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June 2010 Photo Contest

Winner: Kiporby

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adam

Moderator

06/10/2010 07:34PM

It is time to start the June 2010 Photo Contest.

The theme for this month's contest is "Portaging".

Monthly Category: Portaging

Prize: BWCA Hat or Shirt

Thanks to Cooke Custom Sewing (CSS) for sponsoring the year end prize.

Remember 1 entry per person please. This helps us vote accurately.

Rules:
- You must be signed in as a member with a valid email address in your profile to enter (or win).
- You can only enter one photo per monthly contest. You can enter the same photo if it did not win in a previous month.
- You must be the photographer of the photo and have the rights to post it.
- Photos are entered in the contest by making a reply posting to this message and using the "Add a photo to this message" link during composition. This will allow you to upload a photo from your computer to the contest or allow you to select a photo which you have already loaded into your photo gallery on this site. If you want to enter your photo in another way, please contact us.
- Please describe in the message the location of the photo.
- Judging will be done by the www.bwca.com staff and moderators.
- A member may win once per year.
- Photos must be posted to this thread by 11:59pm on June 30th.
- Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) format and uploaded to the site.

Contact me if you have something in a different format or are having problems uploading to the site.

Thank you for participating!

Adam

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TuscaroraBorealis

06/10/2010 07:37PM

The portage trail between Duck & Zenith

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starwatcher

06/10/2010 08:22PM

"Sandpit to Tin Can Mike"

October 2008

starwatcher

"When one finally arrives at the point where schedules are forgotten, and becomes immersed in ancient rhythms, one begins to live." Sigurd F. Olson

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fishguts

06/10/2010 08:29PM

River route from Darky to William, Quetico

fishguts

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starwatcher

06/10/2010 08:41PM

fishguts, only one entry allowed.

"When one finally arrives at the point where schedules are forgotten, and becomes immersed in ancient rhythms, one begins to live." Sigurd F. Olson

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fishguts

06/10/2010 08:43PM

starwatcher,
Had a hard time choosing, Thanks!

fishguts

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starwatcher

06/10/2010 08:45PM

Yes, I understand; that is a challenge sometimes.
starwatcher

"When one finally arrives at the point where schedules are forgotten, and becomes immersed in ancient rhythms, one begins to live." Sigurd F. Olson

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Soledad

06/10/2010 09:09PM

Cautious Smile

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airmorse

06/10/2010 10:29PM

Boot to Fourtown portage July 2009.

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

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bumabu

06/10/2010 11:59PM

Portage entering into Trail lake from Louse river.June 2008

Who I am precedes what I do, not the other way around.

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ozarkpaddler

06/11/2010 01:31AM

Kinda like this one of me just off the Stairway Portage:

"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain

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snakecharmer

06/11/2010 08:22AM

Crossing the Beatty Portage.

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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cowdoc

06/11/2010 09:15AM

Short portage around beaver dam on Temperance River....Sept. 2009

"What could happen?"

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MOgirl

06/11/2010 09:32AM

A view of Ensign from the top of the portage to Vera.

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BigZig

06/11/2010 10:00AM

The portage into Ram Lake.

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Jackfish

Moderator

06/11/2010 10:22AM

One of my favorites. My son's buddy was crossing a boggy stretch of the portage from Sultry to Silence in Quetico and he took a misstep.

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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prettypaddle

06/11/2010 11:06AM

September 2009

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balsamea

06/11/2010 06:29PM

July 2009. Portage between Mora and Little Sag lakes.

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Kiporby

06/11/2010 09:12PM

Her first portage ever!! Red Rock Lake to Alpine Lake. July, 2008.

There is a light and it never goes out. Morrissey

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ZIMTLSA

06/12/2010 12:36AM

I think this was the portage from Allen to Horseshoe from June '09 trip. Kind of a boulder garden on sections of it.

Semper Fi

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bumabu

06/12/2010 03:06AM

I would just like to say that Kiporby's picture embodies everything BWCA should be about. Way to pass it on Kip!

Who I am precedes what I do, not the other way around.

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tony

06/12/2010 08:31AM

Portage on the way from Mudro to Fourtown Lake

tony

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Kiporby

06/12/2010 10:41AM

quote bumabu: "I would just like to say that Kiporby's picture embodies everything BWCA should be about. Way to pass it on Kip!"

Thanks Bumabu! It has been my pleasure watching her grow up in the North Woods.

