db wrote on Sep 29^th, 2011 at 6:00am:

Android wrote on Sep 28th, 2011 at 4:10pm: I haven't been on the forum lately but I checked the POD today and went back a few days. I came upon the pic from 9.15. I have to ask who ever was on that trip; you guys carried all that stuff into the WCPP? Large Coleman stove, full size camp chairs, large red cooler, large cooking pot? Hope you had Sherpas!!! ;) AM I wasn't on the trip but I can tell you this, comfort and convenience at camp is, IMHO, a fair trade for those with the ability and I expect even those chairs are a whole lot more comfortable than they look after a long portage or three. ;)

The portages between the put-in at Leano Lake and Mexican Hat are all in pretty good shape and only the one entering Mexican Hat has any real length to it (~80 rods).  So, with plenty of hands to carry, its doable in a single day of travel.  I made the stretch from Bunny (1st lake after Leano ... maybe 1 hour of travel) to Mexican Hat in a single day on a solo trip and it was pouring rain much of the time.  Glenn Lake (referenced in another pic) is easy hop from Mexican Hat ... its the next lake north and portages are very short.

So, packing that much gear (while certainly requiring much effort) would be doable if relative fit and if you got a reasonably early start.  Its on the order of 13 portages and feels much the same as doing McEwen to Louisa in Quetico (although a couple of the lakes enroute are a tad larger on the WCPP route).

dd