Just had this discussion last night with a friend. Since we won't be through-hiking, we decided to learn more about lightweight backpacking 3-5 days with a pack about 25-26lbs.With that in mind, I'll be taking either the SuperTinker or Yeoman in my pocket and the LM KF4 in the backpack waist belt. I'll throw a 4" Bucklite Max in pack. These should cover most anything I run into. No big saws or hatchets.
Quote from: strmliner on August 16, 2017, 11:54:25 PMJust had this discussion last night with a friend. Since we won't be through-hiking, we decided to learn more about lightweight backpacking 3-5 days with a pack about 25-26lbs.With that in mind, I'll be taking either the SuperTinker or Yeoman in my pocket and the LM KF4 in the backpack waist belt. I'll throw a 4" Bucklite Max in pack. These should cover most anything I run into. No big saws or hatchets.Just curious, why the third blade? Most UL packers I know carry nothing bigger than a classic or a tiny, single blade folder. I personally thing a classic alone is a little bit too... little, for time in the outdoors. But hey, to each his own!
Chuck Yeager went on backpacking and living off the land trips for week+ periods with an executive.
...once did 2 wks around Rocky Mtn Natl Park with just a Buck 112 Ranger.
Quote from: strmliner on August 17, 2017, 02:57:17 AM...once did 2 wks around Rocky Mtn Natl Park with just a Buck 112 Ranger. Oh, I'm not sure the words 'just' and 'Buck 112 Ranger' should be juxtaposed in a sentence.
This is the most of I've ever carried even for cold winter camping.Show content
I've read that a lot of seasoned thru hikers who do the AT and PCT carry a small knife if any. Its kinda a trick question since this is a MT forum. I love having a fixed blade on me that being said I'd carry a larger SAK like a 111mm with saw.
Quote from: Aloha007 on August 17, 2017, 07:30:15 AMI've read that a lot of seasoned thru hikers who do the AT and PCT carry a small knife if any. Its kinda a trick question since this is a MT forum. I love having a fixed blade on me that being said I'd carry a larger SAK like a 111mm with saw. I hear that as well. Always leaves me wondering how they make camp fires if they have no way of processing wood beyond bashing it against rocks...
For me it is not about how many miles I can cover or how many days I can thru hike a trail in. I often enjoy bushwacking over following trails. On trails I try to be discreet about carrying a big knife but I see no issue, other than weight, with wanting to carry a concealed weapon. There is no 911 when you are out there and while here in the northeast the black bears I've encountered are pretty timid, you just don't really know how an animal will react. I've only had one slightly uncomfortable encounter with a person and unless he had a weapon I'm pretty sure I would have gotten away fine if things got ugly. Manners may maketh a man but tools also maketh a man.