There is a light and it never goes out. Morrissey

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Ho Ho

06/12/2010 01:36PM

Getting ready to portage to the portage - mucky creek too shallow to paddle up. On the way to Lilypad Lake, September 2009.

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rlhedlund

06/12/2010 04:32PM

Look ma, no hands!

Life is Good, Living is Better. Everlasting Life is Best! Pray for Us Amok.

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Corsair

06/12/2010 05:53PM

The portage from Vera into Ensign in '03. My first and last with aluminum.

"Pack lightly, Tread lightly"

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bstrege

06/12/2010 10:43PM

quote Jackfish: "One of my favorites. My son's buddy was crossing a boggy stretch of the portage from Sultry to Silence in Quetico and he took a misstep.
"

I did that once on the portage from Kawishiwi to Square - except I had the canoe. I went waist deep in mud and couldn't move. I didn't want anyone to see me in that predicament - or, much worse, take a picture of me. I was only able to get out by rolling myself into the canoe (which, when I set it down, was at eye level). Anyway, I can relate to this picture.

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oldgentleman

06/13/2010 07:57PM

Fourtown to Mudro October 2003.

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dicecupmaker

06/13/2010 08:07PM

My buddy Dean Larson leaving Ensign back in 2005.

Joy is a great teacher, but so is dispair. Wonder is a great teacher, but so is confusion. Hope is a great teacher, but so is disillusionment. And life is a great teacher, but so is death. To deny yourself any of those in any aspect is not experiencing life totally.

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HighPlainsDrifter

06/13/2010 08:53PM

Muskeg-Kiskadinna September 17, 2008

"Boredom, Tyler - that's what's wrong. And how do you beat boredom, Tyler?... Adventure...(Never Cry Wolf, 1983)

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Northerner

06/14/2010 12:28PM

Portage from Lake Bonnie to Knife Lake (Entry was into Lake One). Burned a few years ago and making a great come back. What a beautiful day. Portage P346E - 42 rod - July 2009.

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L.T.sully

06/14/2010 01:22PM

End of the long mile Portage to meeds june 08.

The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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nojobro

06/14/2010 02:25PM

Bald Eagle Lake to Turtle Lake, August 2009

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ripple

06/14/2010 02:34PM

Remains of a log cabin on the portage from Crooked to Gillis

Ripple in still water....

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Obergut

06/14/2010 05:26PM

Somewhere between Munro and Kenny Lake. Quetico '08.

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Rich Mahogony

06/14/2010 08:13PM

*DISCLAIMER* No portage etiquette was breached during the shooting of this photo. Map was read and photo was taken while in the presence of no other campers. I repeat no other canoe trips were delayed as a result of this photo. ;) Townline into Polly

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TomT

06/15/2010 05:15AM

Rich, I recognize that portage as being somewhere south of Malberg.

This is a break on the trail somewhere between Lake One and Four in August of 2006..

"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw

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YaMarVa

06/15/2010 07:52AM

Tired on top...leaving Little Sag.

"Miller owns that field, Locke that, and the Mannings the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape." - R.W.Emmerson.

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jdevries

06/15/2010 10:19AM

Four Mile portage near Mud Lake.

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Georgiaboy

06/15/2010 12:28PM

Stuart River Mud. Notice from my wife's body language how happy she is.

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serenityseeker

06/15/2010 02:59PM

Portage on Kawishiwi River headed south. Watch where and how you step. and it is steeper than the picture shows. I could not imagine trying to climb it in the rain.

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TuscaroraBorealis

06/15/2010 04:22PM

quote tony: " Portage on the way from Mudro to Fourtown Lake

tony"

Very cool pic.
I'm not a critic by any means, but I like the way the colors of the pack & canoe contrast with the water & trees. Cool beans!

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jwartman59

06/16/2010 01:17AM

another Stuart river portage landing photo. my son has lost his shoes in this s**t. i didn't dare take his photo while he was facing the camera.

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gutmon

06/16/2010 09:47AM

quote TuscaroraBorealis: "
quote tony: " Portage on the way from Mudro to Fourtown Lake

tony"

Very cool pic.
I'm not a critic by any means, but I like the way the colors of the pack & canoe contrast with the water & trees. Cool beans!"

I agree- has a "Hamm's Beer" old-style kind of look to it...

