I am not sure about the Trekking brand, but I can tell you that I have used a SY, SR, or Busse blade many times to make a walking stick when fatigue started setting in.

lazi, nothing wrong with admitting age is catching up with ya......it happens to a lot of us DOH!

I found Doomsday Preppers interesting but I can definitely see the heavy hand of the production team. Which is where the focus on one particular doomsday event; I'm sure that they're all just regular prepping for whatever life throws.

However, my personal take on the prepping thang (apart from what's already been said here) is the concept of community. There's only so much that you can do on your own. A community can have a range of skills and abilities and can store a whole lot more than one household. There's a reason that humans are social creatures.

This is precisely why I haven't told you where I live.

I don't need to know you location, exactly. I will just put some corn cobs out and wait.

You may have better luck with nuts, IIRC southern squirrels like them all too well!

DT is in my back yard hanging from my bird feeder right now

as far as Doomsday Preppers... I keep watching hoping to pick up some tips, but all i ever seem to see are goofballs with way too much disposable income

I have never watched the prepper shows, but I am the worst prepper you ever saw. Our little neighborhood now has the equipment to dig defensive firing postions. It's a team effort. When the SHTF, we will be able to lay down a storm of interlocking defensive firepower. Food storage, water storage, ammo, all that stuff is smart, but having a plan and not trying to go it alone makes sense to me. I'm too old to run.

Suppose you have a good point. Im not getting any younger.
But ive always taken the Lone Wolf approach, its just the way i grew up.
My friends always poke fun at me for what they consider to be a bit over the top in the prepping department, but they knew who to call for help last month when the blizzard knocked out power for a week

true that.

i've actually made my way over to youtube and found/friended some good people in the bushcraft/survivalist/prep community. way more practical info there than you could ever hope for on the boobtube.

tv is one of the worst public consumptions right now.

agreed!