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07/28/2009 09:44AM
New Trip Report posted by bryanjp2
Trip Name: An out and back for the first time.
Entry Point: 37
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Trip Name: An out and back for the first time.
Entry Point: 37
Click Here to View Trip Report
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07/28/2009 12:33PM
It's too bad the weather didn't cooperate for your first trip - but it sounds like you had a good time anyway. Here's hoping the weather is perfect for your next trip! :)
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. Dalai Lama
07/28/2009 06:05PM
My daughter and I were in the same days as you, on Pine. My first trip - we encountered that same weather but we all survived! I can't wait to go back! Enjoyed your report - thanks!
THE EDGE, there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. - Hunter S. Thompson
07/28/2009 06:40PM
Me and my wife joke that "if we can survive the Boundary Waters together we can survive anything". My first two trips were with her before we were married and we were GREEN! I actually used two paddles lashed to the canoe for a portage yoke. Ouch!
your trip report reminded me of my first couple of times. It's a shame the weather was so nasty but i'm sure you will get some great weeks up there too.
My advice would be to definitely get better portage pads and a lightweight canoe can really help too. Hope you go again. Thanks for posting.
your trip report reminded me of my first couple of times. It's a shame the weather was so nasty but i'm sure you will get some great weeks up there too.
My advice would be to definitely get better portage pads and a lightweight canoe can really help too. Hope you go again. Thanks for posting.
"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw
07/29/2009 11:04AM
Nice report. I think weather is one of the biggest factors in hooking newbies on the BW or turning them away. Good to hear that you saw the potential despite so much rain. And for goodness sakes - get some new portage pads!!!!
"I'm not superstitious. I'm a little stitious" - Michael Scott
07/29/2009 01:45PM
Look at it this way.... this will probably (hopefully) be the worst trip you ever take. It's all rainbows from here! I'm glad you both still see the beauty of Canoe Country and have the intelligence to realize you just hit a bad stretch of weather and will be coming back.
"One inch on the map ~ is not one inch on the ground"
07/30/2009 02:40PM
AAAHHHRGH! I kinda wish my first trip was like that...the rest would most undoubtedly better! Instead my first trip seemed picture perfect..a benchmark for all other trips to come! To bad about the pads. Thanks for sharing!
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it!
08/04/2009 10:54AM
Going with your girlfriend's instinct on the first "right or left?" decision turned out to be a smart move. I felt your pain with the canoe digging into your shoulders. I've been lucky regarding not having so much rain on my trips, but then I don't have the experience you do in dealing with it. Thanks for sharing!
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