the population here in Norway lmao
Thrift thrift thrift. The old stuff is higher quality than the new stuff (if maintained), and the new stuff is v expensive. For instance I live where it’s cold AF and thrifted a parka for $30 that needed a good wash, but would otherwise be $300. Just go for cost and utility, and if someone compliments it be super aloof about its origins, because of how little you care. “Oh this thing? Yeah I just got it to prep for hiking k2 (smoking k2).”
Would you also recommend a second hand bike helmet to complete the look?
Would you use a secondhand condom? Gorp safe or don't gorp at all.
Out of character PSA
For the benefit of anyone who doesn't know; bike helmets lose their ability to protect after a single fall/crash. They can have microfractures that you cannot see such that 2nd hand bike helmets must always be assumed to be compromised.
Be cool, don't wear a helmet 
(for slow speed general transit that is. helmets are essential for racing, bmx and mountain biking)
Definitely. Or hard hat
fashion is dumb as hell
your life starts to revolve around giardia. if there is a life action you could take that increases your probability of contracting giardia you have to take it. see a puddle? drink from it
You know if I see a puddle I'm going to gorp from that thing
breaking the bit to relate that GORP stands for "good ol' raisins & peanuts", referring to a simple & cheap trailmix evoking a minimalist/oldschool approach to enjoying the outdoors
So that's what it means. I guess I'm gorpin' for real then
me: sees puddle
me: *gorp gorp gorp*
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At first I though this was a serious post until I saw...
229.95 AU$
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Ninja edit
Oops. Is this a serious post after all? That's ~$150 in the US.
OP - you could crosspost to c/fashion.
This is not a serious post, I just saw the word 'Gorpcore' and thought it was funny. This is only expensive because it's cycling gear from the brand Canyon
An even better name would be Trailmixcore. Maybe that term will be used eventually for raves in the wilderness.
That's how things would pan out. Trailmixcore is the name for people who just like the aesthetic and gorpcore is for people that actually enjoy the outdoors
Fun fact, in Australia we call trail mix 'scroggin'
scroggin
To my American ears I would have guessed that was a kink sex act.
One involving a lightly shaken can of Foster's and the phrase "thunder down under"
And then—
Oh, that would be fedposting under American federal law. As for state laws? I don't know. But surely Texas too. All the red states I reckon.
As long as we're not getting into World According to Garpcore -- book or movie
We might get a movie. Hollywood could be spying on us. A book seems far less likely to me.
Move to Boulder, Colorado, the gorp Mecca.