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Trip Report - Mudro to Angleworm, April 2010

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UncleMoose

05/11/2010 01:45PM

New Trip Report posted by UncleMoose

Trip Name: Mudro to Angleworm, April 2010.

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airmorse

05/11/2010 01:58PM

Great photos from a great area. Looked like the water levels were very low.

Nice report.

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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Koda

05/11/2010 02:47PM

Nice report. Whets my appetite for my upcoming trip.

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fishguts

05/11/2010 04:07PM

Wonderful photos! Thanks! really give one a feel for the area that time of year.

fishguts

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Mongo65

05/11/2010 05:28PM

Great report and very nice photos. Thank you for sharing.

Sit back, relax, have a home brew.

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boonie

05/11/2010 08:16PM

Thanks, Tom - brought back a lot of memories from my Mudro trip last fall. I headed east from Gun towards Moosecamp though. I hear Angleworm is a very pretty lake, so it's on my to do list.

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SunCatcher

05/11/2010 08:36PM

Wonderful pictures Uncle Moose. It looked like fair weather even though it was chilly/cold. Thank You for sharing.
SunCatcher

"WWJD"

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UncleMoose

05/11/2010 10:15PM

Thanks, all. Yes the weather was great - it was great throughout April (can't complain about cold in April). It's also true that the water levels are definitely down. Precipitation has been very scarce so far this year.

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That Guy

05/11/2010 11:52PM

Excellent photos!

"The earth is being overrun by mankind and his machines. There will always be a need for quiet places that can only be reached by physical effort, skill and endurance." Bill Mason

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wawasee

05/12/2010 06:53AM

Great trip report I am going into Mudro in early June. The Pictures brought back alot of memories.

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lars54

05/12/2010 09:00PM

nice report and wonderful pictures

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Itchy Menace

05/12/2010 09:23PM

As always, a great report. I vote for the continued double portages because your photos are fantastic.

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SevenofNine

05/14/2010 11:09AM

Nice trip report Tom and as usual excellent pictures. If only I had such talent at picture taking.

Regarding single portaging, I can tell you from personal experience that single portaging is very difficult unless you have very light gear and count every ounce. It can be done but if you don't need to and you don't mind taking an extra trip to get your gear and take pictures then double portage.

If you are trying to cover a lot of distance fast then I would think about single portaging. For me, it has been a quest to see if I can do it. Now that I have done it I can tell you there are many ups and downs with single portaging.

Great trip report.

The best part of this journey here is further knowing yourself - Alan Kay

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UncleMoose

05/14/2010 11:55AM

Thanks for the perspective on single vs double portaging, SevenofNine. Attempting single portaging will probably become a low priority for me, and would only be useful for trips where pure speed and flexibility is required (perhaps like a bushwhacking trip). I suppose just the process alone of getting to the point where you can single portage would also result in great benefits for trips when you don't.

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IndyElden

05/18/2010 09:06AM

Your report and photos were outstanding! I noticed a lot of animal jawbones on my recent May 9-14 trip. What did that big jaw and teeth you photographed belong to?

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Friendly Waters

05/18/2010 09:20AM

I wonder what the noise you heard that night was?? Great work with your camera.

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bobby726

05/18/2010 10:24AM

Good report, loved all the pix.

Always be the second one in the outhouse, it's going to smell anyway so you might as well have a warm seat.

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UncleMoose

05/18/2010 10:52AM

Far from being any kind of expert, but I finally settled on a deer for the jawbone. A moose would have been bigger, and I think the teeth wouldn't have been quite as even sized.

As for the animal sound, I had originally wondered if it might be a bear cub, but others with more experience suggested it may well have been either a lynx or bobcat.

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troutbreath

05/20/2010 05:25PM

Thanks for the trip report - and for talking about it at Wilderness Way on Monday night. You clearly had a good time on the trip and the weather could not have been nicer.

See you soon!

TB

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UncleMoose

05/22/2010 11:33AM

Thanks, TB. It was really great meeting you and the family on Monday.

Now I need to get the next two reports put together.

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MagicPaddler

05/22/2010 07:00PM

UncleMoose
Is this what you heard?

Screaming female

The question of the day is Freedom or Socialism?? MagicPaddler

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UncleMoose

05/22/2010 08:40PM

That sounded too low pitched, rhythmic and cat-like, so I did a little searching myself and think I have it figured out. From the very start, my wife had suggested that it was a black bear cub from my description. I did find some Lynx audio that came close, but it was still too animal-like (or cat-like). The sound I heard really sounded more human, like a baby or child screaming.

Then I found some audio for the distress sound made by a fearful bear cub at the North American Bear Center's website. That was it! (Or by far the closest thing to it I've found.) At the link below, play the audio for the "High emotion distress sound made by a fearful cub" (third one from the bottom).

Black Bear Vocalizations & Body Language