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When I do walk the at can I live off everything the land can provide or will I have issues with that I know myself can do it but would it cause any harm did not see the general
Hahaha! This is officially my favorite thread starter EVER.
can someone just deleted this
No. It is not possible for you to subsist off of the land. Far from possible.
up over the hills, theres nothing to fear
theres a pub across the way with whisky and beer
its a lengthy journey on the way up to the top
but it ain't so bad if you have a great big bottle o'scotch
OK did not know if it was against any thingOriginally Posted by Totem
Why would we want to delete this? It's like a hilariously ugly baby that was just born.
The thing I like best about it is that you realized that something was wrong right away AND commented on it AND put an appropriate emoticon on it. It's like watching a trainwreck in slow motion.
But hey, you're new here. Everyone screws up something or other. If you REALLY want it deleted (and I urge you not to delete it!), just PM a moderator and they'll get rid of it for you.
Don't do it, though! I love it!
Have you thought of rewording the question? It is a bit jumbled.When I do walk the at can I live off everything the land can provide or will I have issues with that I know myself can do it but would it cause any harm did not see the general
But for what it may be worth, even if it were legal, which it isn't, there isn't enough edible stuff near the trail to keep anyone alive for very long. Nor, I suspect, would anyone trying to survive on food stuffs to be found along the trail, have much time left over for actual walking.
Killing most animals is illegal along much of the trail. Harvesting some plants is illegal in several places. Hikers are pretty much restricted by time constraints and laws to harvesting fruits and berries in season.
In word, No.When I do walk the at can I live off everything the land can provide or will I have issues with that I know myself can do it but would it cause any harm did not see the general
There's very little edibe along the trail.
Unless, you are a termite.
One might be able to subsist on shelter mice alone while hiking up the trail! And I doubt there are any laws against killing mice.
Maybe, but I was truly surprised at how many hikers got upset when other hikers killed mice. Weird.
there's plenty of deer, bear, turkey and grouse to whack and stack
living by foraging is a full time job.
Hiking is a full time job.
Get it?
Grinder
AT hiker : It's the journey, not the destination
I never saw the general either.......
Fear ridges that are depicted as flat lines on a profile map.
it really wouldnt be that hard, you would just have to carry some extra gear... here's how you would approach it....
whenever it is legal, you hang out with your gun(that you are carrying) and kill a bunch of deer.... then you start up your gas powered generator(that you are of course carrying, who leaves home without one these days). the generator keeps the ice chest you are carrying on and you can stuff a couple hundred pounds of meat in it and you are good to go....
you don't have to take guff from these Negative Nancys
^if you want to go ultralight you could leave the gun at home and kill your prey with rocks you find along the trail
ok.... now im done.... im sorry
NONONONONONONONONONONONONO -When I do walk the at can I live off everything the land can provide or will I have issues with that I know myself can do it but would it cause any harm did not see the general
and NO (and don't even THINK about begging food from a hungry hiker
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
Except people. They're rather tasty.
The main problem with trying to live off the land is that you would have to give up alcohol.
Panzer
Hey! you gonna eat that?
Alcohol was involved!
The closest I've seen to this is folks that try to live off of what they find in hiker boxes ...
I did meet a fellow that planned to heavily augment his diet through foraging. I've never met anyone who successfully did so to any meaningful extent. The closest I've personally come is slowing my hike to gorge on huckleberries (different trail, I don't know anything about berry availability on the AT --- I would guess that right along the trail it's poor given the number of people that hike on the AT).
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