wrote on Nov 20^th, 2009 at 6:23pm:

PS: I clicked on your handle - you're 26, so how old's dad?  I was thinking 70 or something.  I'm 48 & my plan for next year (may get changed) is Stanton - B-chain - Ram -Antoine - bushwack to no-names NE of Lonely - Lonely - Walter - Eliz - Jesse - Maria - Pickerel - Batch Bay - Batch Lake - Nym.   74 km route w/20 portages, 7km total portage length.  I'm not in the best shape - maybe your dad can do more than you think!

I'm 63 and I'll either be doing a good chunk of that route or something in Woodland Caribou PP as a SOLO next season.  BTW:  Last year's Quetico trip--up the Falls Chain to McKenzie Lake and out via Kenny/McEwen ... Louisa/Agnes ... Meadows, etc.  (Although accompanied by another person, I TRAVEL solo ... meaning I carried a canoe across every portage w/pack.)

Don't count "old dad" too short!

dd