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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Trip Reports Trip Report - The KEK |
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05/29/2012 10:32PM
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05/30/2012 07:11PM
fireman, wow, glad you were able to complete the hike in 4 days.
we paddled parallel to the kek (seahorse, warclub, fay) first week of May. couldn't imagine hiking the Kek through that area. lots of ticks! and bleak surroundings. the water wasn't as high at that time but some of the portages that are shared with hikers were waterlogged due to the beaver activity.
did you see the "kek man"? he sets up camp around howard somewhere, stays there most of the summer.
do you have any photos to post?
we paddled parallel to the kek (seahorse, warclub, fay) first week of May. couldn't imagine hiking the Kek through that area. lots of ticks! and bleak surroundings. the water wasn't as high at that time but some of the portages that are shared with hikers were waterlogged due to the beaver activity.
did you see the "kek man"? he sets up camp around howard somewhere, stays there most of the summer.
do you have any photos to post?
07/06/2012 02:08PM
I quit backpacking because I had too many days like the ones you described. At least when you're canoeing and it's raining, you're atop clean water rather than mud.
I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.
10/13/2018 08:09AM
Glad that I didn't read this report before I hiked the Kek in Sept 2013. It was tough, but we had hot, sunny weather. Too hot for backpacking with temps in the 80s. Faint tread and beaver activity make this a challenging hike. A great sense of accomplishment when done.
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