Who would win in a knife fight?

“Just for discussion's sake, who do you think would win in a knife fight between Ray Jardine (Beyond Backpacking) and a healthy Colin Fletcher (The Complete Walker, Man Who Walked Through Time)?

I think ole Colin would be much more scrapy and would kick some major Jardine a$$.”

“Jardine will stomper his @ss!”

“Knife fight? That's lame. How about a fencing duel using trekking poles?”

“Fist fight is the manly way!”

“me. i'm a bad@ss with a blade.”

“Ray wouldn't carry a knife, too much weight.”

“Jardine's trekking pole against Fletcher's wooden staff?
No contest, that wimpy trekking poles going down.”

“But the speed and handling gained from the lightweight of a trekking pole could allow for some quick.. and damaging.. jabs. It'd be an interesting battle to the death, me thinks.”

“Eustace Conway would wipe the floor wit both of em”

“how about Steve Irwin? he'd freakin' explode! he'd kill the hell out of anyone. i know, i know, he's not famous for being a "backpacker," but he's outdoorsy! that counts.”

“Ray would slip on the old ba$tards drool and Colin would stick him when he was down.”

“lmfao”

“Criky!!! Steve Irwin? Either Jardine or Fletcher would put him down.”

“no way man, he has the added benefit of being totally insane. i swear, i thought he was going to eat a little rodent-looking thing once, he thought it was so cute. he kept talking about its "soft little belly," LMAO!”

“The one carrying a handgun in his hip pocket.”

“"he has the added benefit of being totally insane"
I'll concede THAT point. The guy is nuts, but he is a small guy. His wife is bigger than him.
I still say he would go down.”

“Ray's wife, Jenny, would never let Ray expend so much of a milliounce of energy (gotta conserve it, ya know) on such a superfluorous event.”

“Bill Bryson and Katz to take ALL you ALL!”

“One punch in the gut and Katz would puke all the food he'd shoved in. Bryson would just plain quit. How that man made money for something he couldn't complete I'll never know.”

“I would kill any dumb@ss that was stupid enough to bring a knife to a gunfight...”

“That reminds me of James Coburn's character in "The Magnificent Seven".”

“I'd be pullin for Colin!”

“Ray would run and Colin would never catch him, because he would be carrying more weight.”

“Stanlee beat us both to it, FG.”

“Dang them Canucks, anyway...”

“I think Colin is still healing from getting hit by a car.”

“Either way, I'm sure Ray would be able to negotiate a book deal out of it.”

“Fletcher hands down!!!!!

8)”

“Heh heh...so who says Canucks are peace loving people?”

“It's fairly obvious that nothing can kill Colin Fletcher...the man's still alive after getting hit by a car going 40mph! Ray would tire out trying.”

“It would have to be kick boxing with heavy duty hiking boots on.”

“Bryson & Katz, LMAO! i didn't think of that. Bryson is just too freakin' funny...i would SO root for him. i think he could sell a million books about his adventures doing the laundry.”

“Tag team match . . . Katz (Just call me Twinky) & Bryson ( Never Say Quit) vs. Ray & Colin”

“hey, i didn't say they'd win, i said i'd ROOT for them. ;-)

and what's with all the violence, maaaaan? let's have a hugging contest, what?”

“How's about Jardine, Stephenson and Wiggy in a cage match?”

“Can't we all just backpack together?”

“I'd think Stever Irwin would be throwing crocodiles at both of them dorks!

But then Grizzly Adams would show up and clean his clock”

“I hear Terry fights all of Steve's tough fights for him.”

“I think Marlin Perkins and Jim (?) could lick any two outdoorsy boys on Earth...”

“Don't you mean just Jim.
Ole Marlin never had to rassle a gator. Jim ALWAYS got the dirty job.”

“I'll sit here in the blind, while Jim goes out to wrestle with the man-eating tiger...”

“... with the air rifle and the darts loaded with elephant downers.”

“Sounds like Marlin stayed in that blind for more than one reason?

...mmmmm....elephant downers....”

“LOL! okay, Homer. we have quite a few of those here. :-)

ugh, Steve's wife Terry annoys the living doo-doo out of me!”

“I always say, don't take a knife to a gunfight!”

“you don't want to mess with me if i'm wielding a blade. i could take them all. i got the scars to prove it (mostly self inflicted).”

“Mumbly-peg?”

“LOL @ Tilt! I wonder how many of the younger people on this site even know what mumbley-peg is? Eat dirt, suckah!”

“Donman, I don't know how well Dan Haggarty (Grizzly Adams) can fight, but that dude can sure rip a guitar. I heard him play one night at the Rum Boogie in Memphis. That is one cool cat!”

“good one tilt. i can get a good "two finger" just about every time.”