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jdevries

06/16/2010 10:17AM

quote serenityseeker: "

Portage on Kawishiwi River headed south. Watch where and how you step. and it is steeper than the picture shows. I could not imagine trying to climb it in the rain. "

Another picture of that portage. Too bad my fat head is in the way, but my brother is resting the back of the canoe on the top of the hill and notice his 6 foot tall son below his feet. It's a steep climb!

JD

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ILikePike

06/16/2010 11:54AM

Snake River EP (Last portage of the trip)
August 2009

“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit” -Edward Abbey

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tony

06/16/2010 04:05PM

Thanks Tuscaroraborealis and Gutman that orange pack really stands out. That was when it was newer now it is pretty faded.

tony

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hikesk8sno

06/16/2010 05:29PM

Somewhere on the Kiwishiwi River. 5 rod portage around this guy!

www.prbimages.com

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Ho Ho

06/16/2010 08:37PM

This is my favorite picture theme. I love portages.

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kirk_j

06/17/2010 11:54AM

July 1999 McFarland to East Pike - missed the storm but not the blow-down

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kanoes

06/17/2010 08:11PM

somewhere in woodland caribou.

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Boppa

06/17/2010 09:43PM

Little Rush Lake to Rush Lake
Boppa

"Yesterday is the past, Tomorrow is the future, Today is a GIFT, that is why it is called the present".

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mr.barley

06/18/2010 12:29AM

Between Gillis and Crooked

serenity now

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onajourney

06/19/2010 09:58PM

quote Boppa: "

Little Rush Lake to Rush Lake
Boppa"

I remember that portage well....I face planted there! Then when we were thigh high in the muck I saw a snapping turle swim by - ughhh! While short, this is probably one of my least favorite portages!!

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onajourney

06/19/2010 10:01PM

Pine Lake to Trout - Sept. 2008

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HangLoose

06/20/2010 09:38AM

Crossing The Dahlgren 2010

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RainGearRight

06/20/2010 10:39AM

Portage to Slim Ep 6 5-18-09

There's always money in the banana stand.

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stillcanmake8guy

06/22/2010 10:09AM

Moose River home stretch...

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canoerone

06/23/2010 02:44PM

My "Pack Mule", I wouldn't portage without him!

canoerone

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bradcrc

06/23/2010 11:52PM

I took this pic on the beth to grace portage, and use it on my desktop at work when I miss BWCA.

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BWPaddler

06/24/2010 05:44PM

I had wayyyyyy too many to choose from and there's tons of memory-making shots above, but I laugh out loud whenever I see this one. Little kiddos trying to do their own canoe "carry" on a very short portage.

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau

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GearJunkie

06/24/2010 06:59PM

340 rod portage around Basswood Falls. June 2010. This is the view at about 1/3rd of the way through.

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Freeleo1

06/25/2010 12:27PM

Knife to Bonnie. My son is taking in the view and stalling a little. The portage was pretty hard to see from the lake.

"Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it." Terry Pratchett

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Beemer01

Moderator

06/26/2010 08:55PM

Adam at work!

"You're not serious about wearing sandals on this portage.... are you?"

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Wilderness Paddler

06/27/2010 01:42AM

One Last Portage

Wilderness Paddler

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bknitter

06/28/2010 12:04PM

"One Trip" Jake was determined to make the trip from Newton to Fall in one trip. June 21, 2010.

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campnscrap

06/28/2010 05:10PM

"Portage Babes" doing a two person carry around the rapids on Hog creek. Neither one had ever portaged a canoe alone and I wasn't up to it, so for that short one, they just carried it - and went swimming afterwards. It was a blast.

Memorial Weekend 2010

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

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ducks

06/28/2010 07:18PM

Finishing the last portage after a daytrip to the Hegman pictographs. Fathers Day 2010. Could Fathers Day get any better than that???????

Ride EZ

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bdubber

06/29/2010 08:09AM

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DeterminedOrange

06/29/2010 02:35PM

Winchell to Gaskin.

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fishguts

06/29/2010 04:17PM

quote tony: " Portage on the way from Mudro to Fourtown Lake tony"

Ya! I really like this one too,
keeps the eye traveling around. Nice!

fishguts

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mooseplums

06/30/2010 07:23PM

My youngest son Jeremiah,( the personification of portage monkey) on his first BWCA trip. As soon as he hit the trail I couldn't keep shoes on him. He insisted on carrying something, so I made up this pack basket with small, necessary items for him to carry. He was 6. He's 19 now.

