New Trip Report posted by tg

Trip Name: Solo LIS River North.

Entry Point: 14

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Nice TR!

With the way the Vikings played, you shoulda stayed in longer;-)

Nice report & pictures. Thanks for sharing.

TB

TG - Thank you for the great report and photos. The Wildfire is a beautiful canoe and I understand why you get allot of compliments on it.

LIS is a beautiful area - was there just last week. Thanks for a nice trip report and great pictures!

I wouldn't leave the BWCA for any football game! That's why they invented DVR's. Nice trip report!

Nice report tg. Took almost that exact route a few years back with the family. Camped on Con Island in Shell for a few days, bypassed Lynx and went straight up into Heritage. The crew almost mutinied on the portage over to Loon. If it wasn't for the wonderful beach and a cool down swim, they would have roasted me. The portage was a little longer than expected....(glad I didn't make a wrong turn on the SH Trail!) Camped a night on E. Loon bay on one of the "up high" sites. The pics of Devils Cascade brought back memories. Thanks for digging them up. Nice Canoe!

Nice trip report. We will be up in that area next year. Can't wait.

thanks everyone for the kind words!

i normally wouldn't schedule a trip around a sporting event (going up for a few days in early october-sure to conflict with my twins in the playoffs) but this was not your average event. hindsight being 20/20 I would have been better off missing the game. but i did have to be in Duluth EARLY on Friday (conference started at 8am) so it wasn't just the game that had me coming out Thursday.

cowdoc-i can see where that one could lead to mutiny! fortunately on a solo there is no one to blame but yourself.

tg

Nice report, tg. You'd have loved the Moose River North - a perfect setting for your freestyle boat. Do you paddle the Wildfire level or heeled?

Koda-I have paddled the Moose River a few times and you are right it would be perfect for the Wildfire. I generally paddle with it heeled over a bit but still getting comfortable with the boat so I am far from gunnel on the water.

tg

quote tg: "Koda-I have paddled the Moose River a few times and you are right it would be perfect for the Wildfire. I generally paddle with it heeled over a bit but still getting comfortable with the boat so I am far from gunnel on the water.tg"

Last June I took my Mad River Independence (15'8" solo with some rocker) from LIS through LLC and out via Moose R North. I found that a heel angle of about 10-20* was enough to make it track comfortably. I also have a Wildfire, and it seems to want a little more heel to track equally well, with the gunwale about 3-4" from the water. I imagine this view got pretty familiar on your trip.

tg-
Nice photos, It was fun to meet you. Sure made the last few miles go by.. Tell Tim L hi from me..

very familiar koda:)

ryan-i was just telling tom today that i was surprised i hadn't seen any posts from you since returning. nice to meet you too man!

Rich

Another cool solo trip report that has me thinking about giving it a try in the near future.

Beautiful canoe!

tg, thanks for the report. We briefly met at Wing Night while someone was holding court on how to properly use your paddle. I needed the advice.

thanks for the report and nice pictures

Hey Rich, nice report. It's nice to see that Wildfire being used. I miss it sometimes paddling my less flashy white one:) Did you get a good scratch or two in it yet?

Nice. One of my favorite EPs.

quote mwd1976: "Hey Rich, nice report. It's nice to see that Wildfire being used. I miss it sometimes paddling my less flashy white one:) Did you get a good scratch or two in it yet? "

yeah put a couple nice scratches in it!

Nice! Thanks for sharing. Wish I could be that organized!

What pack do you use? I'm looking at new ones and would love some feedback.

Rich
Great report! Sounds like you had a good time exploring.
I called off my solo for now. It just didn't feel right, and a trip like that has to feel right from the start, or it seems that it's just not supposed to happen. Forcing it just means bad juju for a solo paddler.
Let me know if you're interested in a future hike or paddle in that area.

hey joe-i hear you-sorry you had to cancel the trip but understand. i would love to do a hike or paddle. let me look at my schedule.

7-for this trip i used a granite gear solo (on closeout now at Northwest Canoe) which is a really nice 4000 cubic inch pack-portagekeeper has one and likes his too but we probably pack lighter than the average bwca paddler. i also have a larger GG Quetico 5000 cube pack and a smaller GG Vapor Trail hiking pack (<3500 cubes) and really like them both. the Quetico is my go to tandem trip pack. the Vapor Trail is only for UL packing but I have done a short solo with this pack only. i am a huge fan of the comfort of the gg pack's framesheet and harness.

Rich

I noticed that you scrapped the Lean2 in favor of a tent this time. Any particular reason?

quote tg: "hey joe-i hear you-sorry you had to cancel the trip but understand. i would love to do a hike or paddle. let me look at my schedule.


7-for this trip i used a granite gear solo (on closeout now at Northwest Canoe) which is a really nice 4000 cubic inch pack-portagekeeper has one and likes his too but we probably pack lighter than the average bwca paddler. i also have a larger GG Quetico 5000 cube pack and a smaller GG Vapor Trail hiking pack (<3500 cubes) and really like them both. the Quetico is my go to tandem trip pack. the Vapor Trail is only for UL packing but I have done a short solo with this pack only. i am a huge fan of the comfort of the gg pack's framesheet and harness.


Rich"

Thanks for the input on a pack. I think this time around I will buy a pack with some capacity. I appreciate your take on all three packs.

quote Ralphthewonderllama: "I noticed that you scrapped the Lean2 in favor of a tent this time. Any particular reason?"

well i didn't take the lean2+ but its far from "scrappped":) i find that setting up the lean2 does take the right space and a bit of time. i took the msr hubba because i wanted something really easy to setup and pitchable anywhere. weight wise the hubba and the lean2+ are comparable-size/space wise there is no comparison obviously.

tg

Nice report Rich.

tg,

You describe a nice get away in your TR. The pictures and canoe are great. I also enjoy your equipment assessments/comments, thanks for sharing.
Boppa

I'm always looking to pick up any kind of knowledge I can from these trip reports, and the TR responses. Plenty here. Thanks for posting.

I'm envious of your proximity to the BW that enables you to do trips like this. I am pretty sure I will be doing a solo w/dog large loop from ep 14 next Sept. so took some notes. That saw seems like it would make for a fine Fathers Day gift for me.

Also, I thought you were a Warbonnet Blackbird guy? Am I wrong about this?

Knowing TG, he's probably got one of those too! or else it's on his 'wish list' haha