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09/27/2009 12:42PM
New Trip Report posted by Koda
Trip Name: Lake One to Snowbank loop.
Entry Point: 30
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Trip Name: Lake One to Snowbank loop.
Entry Point: 30
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09/27/2009 02:01PM
That was really great to see and read. I've done this same route in '06 then this past Aug. did a longer version starting at Snowbank.
I thought what you wrote at the end of day three was very interesting.
"This evening I ignore the photo ops in favor of checking in with myself. I see how a steady program of doing has kept me from being present. I briefly consider bailing out in the face of the challenge ahead, and then a loon calls, and for the first time in three days I really hear it. Something awakens inside, but it takes several more days to emerge."
I've done 4 solos and on each it DOES take a few days to really slow down and see and hear what's around you.
As for the Williamson Island campsite I would rate it slightly higher than you did. We put up three tents here in '06 and we all consider this to be a top site. The rock ledge out front is really great. We stopped this year for 2 nights as well and right in front are two perfectly spaced trees for my sleeping hammock.
Thanks for putting this together. I also am very impressed with the photos and description of how you made the front thwart and also pics of your canoe storage. Nice work.
ps. If you have trouble sleeping on the ground you should give a sleeping hammock a try. Here's what I bought this year. Warbonnet Blackbird
This is my setup on Alice Lake. You would like these beach sites on the east side.
I thought what you wrote at the end of day three was very interesting.
"This evening I ignore the photo ops in favor of checking in with myself. I see how a steady program of doing has kept me from being present. I briefly consider bailing out in the face of the challenge ahead, and then a loon calls, and for the first time in three days I really hear it. Something awakens inside, but it takes several more days to emerge."
I've done 4 solos and on each it DOES take a few days to really slow down and see and hear what's around you.
As for the Williamson Island campsite I would rate it slightly higher than you did. We put up three tents here in '06 and we all consider this to be a top site. The rock ledge out front is really great. We stopped this year for 2 nights as well and right in front are two perfectly spaced trees for my sleeping hammock.
Thanks for putting this together. I also am very impressed with the photos and description of how you made the front thwart and also pics of your canoe storage. Nice work.
ps. If you have trouble sleeping on the ground you should give a sleeping hammock a try. Here's what I bought this year. Warbonnet Blackbird
This is my setup on Alice Lake. You would like these beach sites on the east side.
"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw
09/29/2009 01:50PM
Gosh ... thanks for the nice feedback, folks. I thought people would find this pretty boring except for some of the pictures. Maybe when we share things about ourselves we realize how connected we all really are.
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Koda
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Koda
10/29/2009 12:40PM
Koda-
Great trip report. I am always glad to read others adventures in some of the same places. A few years back I was able to check out Williamson Island and on another trip I stayed a night on that South Island on Disappointment.
Glad to hear that you got back on the waters after an injury.
Great trip report. I am always glad to read others adventures in some of the same places. A few years back I was able to check out Williamson Island and on another trip I stayed a night on that South Island on Disappointment.
Glad to hear that you got back on the waters after an injury.
10/29/2009 02:02PM
Thanks, Irishstone. Today the doc told me the shoulder is healed and to quit worrying about it. But driving past the spot where the van driver ran me off the road (causing a separated shoulder when my motorcycle and I parted company) still gives me a bit of the willies.
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