wrote on Jul 19^th, 2010 at 2:16pm:

thanks everyone for the replys to my second cry for help.

Perhaps you gave us too much time to respond so your second request hit a soft spot. I think I may be able to speak for most who have been through there by saying we were hoping to hear something from this year - someone else's pleasure/pain so to speak.

Speaking only for myself, it's not that there are five miles or so of portaging. It's not the distance that makes that route challenging. It's that a lot can happen overland in that distance and it seems when you hit it matters, a lot. And at some point you realize there is just no turning back 'cause it can't get any more challenging. It could and probably will. Or, you may hit it just right. I wore my PFD at times just going back for the second load.

Of all the miles I've traveled in the park, from Kawnipi to French packs a lot of varied challenges and delights into a few days like nowhere else I've been and at some point you realize you've committed.

I went with Tripper. We're both basically solo paddlers at heart but when we considered a trip together, both of us thought, what wouldn't we want to tackle alone. There are places in Q I know better than my own neighborhood. This is not one of them. In fact, has anyone done that route more than once or twice that is willing to comment?