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Date/Time: 03/29/2024 08:43AM
Title: Trip Report - Solo October 2016
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boonie 10/23/2016 06:45PM
I know the feeling, Dave - I was pretty focused on getting to Boulder when I went through there too and wished I'd taken it a little slower. I don't have many pictures from there.
Northwoodsman 10/23/2016 09:05PM
Great report. I agree on your equipment reviews. Maybe an InReach or similar is in your future to contact your wife and as a GPS in a tough situation?
muddyfeet 10/23/2016 11:12PM
Awesome!
I also tried a Sawyer filter this year too (mini) and thought it was fine for 5 days without any backflush.

Square hole may have been where someone removed a square rock?


When it's cold- do you wear gloves at all for paddling?


Thanks for sharing.
NotSoFast 10/24/2016 05:34AM
Northwoodsman, I have usually not carried electronics (except my phone, because I don't want to leave it in the car), but it may be time to reconsider. I thought often on this trip about how helpful it would be to send an "I'm OK" message.


Muddyfeet, I brought inexpensive fleece combo mittens -- the kind where you can peel back the mit to have your fingers free. I wore them a few times on portages to avoid directly gripping the canoe's aluminum gunwales, and around camp in the morning. Although the mittens got wet/damp, they still added a lot of warmth. If my hands had been cold while paddling I would have worn them without hesitation. In the past I've tried neoprene gloves for paddling, but for some reason I really don't like the way they feel on my hands.
NotSoFast 10/22/2016 08:18PM
New Trip Report posted by NotSoFast

Trip Name: Solo October 2016.

Entry Point: 27

Click Here to View Trip Report
boonie 10/23/2016 12:39PM
Thanks for the follow up report. On my recent solo I enjoyed the area from Alice through Fraser, Sagus, Roe, and Cap to Boulder and Adams. If you have any more photos posted anywhere, I'd love to see them.


I'm glad some of the changes worked out well for you. I can certainly relate to the too ambitious route planning and not being adequately prepared for the vagaries of the weather that time of year.
NotSoFast 10/23/2016 05:13PM
Didn't take many photos, unfortunately.


I'm really kicking myself for not slowing down more, especially from Fraser through the three-letters to Makwa. Already talking to my wife about doing that route again next fall.


Dave
jeepgirl 11/11/2016 12:25PM
Notsofast, try wearing a thin pair of gloves inside the neoprene gloves. That helps with the feel of the neoprene on your hands. I think mine are the cheap fleece ones from Menards. It works well for me and I keep the gloves in my life jacket. At camp I have some fleece mittens.
missmolly 11/11/2016 04:37PM
I know what it's like "sleeping in every stitch of clothing" one has and still being cold and especially if one is wet all day and it takes me hours before I work the damp dold out of my bones. Good report!
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