PJ's out on a limb. Should we leave him out there or join in on the fun? Some folk will need to be brave.

I rolled my boat twice in the same lake at both portage landings. The first time West lake and I became intimately  acquainted I was a fairly new canoeist and when I went to get into my boat it released from a smooth rock and my boat rolled over just as quickly as you please. Ruined a nice SLR camera in the process......put me into a bit of a funk for the rest of the trip and I actually buggered off early.

Fast forward several years later and as I'm loading at the opposing portage at West Lake I was explaining what had happened to my partner with one foot still in the water and the rest of me in the canoe.....little by little I had drifted past the point of recovery and before I realized it I was in a bit of a fix........Then I started shouting for assistance (HELP ME!). Later my friend admitted that the whole scene was quite surreal as I was at the time explaining how I had rolled my boat and here it was actually happening in real time. Sure enough over I went again. Ludicrous.......Now I have promised myself if I ever paddle West Lake again I will just throw myself into the water fully clothed and just get it over with.

Funny thing, in spite of several ill timed "miscues" (my most recent in Irregular Lake this past summer) it is pretty rare for me to take a fall on a portage trail or in the woods.