I've posted my trip report along with several photographs. I posted it on its own blog.

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Chuck

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I was planning on traveling those longer portages from Adventure to Wrist on day 6 of my trip. Since you read my report you know I was concerned about my right ankle and not knowing if the ankle was going to get worst so I made the decision to cut three days off my trip.

I also had some concerns about those upcoming portages through the burn since I already experienced two of them. I knew if my ankle got worst I would really have had a hard time crossing them.

I made the decision to cut those days off and it was tough to do so, but when traveling solo I needed to be realistic and look at the overall picture of the trip.

With the information you posted about those portages confirms I probably did the right thing or at least I made a wise decision. The 850 m portage was going to be my last portage of the day, so I would have been camping some where in the burn between Jigsaw and Wrist.

I'm glad you took the time to read the trip report.

Chuck

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The saw is a Corona 21” pruning saw with a 26” Weaver scabbard. It does the job and you don’t have to put anything together. This is the saw you want to carry when you expect there will be blow downs and most likely many of them. This is the saw to carry while traveling in the boreal forest. Dave Phillips turned me onto this saw.

If you go to my blog,   (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) (this link will take you to take post), there is a closer photo of both under the post for May 30, 2009. It’s toward the bottom of that post.

As for the ankle I’ve had some prior injury to it and I think when I sprained it in Wabakimi last year I re-aggravated it. I posted some more info on my blog posted on June 29,2009 (   (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)) I’m wearing an ankle support and some slight modifications to my inserts to keep me from stressing the peroneal tendon. Most of the problem seems to be once the tendon gets sore the pressure from these boots causes the constant pain. When I wore my Danner boots at night I didn’t have any problem.

I have ordered a pair of the OTB Odfin boots to see how they feel.

I will be wearing this ankle support on a three week canoe trip to Crown land, Misehkow River, Albany River and Wabakimi in one month with Dave. I don't know which boots I will be wearing until I try out the OTB boots later this week.

Chuck  

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Edit: If you click on any photo in my blog it will enlarge the photo!

When I called NRS about a week ago to inquire about the NRS Storm boot the guy had no idea when they would be back on the market. He asked me if I wanted the work boot but after giving it a quick thought I told him I would have to call back it I did.

Last Friday I called NRS again after doing some research on boots and came up with the OTB Odhin boot. He said he thought it was a little higher than the other similar boot by OTB. I should get the boots later this week. Let me know what boot you got and your initial thoughts on them.

This was a different sales person and he thought the Storm boot would be back on the market at the end of the year. I really don’t know if it’s true or not. He was probably guessing.

Chuck


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Thanks for saw info, I can tell that's the ticket for clearing early season blow downs