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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mooseplums

07/01/2010 11:40AM

Not part of the contest but this is the same "portage monkey" as above

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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Chilly

07/01/2010 12:56PM

Some good ones this month. Gonna be tuff on da voters.

"Now days these kids take out everything: radar, sonar, electric toothbrushs" Quint

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nojobro

07/07/2010 10:39AM

quote ducks: "Finishing the last portage after a daytrip to the Hegman pictographs. Fathers Day 2010. Could Fathers Day get any better than that??????? "

ducks, how old is your littlest one? Kind of looks similar in age to mine, though perhaps she's older (mine is 2 3/4). How did she do? We're going to do that same day trip in later August.

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ducks

07/07/2010 08:26PM

nojobro.. she will be 3 in Aug. That day she did ok. She was in a "mood" but it was still a blast and not bad enough to make us not want to do it again :) She was awesome the day before when we entered at Lake One and went into the Kawishiwi River. As I'm sure you know, you just don't know for sure what you're going to get from them :)

Both girls loved having their own paddles. That was a "must". We brought rope with to tie them to the canoe but tried without and both girls made it through 2 days without dropping their paddle in the lake.

There was an island on the way to the pictos that had a nice flat area that we stopped at for lunch and our 5 year old caught some fish from shore.

Ride EZ

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nojobro

07/12/2010 01:25PM

Thanks, ducks! She will be about the same age as yours was by the time we go on the trip. I will definitely have a paddle for her, and a regular one for our 11-year old, too. We will also be doing the Lake One/Kawishiwi day trip. I will look for that flat rock on the way to the pictos!

I'm so excited to go...

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Dbldppr1250

07/13/2010 09:26PM

I'm supervising Kate's first portage ever! I think by the looks of the smile on the 12 year old's face and the fish she caught that she'll be back many times.

Walking School Bus

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mr.barley

07/17/2010 01:55PM

No winner yet?

serenity now

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adam

Moderator

07/18/2010 12:25PM

The winner of the photo contest is Kiporby!

The trip report contest winner is Mooseplums!

The extra hat goes to GearJunkie.

Thank you everyone for posting great photos and trip reports.

If you see that you won, don't hesitate to email you address and choice of hat,shirt, or banadana.

cheers,
adam

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bumabu

07/18/2010 03:00PM

Justice has been done!!!! Congrats Kip!

Who I am precedes what I do, not the other way around.

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ducks

07/18/2010 03:29PM

Kip's picture has been my favorite on here since I first saw it 2 years ago. That picture and TR is what got me so anxious to get my girls in the Bdub. They've done daytrips and now my 5 year old will sleep in the Bdub for the first time in a week.

Congrats to all 3 winners! Great job!

Ride EZ

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Ho Ho

07/18/2010 06:02PM

Good choice, that picture makes me smile.

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fishguts

07/18/2010 08:55PM

Congratulations Kiporby! Great picture! and congrats to Mooseplums on the trip report, Good one!;-)

fishguts

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mooseplums

07/18/2010 09:28PM

I do like that photo Kip...congrats

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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GearJunkie

07/19/2010 05:05PM

quote bumabu: "Justice has been done!!!! Congrats Kip!"

I agree, great picture! Congrats Kip!

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Mickeal

07/19/2010 11:10PM

It was always a winner to me. Thanks Kip.

My last big fish has yet to be caught.

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Kiporby

07/20/2010 07:25AM

WOW! Thanks all! Obviously the credit (and the prize) should go to the kid!

There is a light and it never goes out. Morrissey

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gbusk

07/26/2010 12:59PM

quote gutmon: "
quote TuscaroraBorealis: "
quote tony: " Portage on the way from Mudro to Fourtown Lake

tony"

Very cool pic.
I'm not a critic by any means, but I like the way the colors of the pack & canoe contrast with the water & trees. Cool beans!"

I agree- has a "Hamm's Beer" old-style kind of look to it..."

Hamm's all the way

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gbusk

07/26/2010 12:59PM

quote gutmon: "
quote TuscaroraBorealis: "
quote tony: " Portage on the way from Mudro to Fourtown Lake

tony"

Very cool pic.
I'm not a critic by any means, but I like the way the colors of the pack & canoe contrast with the water & trees. Cool beans!"

I agree- has a "Hamm's Beer" old-style kind of look to it..."

Hamm's all the way

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DuluthPack