AT with only a knife!!!

**The Hunted** · 03-20-2006, 12:16

Hey folks,

What do you all think would be the feasibility of hiking the whole AT (Georgia to Maine) with only a 6" survival knife?

I am thinking about also taking a water bottle.

Is this competely insane? Or would the completion of such a journey make me the greatest human being alive?!?!?

Please respond promptly. Thanks a lot.

-The Hunted

**txulrich** · 03-20-2006, 12:37

Originally Posted by The Hunted

Hey folks,

What do you all think would be the feasibility of hiking the whole AT (Georgia to Maine) with only a 6" survival knife?

I am thinking about also taking a water bottle.

Is this competely insane? Or would the completion of such a journey make me the greatest human being alive?!?!?

Please respond promptly. Thanks a lot.

-The Hunted

I would take 2 additional items with you. The first would be some form of identification, so that your remains can be easily identified. The second would be a credit card, so that your estate can be charged the expenses of returning your remains.

Seriously, while I believe that everyone should hike their own hike, that idea is just too far out there.

**The Cheat** · 03-20-2006, 12:44

Originally Posted by The Hunted

Hey folks,

What do you all think would be the feasibility of hiking the whole AT (Georgia to Maine) with only a 6" survival knife?

I am thinking about also taking a water bottle.

Is this competely insane? Or would the completion of such a journey make me the greatest human being alive?!?!?

Please respond promptly. Thanks a lot.

-The Hunted

Dear <strike>Lo</strike> The Hunted,

Bring clothes to wear also.

Water bottle is a good idea. You can usually drink out of it, especially if there is water in it.

Insane, no. Greatest human being alive, also no.

Your welcome.

-The Cheat

**Ender** · 03-20-2006, 12:47

You can hike, or you can hunt/scavenge for food. You can't do both, at least for a duration of longer than a week, unless you're a master tracker hunter scavenger. And even then, it's doubtful. Lewis and Clark took a huge supply of provisions with them, huge, not to mention the full team to haul the provisions, and they honestly barely made it out west.

**Disney** · 03-20-2006, 12:48

I heard a rumor that somebody had done the 100 mile wilderness with only a knife.

But, there's going to be a serious problem with food. If you're hiking, you can't set traps and come back to check them. There are natural food sources on the AT but there's also alot of other hikers who are looking for those quick and easy food sources.

Can it be done? Yes, probably. Can it be done in a season? I doubt it. But that would definetely be one trail journal i would be interested in reading.

**Dances with Mice** · 03-20-2006, 12:49

Originally Posted by The Hunted

What do you all think would be the feasibility of hiking the whole AT (Georgia to Maine) with only a 6" survival knife? ... I am thinking about also taking a water bottle....

What kind of water bottle? Nalgene?

**max patch** · 03-20-2006, 12:49

Originally Posted by The Cheat

Dear <strike>Lo</strike> The Hunted,

Good one! First thing I thought of too.

**Mags** · 03-20-2006, 12:52

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/war...tm/troller.htm

**kyhipo** · 03-20-2006, 13:00

well I reckin if one could repeat rambo on the AT it would be a sight!to walk up to a shelter with a wild boar cooking on a open fire and a man with a survival knife.

ky

**longshank** · 03-20-2006, 13:01

I'm going to do it with a paper clip and a piece of gum.

**Mike** · 03-20-2006, 13:28

Originally Posted by longshank

I'm going to do it with a paper clip and a piece of gum.

I heard that a canned McGuyver episode had him taking on the AT with dental floss and an old sock....

priceless

**Whiskyjo** · 03-20-2006, 13:31

Great idea bud. Plenty of mice in the shelters to eat. Once you have all them eaten, on up in the summers the yellow jackets are so giving you can take your pick.

**Ender** · 03-20-2006, 13:33

Originally Posted by Dances with Mice

What kind of water bottle? Nalgene?

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Good stuff.

**TJ aka Teej** · 03-20-2006, 13:33

Originally Posted by The Hunted

What do you all think would be the feasibility of hiking the whole AT (Georgia to Maine) with only a 6" survival knife?

1) Why not make it harder and go Maine to Georgia?
2) 'Whole trail'? Will you swim or ford the Kennebec?
3) What makes a knife a 'survival' knife?
4) How much does the knife weigh?
5) Boiled or steamed?

**hammock engineer** · 03-20-2006, 13:40

I think I will try that this year. I will attach a 6" blade to my pack making them one item. The contents of my pack will become the survival part of the survival knife.

Seems pretty easy to me.

**Mouse** · 03-20-2006, 14:29

Be sure to tape on a cellphone preset with the number to every pizza place along the way!

**woodsy** · 03-20-2006, 14:37

Go for it!

**Green Bean** · 03-20-2006, 14:37

I know i wouldn't hike the AT with just a 6" survival knife but for food i would go into town and go behind restraunts and grocery stores and root through the dumpsters. Doesn't sound to good but some grocery stores throw out some good food still packaged, but maybe expired only for a day or two or even sometimes that day. GOOD LUCK!! ~GB

**Ender** · 03-20-2006, 15:06

Oh boy... here it comes.

**Adom** · 03-20-2006, 18:03

Tom Brown Jr. lived a year out in the wilds with nothing but a knife.

It's definitly possible jut improbable.

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