Basics
Where do you live?
 Toronto - don't hate me for it
Approximate number of previous nights spent canoe camping?
 200+ over 20 years
Do you have the gear or use an outfitterer?
 Completely self-sufficient, but there's always gear to be bought.
Preferred/Typical party size?
 No preference so long as I'm going.  I usually organise trips and buddies are always welcome to join if they want to, logistics permitting.
What length of trips do you do/available to do?
 At least one week long trip a year.  At least a weekend each month from ice-out to ice-up.  These days about 20 nights a year.
Preferred season?
 Early spring, before blackflies.  When the trout are on.
What % of the trip do you travel/base camp?
 A rest day every 3rd day is planned for week long trips.  Anything 4 days or less is base camp.
What difficulty level do you go for?
 Solo I plan for 10-15km/travel day.  Tandem 15-20.
What area of the park are you most familiar with and do you want to spend time there or explore new areas?
 Totally new to Quetico.  Been all over APP & some Temagami & Crown Land.

Paddling
Bow or stern preference?
 Stern, but flexible.  Being heavy-set, and a solo paddler, and never having a paddling partner in my weight class able to stern I usually get put in the stern for various reasons.
 Recently learned a whitewater term, Fat Man Bails.
What is your paddling rhythm?
 Depends on the day, my mood, sleep, aches & pains.  My strokes are too long and I know it.
Paddle the shoreline or beeline?
 Depends on the distance for the day and the conditions.  Not afraid of open water, not stupid about it either.
How nasty of water are you comfortable paddling in?
 Solo about 1.5' of chop.  Tandem with the right bowman, I'll try anything.
Do you have strong navigation/map skills?
 Decent sense of direction.  Not the best map/compass skills.  Any tromping around is done with a gps waypoint on camp and breadcrumbs as I go.

Portaging
Do you usually single/double/triple/or? portage?
 Double pretty much always.  I like the walk back, it's when I get to see things.
Do you carry everything on your back, or alot of hand carry?
 Mostly on the back. I really like to keep at least 1 hand free.
How well do you handle the mountain goat portages?
 My knees are getting tired. Don't mind some, but don't want to spend a whole trip on them.
How well do you handle the boot sucking bogs?
 As long as I can touch bottom... whew.

Camping Style
Would you rather cook or wash the dishes?
 Cook.  Too lazy after dinner to wash dishes.  A big fan of eating out of the pot.
Fresh or dried foods?
 I do my own dehydrating for most trips.
 First day is usually something fresh over the fire.  Ribs or wings or hot dogs or...
Cook over a fire, or over a stove?
 Stove.
 Some recipies demand a fire.  Grilled burritos, the aforementioned ribs/wings/saussages.
 If a fire is on, there's usually a pot on too for coffee/tea/washing/drinking.
Cook breakfast or breakfast bars?
 Sick and freaking tired of oatmeal.  Looking for alternatives.  Beans & rice is good.
How many fish meals do you like to have during a trip?
 As many as possible.  Fresh fish is the best!
Hang the food pack or ground it?
 Hang.  I'm more worried about little critters than I am worried about bears.  I like to throw rope.
Axe? Saw? Both?
 8" pruning saw.
 My knife has a full tang is great for batoning wood.  I don't need 5# of pig iron weighing me down.
Sit around campfire all night OR wake at crack of dawn? (or both)
 Both.  Nothing like falling asleep in front of the caveman TV and waking up to dawn light and songbirds.
On a travel day, what time do you like to hit the water?
 On the water by 10am though night-owl partners often ruin these plans and it's the crack of noon before we're loaded.
 I hate travelling in the heat of the day.
 I have set an alarm for big water crossings.

Fishing
How much time do you like to spend fishing?
 As much as possible.  Fishing is 30% of why I'm out there.  
Which species do you like to go after?
 Favourite is brook trout followed closely by whatever's biting my lure.
 Summer flipping for bass while lazily floating from structure to structure.
How much tackle to you bring?
 1 rod/reel.  Typically 8# test.
 12-24 various lures.  A couple packs of stinky rubber worms, I like purple.
Are you good with a fillet knife?
 Gut 'em scale 'em and cook 'em!  Trout have no scales to worry about.
 I should be better with a knife, I have formal cooking training.

Misc
Do you have any medical conditions to be considered?
 Nope.
Level of alcohol consumption?
 Not a drinker, but I can be if the situation calls for it.
Is photography high on your list?
 Oh yes!  Bummed that my camera broke.  Can't decide on what to replace it with.
Do you like to go after pictographs?
 I'm keen to see some, never have.
Do you like to go after waterfalls?
 Yeah, waterfalls & rapids are awesome.  I do not like to sleep next to them.
Do you like to go after the northern lights?
 I haven't caught lights for decades. It's high on the priority list.

Personality
If the bugs are bad, will it ruin the trip for you?
 Sucks, but what are you gonna do?
What weather conditions are difficult for you to deal with?
 Wind sucks.
If we've got a problem, would you rather discuss it or bury it?
 First discuss it... then I will bury you. LOL
Other than illness or injury what events or conditions would make you want to quit a trip early and head home?
 Mood.  I've been out there and after a few days simply felt like going home.  Packed up, went home.  It's my vacation.  If I don't want to be there then I should go somewhere I want to be.