Minimalist camping without a fixed blade

Kataphraktos said:
But, then, I'm generally hiking and backpacking with two kids and a wife these days, so "minimalist" is long gone from the picture, and contingencies loom larger in my mind.
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LOL! For a few years there, this defined my hiking as well. I got EVERYBODY's snacks, water, spare socks, rain slicker, blah blah blah. No room for my knife.

You know, this subject should spark good discussion, but somehow usually ends in debate.

Nobody's necessarily wrong here. People do the PCT and AT every year. Some with fixxies, some with folders, and some with neither.

Figure out where you're going, what you'll likely NEED, add what you WANT, and get out there, folks. Nature awaits!
 
GREENJACKET said:
stabman you might like my truck:
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Hard to see what it looks like under there... ;)
I'd offer to take it for free, but shipping would probably cost a fair bit! :D
 
Lol wow what an argument this has turned out to be lol

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stabman said:
I do have a nice coffee to sip on, but it would taste better in the woods...with a fire and a fixed blade knife. :)
And some fire-roasted meat.
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And THAT boys and girls, is the ultimate reason to carry wood processing tools; no stove yet invented on this earth, can make meat taste soooo good as on a spit over a nice hardwood fire!:thumbup::thumbup::thumb up:
 
Mecha said:
Whao! :eek: Now just what in tarnation is this supposed to be, Pinnah? Care to explain yourself, sir?

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I guess Pinnah is just going to /ignore the question. -.-
 
Kids, leaving home, just ensure they leave a bread crumb trail (all grown up now):
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The shooting truck... it was cheap, doesn't look quite so clean now. Full mud terrains, goes pretty much anywhere. (I have a normal car too.)
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Apparently fire starters are great for the places that have no trees where some mountaineers get dropped in and picked up by a helicopter and never see trees.

No trees, no need for a fire or fixed blade. Got it.

I guess all the experts like to be ill prepared :confused:
 
Cobalt said:
My point was that above tree line is not where you want to be for very long. You are assuming that all you do is hike above tree line your entire life and thus no need for an edged tool. that is not how it happens. Yeah, if I spend my life hiking sand dunes I have no need for a blade of any kind. Duh.
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I guess I've been unclear. I mention above treelike travel not to imply that people stay above treeline all the time. Rather to point out that people do camp above treeline (where it is legal) and those techniques form th le basis for the well established, stoved-based LNT techniques that render a fixed blade an option choice rather than necessity.

Below tree line, you do what is best for you and how you feel it is necessary. You think your way I think mine. You may think me a fool for carrying something you feel is not needed. I certainly think you are a fool for not doing so. Two schools of thought.
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I'm not sure what I've written that would make you think you're a fool to carry a fixed blade. I've said repeatedly that I sometimes carry one and while I do foolish things sometimes, that's not one of them.

What I've said is that it is uninformed to assert that fixed blades are needed for safe backcountry travel. That's utter non-sense. Alpine-style LNT techniques are so widely adopted and are so demonstrably effective that I can't see why it's disputed.

More to the point, I don't see how the assertion that fixed blades aren't needed can be twisted into an insult, or implying that you or anybody else is foolish to carry one. Cameras aren't necessary. Saying that didn't make photographers feel foolish. Feels sort of like people wanting to be offended. (Shrug)

Heck, Wild Turkey isn't needed either and it usually finds its way in my pack. Happy to share it with anybody on the thread too.
 
pinnah said:
I guess I've been unclear. I mention above treelike travel not to imply that people stay above treeline all the time. Rather to point out that people do camp above treeline (where it is legal) and those techniques form th le basis for the well established, stoved-based LNT techniques that render a fixed blade an option choice rather than necessity.



I'm not sure what I've written that would make you think you're a fool to carry a fixed blade. I've said repeatedly that I sometimes carry one and while I do foolish things sometimes, that's not one of them.

What I've said is that it is uninformed to assert that fixed blades are needed for safe backcountry travel. That's utter non-sense. Alpine-style LNT techniques are so widely adopted and are so demonstrably effective that I can't see why it's disputed.

More to the point, I don't see how the assertion that fixed blades aren't needed can be twisted into an insult, or implying that you or anybody else is foolish to carry one. Cameras aren't necessary. Saying that didn't make photographers feel foolish. Feels sort of like people wanting to be offended. (Shrug)

Heck, Wild Turkey isn't needed either and it usually finds its way in my pack. Happy to share it with anybody on the thread too.
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Ounces of booze rather than a fixed blade? How does this make sense when you count every ounce? Or are you saying you choose booze over a fixed blade? And how do you share booze with people in a thread?
 
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