HighnDry wrote on Mar 28^th, 2018 at 3:31pm:

Good to hear. I think MP has planned some typically adventurous trips for you this summer if I heard correctly. You should be able to jack-rabbit over those portages with your bionic hip!

Yeah, he has already tried to persuade me to haul first-day food pack loads over a notorious goat trail portage versus any sane person's approach to our targeted lake.  I didn't fall for it, however.  Pulling one-too-many stunts like that probably contributed significantly to my: 1) back fusion, and then 2) hip replacement over the last 3 years.  Three strikes and I'm likely "out" of canoe-camping for good!

I think Magic is the one with the "bionic parts" or, at least, an "Energizer Bunny" heart.  He takes a licking but keeps on ticking!

Jimbo   8-)