Man Survives 300 days with knife, pig

He actually had it made out there:

1. Laptop
2. Alone in peace and solitude
3. Solar panel
4. Abundant island
5. Camera to keep himself entertained
6.I'm going to go on a limb and say he had some sort of internet card for the laptop

If I was on a deserted island, there wouldn't be pink pants, I'd be wearing my loin cloth and have the time of my life. Take a few pics and them get on bladeforums for a bit with the internet ready laptop :D
 
Just did a bit of poking around on his blog:
http://www.xavierrosset.com/
Seems fairly authentic once looking around there some, though yeah, he didn't restrict himself to just the large Swiss knife and machete. That's quite a hefty waterproof trunk full of first aid and other bits of tech. Still, looking at the rough bush he's faced in a little Youtube report showing the 3 day preliminary visit it seems it'd be quite a slog getting far in a day there. A bit more believable that maybe he could have avoided the sparse elements of humanity, either intentionally or by accident.

And hey, A.L., we all get grumpy sooner or later. Nature of the interweb. Gotta move on, as you most graciously have done.
 
GerardSamija said:
like eating flesh. Until every farmer agrees to use his/her land more sensibly, providing 8 to 10 times the volume of high quality food as compared to meat production per unit of land, the slaughter and waste will continue.
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Oh God, you're whining about meat too???
Why are you here?:confused:
This doesn't seem like your crowd.
 
On the knives and not eating meat front... I'm here because I have an almost life-long enthusiasm for good knives. The single most-used tool in my violin making workshop is a simple but highly effective knife made specifically for violinmakers, by a firm in Switzerland which has been making the same exact model for over a century. It uses an oval maple handle which can be customized easily per user preference - I choose to keep the bulk of it intact, a long oval section, but rounded down the leading edge to the blade to facilitate easier access in very confined areas. The tang runs the full length of the handle, and is the blade effectively, as it's all one dimension and can be drawn out as needed to compensate for wear and sharpening. The steel is quite hard, about Rc60, and yet very tough for prying cuts and so it is great for carving curves. It has a long taper and so takes an extremely sharp, aggressive edge for carving maple or cross-grain in spruce, and does a very good job even on ebony (which is usually full of embedded silicates, which eat most steels). Essentially a life-long hard working knife, which will probably have decades of life left in it when I pass it along to my son in 50 or so years. (Being a vegetarian, near-vegan for more than half my 47 years, and exercising regularly and all that crap, I intend to stick around annoying people until at least 100.) In short (sorry, I have problems with brevity), I appreciate a good knife. I've made small working knives as gifts for family for years, even hooked Haida style knives with blades pinned and tied in a somewhat primitive style though with very slick designs for the handles and high finish. I am here, on bladeforums.com, to learn more about the tech and to glean ideas towards more of my own designs. Like most of us, right?

Not my crowd? You've a good point there. I do find the gun references, especially when blatantly gratuitous such as an M-16 randomly stuck into a picture of a new knife for sale. Context? Seems just as irrelevant as throwing a picture of a naked woman into the mix... though I'll admit to finding the latter more appealing, even if horribly offensive considering how many times knives are used in the abuse of women. You are right, I do not fit in much with a certain number of the members here, and as such I have found my attention wandering a bit to other forums. Found one where there isn't quite so much traffic, but not a single firearm has cropped up yet, and that is refreshing. No homophobic references either, which seem to come up here all too often. But there are many aspects of these forums I enjoy, much of the contributed work being quite beautifully conceived and executed, and so I continue to visit and participate for fun.

This thread is a lark, plainly off-topic in most respects. Seems harmless enough to joke around, though part of me is drawn to a more treacherous sort of joking, playing with personal choices... and that seems to draw a bit of ire from folks who are easily offended or made to feel insecure about their own choices. Eat meat? No thank you. But you are more than welcome to do so yourself, has nothing directly to do with me. Indirectly, your choice there has profound impact upon our shared planet, the air pollution, groundwater pollution, excessive consumption of food crops and the soils and other resources to produce them for 'meat' animals, medicinal leakage (anti-biotics, steroids, growth regulators...) both through waste water and directly into consumers leading to an excess burden upon medical system, etc. Eating meat is one of the single most treacherous and broadly dangerous consumer choices out there. I'd suggest looking into the facts around your choices, becoming informed, and then considering at least the small step of buying only organically produced meats or hunting for your food directly in a sustainable fashion. Those are healthier choices for all of us, whether we eat the stuff or not.

