User blog comment:Ichigostop/Isn't Shanks supposed to already know where One Piece is and how to get to Raftel?/@comment-2031609-20110131054130

I've thought the same thing for a while now. I think Shanks probably already knows what it is/saw it, same with Buggy. This would make sense since Buggy doesn't seem interested in One Piece at all, but rather treasure and being famous. And I can see Shanks taking a similar route to Whitebeard's where he's a pirate, but for the sake of adventure, camaraderie, and simply being a pirate rather than to be King of the Pirates.