I see in the  Rendezvous in the Boundary Waters and Quetico section, discussion on the next Stumpy Jamboree location.

I gather from past events and posts about them, not everyone was able to make it in to the location, and not everyone "bushwhacked" the same way.

So is there any one method that's considered "kosher", or is it what ever gets you there and back?

I read about people carrying all their gear/canoes and just crashing ahead until they get thru, have to retrace/choose a new route, or get exhausted and decide they've had enough.

Do dedicated solo paddlers do it differently than tandem/group paddlers do?

I've bushwhacked in to a few places, but only on day trips. Being a solo guy, I still didn't just hoist the canoe and crash my way thru.

With gear, it's 2 x thru for me on a marked portage trail, maybe more if I was busting trail in thick brush.

Even on my day trip bushwhacks, I walked ahead with just day pack/water and marked a trail with orange "squirrel" tape and then retrieved my canoe.
I would do the same with full gear but maybe do a little rough trail clearing with saw/axe as well.
Seems to me at least while alone that it beats just bulling your way thru.

If you have a "crew" and enough bodies/trips, you end up making a "trail" of sort, so is it "wrong" to substitute some saw/axe work for a real life crew?

What say the QJ bushwhackers or wannabe's?