As for the theft of firearms being motivation for a huge percentage of burglaries; I suggest looking into the statistics if you can find them. Such information is only rarely brought to light in the USA, but when it is, this one always stands out. Why? Because a), a legally registered firearm stolen from some legitimate owner is rather harder to track when used in the commission of crimes, the user doing the crimes not being tied to the registration in any way. b), Guns are often left in one of several obvious, convenient locations around houses, making finding them easy for even beginning burglar types. c), Resale value is high, and selling itself an easy thing. The black market in pistols especially has remained thriving for many decades. There are more, equally obvious reasons, but I'm boring many I'm sure. Sure, thieves are after your jewelry and money and golf clubs and car, etc, but jewelry is hard to get a decent chunk of cash out of if you're not expert in identifying the really good stuff. All that other crap, cameras, sporting goods, electronics generally, gets you $20 to $50 at the pawn shop, rarely more. A gun, even a cheapie, can bring $200 and more if it's a good one, even without going to a middleman seller. Very profitable target for someone to grab from a bedside table or a sock drawer or a top closet shelf or a car glovebox in the garage, all the usual suspects. Easy to hide in a pocket or coat sleeve too, so harder to get caught by witnesses while sneaking out. Again, besides the easy cash I could name a host of other reasons. Most obvious of all though seems to be that a stolen gun makes further, bigger crimes easier. A lot of B&E guys are trying to upgrade, move to bigger payoffs. Gunpoint theft at jewelry stores and the like can be considerably more profitable than home burglaries. More dangerous too, but a lot of thieves are also rather stupid and don't much care about that.
 
GerardSamija said:
I'd suggest looking into the facts around your choices, becoming informed, and then considering at least the small step of buying only organically produced meats or hunting for your food directly in a sustainable fashion. Those are healthier choices for all of us, whether we eat the stuff or not.
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I eat the best meat I an afford, but I'd like even better quality stuff.
For me, meat gives me more energy, and quicker recovery time from workouts.
I'm planning on being around to annoy everyone till at LEAST age 100(hopefully more:)).
 
Funny how things work. I find the opposite. My workout recovery times were terrible when I was eating meat, as a teenager. Often 3 or 4 days to get over a cross-country race for instance. Now I find 2 days is usually enough, even after a very hefty weights session or a longer run with some sprints and hills. All sorts of other variables, like age and other dietary elements and knowledge, but still interesting. I've often seen references to Australians in discussions about meat consumption, how the Aussie physique is on average more powerful, people grow taller, heavier. I'm 200 pounds and can squat 10 reps at 400 pounds on a free bar repeatedly through an otherwise equally stressful workout. So my 30 years without meat don't seem to harm my power. My speed's still pretty fair too. No difficulty doing a 70 second lap of a standard oval, though between 5 and 10km is my preferred range.

I suspect diet is what we make of it. There's probably some nutter out there who eats nothing but peanut butter and apples and can run circles around me and toss me around like a rag doll, just because he's nuts and determined that his way is the right way. Humans are an amazingly diverse lot. Hence the diversity of opinions here and elsewhere, on every bloody thing.
 
GerardSamija said:
Humans are an amazingly diverse lot.
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True enough.:)
I suspect some people do better on a more vegetable diet, others on a more meat intensive diet.
I try to eat a variety. Not enough vegetables and I do badly.
Not enough meat and I do badly.
I will say that vegetarians come up with some really good side-dishes.:thumbup:
 
I can't believe no one mentioned a WSK! I would carry a SAK and this....

