Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: My info not shared when returned home. You?
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QueticoMike |
quote mastertangler: "quote QueticoMike: "There are probably a few things never shared.....and they aren't going to be shared here either.....haha." Pleading the 5th and not implicating myself in any way or form.......lol |
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jhb8426 |
bwcadan: "...never speed in Illinois..." Judging the way I see Illinois drivers around here I was led to believe none of them ever drive the speed limit. |
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LindenTree3 |
My wife lives in Duluth but would come up every September and visit me for 2 weeks . I never told her about those maulings until the last day of her trip because she is a little bearanoid. She also takes more percautions while in Grizzley Bear country than I do so our safety was never in any more jeopardy due to her lack of knowledge regarding those incidents. (I kept a very close eye on her and planned our camping and hikes on places to avoid those bears). |
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BuckFlicks |
Then it started raining the first night of a planned 3 night trip and the water rose higher and and grew swifter. In one particularly narrow swift section, the canoe got turned sideways and broadsided a tree that was hanging low over the river, which dumped the boat and both of us upstream. I was swept under the boat and the current pinned me against the tree. I wasn't wearing PFD (I know) but I am not sure it would have helped me. It seemed like forever before I was able to haul myself to the surface. I was wearing my rain jacket and it was acting like a sail and holding me against the tree under the canoe. I also lost my Oakleys and my digital camera which was in a Ziploc bag got soaked. Worked fine after I let it dry out for a month or so. Anyway, nobody but you guys and my paddle partner know about how close I came to drowning. |
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QueticoMike |
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mastertangler |
quote QueticoMike: "There are probably a few things never shared.....and they aren't going to be shared here either.....haha." Oh come on Mike........dont be such a Fraidy cat |
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bottomtothetap |
On perhaps the stormiest night I've ever spent in the BWCA, one of our party was struck by lightning. VERY fortunate that all he suffered as a result was a mark/burn on his arm from where the lightning arched to him from a tent pole. Well, he got that along with a good scare. Otherwise not affected! We figured if we reported that to spouses they would never let us go again, so we kept quiet about it for years. |
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NotLight |
Doughnut count is never shared, not even with close friends. It is a very high number. |
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Savage Voyageur |
quote want2ride2: "My wife was along the two times I faced adversity in the wild and is the reason she won't go on another trip without a firearm.... Well she won't go unless I am carrying one is a better way to put it." Do tell us all more details |
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mastertangler |
My two most embarrassing moments was when I was telling a tripping partner how I rolled my boat at a portage. I did the story all with one foot in the canoe and the other in the water. The boat slowly drifted away beyond the point of recovery and I started yelling "help". My buddy, who was on land, was frozen and he said the whole thing was surreal as I, and canoe, went over again in the exact same lake all while relating a story about capsizing at a portage. You can't make it up! The other total miscue was seeing a "Portage crosses road" sign at an entry point in WCPP (Lund lake access). I immediately assumed that was my route and moved all my gear the wrong way. After the 4th load was set lakeside I went back to my vehicle to insure all was in order. Walked over to the big board with all the notices posted and stepped to the side of it to take a leak. Directly in front of me was another portage trail and I was shocked and knew I had started my trip in the wrong direction. |
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paddlinjoe |
I told my wife something along the lines of "I got soaked" on the trip. My friend unintentionally outed me a few months later over dinner with our wives as we were recounting the trip. I learned more than one lesson on that trip... A healthier respect for wind and waves (especially solo), and make sure you get the story straight before you get home... :-) |
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bwcadan |
This is one adventure not discussed even to this date. |
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bobbernumber3 |
Bobber#1 and Bobber#2 still have not told (and never will tell) their wives. |
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Grandma L |
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HotDog |
We camped on the island near the portage to Seagull, where he had stayed with my dad and uncle 20 years before. Things had gone well until one morning my dad woke us saying that grandpa was missing. We called out and got no response. My dad decided to start checking the paths going into the woods thinking maybe he had fallen down, but hen it hit me... we're on an island. What if he had fallen in the lake? So, my brother and I paddled around the island while my dad went on foot. We were scared, and expected to either find him floating face down in the lake or unconscious in the woods somewhere, when finally he answered our calls. We rounded the opposite end of the island, and found him sitting in the sunshine on a rock along the shore. Apparently he had wandered down the wrong path on the way to the latrine in the middle of the night and was muttering something odd about the moon looking like a street light. Needless to say, he had spent the rest of the night outside. He was embarrassed, so we didn't tell him the full extent of how worried we were, and we kept a close eye on him the last day or two. After the trip we didn't tell my grandma exactly what had happened, but there was sort of an agreement by all that grandpa was probably ready to retire from the annual adventure to the BWCA. |