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db: If the situation were reversed and you were leading the big group, do you think anyone in your group might be be miffed that the solo took the better site? Would there be a discussion about it in your group?

I honestly don't think that there would even be a discussion in our group, particularly if we didn't know anything about the sites in question. Unless we'd been there before, we wouldn't really know how good the site would be, so once seeing it occupied, we'd just move on and see what lies ahead. First come, first served.

Although, I did vote on the poll to move on.

I have talked to other people/groups on portages to get a feel for their plans, if it seems like there may be site "competetion", particularly in the BWCAW where choices are limited. Not to set up a competition, but just to at least get a feel for what we may be up against. For example, we were on the Frost River last June on a very rainy, windy chilly day. There was a tandem ahead of our group of 6, and we asked them early on if they planned on taking the Bologna Lake site, or if they were going farther. They said they were going on, so we at least knew Bologna was an option.