Mark Terrell Hardin WSK

Wsk3.jpg
 
Man, that thing looks rather capable doesn't it? Nice thin hollow ground in back for peeling/de-barking/plain slicing, agressive front end for chopping through brush or whatever, nice stabby point for those dangerous little piglets... and a handle which seems kind of hard to let go of. All around back woods sort of thing.
 
stabman said:
I will say that vegetarians come up with some really good side-dishes.:thumbup:
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Well thanks, at least you refrained from saying 'vegetarians make a good side dish' which I've heard a few times too many. I may be edible, but unless you're a fairly big carnivore with some serious speed you might find the meat comes at with too big a price. Always carry a blade or two and know a thing or two about handling them in self defense. I'd not want to be anyone's side dish.
 
GerardSamija said:
I may be edible, but unless you're a fairly big carnivore with some serious speed you might find the meat comes at with too big a price. Always carry a blade or two and know a thing or two about handling them in self defense. I'd not want to be anyone's side dish.
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Me too!:D
 
GerardSamija said:
Man, that thing looks rather capable doesn't it? Nice thin hollow ground in back for peeling/de-barking/plain slicing, agressive front end for chopping through brush or whatever, nice stabby point for those dangerous little piglets... and a handle which seems kind of hard to let go of. All around back woods sort of thing.
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And don't forget about the saw on the spine! I would definetly carry this. I find the WSK shape is one of the most useful blade shapes of all time. Now if only Mark Terrell would reply to my emails!
 
I survived four years with a pig. Divorced her going on 30 years ago. Wasn't much of a pet though. Woulda been a lot cheaper and easier if I'd killed and ate her.
 
My problem with the premise of his adventure is that he always had a means out (and apparently enough toys to keep him busy). It's amazing how different it becomes when you have no hope of getting home. Not to make light of what he achieved, but the psychological advantage of knowing he had a way out would have been enormous.
 
Ultraman said:
My problem with the premise of his adventure is that he always had a means out (and apparently enough toys to keep him busy). It's amazing how different it becomes when you have no hope of getting home. Not to make light of what he achieved, but the psychological advantage of knowing he had a way out would have been enormous.
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I agree 100% with this statement. It would be a whole other mental challenge and extreme to wonder if anybody would ever find you and if you had no hope of returning.

He had electronics, a way out, and company by being able to blog and/or chat.

Seems more of an extended vacation :D
 
GerardSamija said:
Funny how things work. I find the opposite. My workout recovery times were terrible when I was eating meat, as a teenager. Often 3 or 4 days to get over a cross-country race for instance. Now I find 2 days is usually enough, even after a very hefty weights session or a longer run with some sprints and hills. All sorts of other variables, like age and other dietary elements and knowledge, but still interesting. I've often seen references to Australians in discussions about meat consumption, how the Aussie physique is on average more powerful, people grow taller, heavier. I'm 200 pounds and can squat 10 reps at 400 pounds on a free bar repeatedly through an otherwise equally stressful workout. So my 30 years without meat don't seem to harm my power. My speed's still pretty fair too. No difficulty doing a 70 second lap of a standard oval, though between 5 and 10km is my preferred range.

I suspect diet is what we make of it. There's probably some nutter out there who eats nothing but peanut butter and apples and can run circles around me and toss me around like a rag doll, just because he's nuts and determined that his way is the right way. Humans are an amazingly diverse lot. Hence the diversity of opinions here and elsewhere, on every bloody thing.
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ATG or parallel or quarter squats? At my gym I have only seen 2people get to the depth of parallel or deeper, the other 99% put as much weight as they can and go down 3inches with the pussy pad on the bar.
 
I'm not terribly up on squat lingo... but I shoot for and usually nail 90 degree bends at the knee with minimal forward lean. Those mini-push guys have pissed me off since high school. Never heard of a 'pussy pad' - what's that? Is there something wrong with steel across the shoulders? Seems to me it'd be risky, adding any sort of soft pad for weights over 150 or so. Wouldn't that make it fairly unstable? Ah... thanks, UrbanDictionary.com, I see now that a pussy pad is a rolled up towel for pussies who complain of back pain. My lower back has given me some trouble since I was about 10, some sort of spasm which typically disables me for a week a couple of times most years. This year has been fine so far, as I've hit the weights more and done more rowing and situps than usual.
 
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