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https://quietjourney.com/community/YABB.cgi?num=1333081052 Message started by Snow_Dog on Mar 30th, 2012 at 4:17am |
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Title: Re: Favorite portage Post by ProRecreator on Apr 3rd, 2012 at 7:30pm
In the BW, got mesmerized by the hike from Hanson to S. Arm last May. Traveling solo and doing two trips, I wasted so much time taking pictures of waterfall, etc., I overcooked my exit and stumbled into camp on Carp at almost midnight.
In the Q, most memorable was on our first trip. On the way back to PP from Sarah, we stumbled from an unnamed pond S of Side Lake to Nest Lake. It was 25 yrs ago, and I still have the maps with the skull and cross-bones drawn over that one. A true swamp with large hussocks of grass and tight trees, no trail, for a mercifully short distance. We "surfed" the canoes gunwale side up as best we could. Will never forget the look of horror on the face of one of my partners when he, walking backwards, lost his balance, let go of the bow of the canoe and landed up to his armpits in muck the color of a pig sty. He had on what were, up until that moment, white painter's pants. Guy hasn't signed up for a trip since... |
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