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Where's the problem?  Just sweep it up back into the jar the best you can and use as usual.  Whatever doesn't dissolve is clearly not coffee and can be filtered with your teeth as you drink.

Yes, it's a little known fact that the term "duffer" actually is rooted in the word "duff", for the mix of organic soil and decaying plant matter found on the forest floor in canoe country.

Historically, the duffer was the person in each canoe who had inadvertently consumed the most duff and thus was currently the least fit to paddle.

This also illustrates the importance of bringing a "jug" for medicinal purposes.  Strong alcohol will neutralize most of the ill effects of excessive inadvertant duff consumption for those who have not yet mastered the art of using teeth as a filter.

Guy I know used to like to put on a Groucho-Marx rig -- heavy black glasses, mustach, very large nose -- when paddling towards other parties, then stay just far enough off to keep em wondering...

Lessee.... first trip into the BW/Q.  Had novice family in tow.  Now I've done a fair amount of outdoors trips, but always on my own two feet backpacking.  Never canoeing, and I never needed to put food up in a tree to foil the bears.

So... doing as the outfitter advised, I found a suitable rock, tied it to the parachute cord, and promptly heaved it up into a fork in a tree.  Darned thing got stuck.  Y'know how p'cord stretches pretty good?  Well... you guessed it!  I pulled and pulled, and eventually the rock came loose.  And beaned me on the right temple as I tried to duck.  Had a good sized goose egg for a day and a half!

I use a barrel now

woodstripper wrote on Mar 9^th, 2010 at 3:40am:


Now this is why using a  "leader" of lighter weight line is a good idea when rigging a food line, it breaks before your HEAD does