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Message started by Arrowhead Paddler on Jun 28th, 2010 at 5:02pm

Title: Re: Some recent BWCA press
Post by Preacher on Jul 13th, 2010 at 5:52pm
Thanks for the better link!  Now that I read it, I can comment on it.

PJ's response was harsh, but not undeservedly so.


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There are no latrines, no picnic tables, no shelters, no electricity at any Quetico camp spot.

That's the point.  If you want these "amenities" go stay at Super8.  This position never ceases to amaze me.  The whole point about places like Q is to have a wilderness experience, not to have a scuba lesson scheduled at 10am followed by a massage, then lunch, then go for a dive, back at the buffet for dinner with rum punch and dancing to 30 year old whitiefied reggae tunes.


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Canada might have taken our draft dodgers in the past, but they will not take our drunken drivers. If a DUI is on your record then stay home in the USA.

Yep.  If you don't have the basic responsibility for life, we don't want you here.  We have our own idiots and don't need to import them.


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...what is the purpose of a wilderness park?

Journalists do research.  Go be a journalist.  This info is readily available.  I bet many of the non-journalists here can answer this inane question that was followed by blind speculation.


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Quetico has become one of the most expensive adventure travel destinations in the world aside from climbing Everest or seeing gorillas in the rainforests of Uganda.

Oh please.  Show me the costs of doing all these things excluding travel from your home.  


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It may not matter because the next restriction put down from Robin Reilly might be that no humans are allowed inside the park.

You should be sued for this, unless you have facts to back up your thinly veiled accusation.  Heck you should be sued for the lies & exagerations found in the entire article.

Above is just the short list.  I didn't bother reading the 2nd opinion piece.

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