Drewfus, Solotripper, Prouboy...you all make sense regarding  your thoughts about not bringing a weather radio. Heck, I have survived not bringing one for 33 years when paddling Quetico.

Each year I keep trying to make my portage loads lighter and here I am considering purchasing what I consider a luxury tech item that is really not necessary.

Last year my fishing buddy in the bow brought along a GPS handheld unit. Prior to the trip he went into Google Earth and found all of the portages we were going to be taking and all the campsites we had chosen for our trip and he downloaded all of these into his GPS unit. Well, I have always been a map/compass guy and have never had a problem finding my way around Quetico. But,  I have to say, having my bud point to where there was a portage opening using his GPS was nice. 

I guess to each his own!