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11/28/2011 03:25PM
New Trip Report posted by MNIIHON
Trip Name: A Month in Quetico-October 2011.
Entry Point: Quetico
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Trip Name: A Month in Quetico-October 2011.
Entry Point: Quetico
Click Here to View Trip Report
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11/28/2011 06:38PM
Wow! What a great adventure and photos! I hope you don't mind, but the sunset or sunrise photo is my new desktop wallpaper. I won't transmit it to anyone else. Nice beards too. Go Badgers!!! My son went to Madison (Class of 2008). He's been to the BWCA several times with me.
Definitely one of the best reports and trips!
Tomster
Definitely one of the best reports and trips!
Tomster
11/28/2011 07:26PM
That was a fun read...thx for taking the time! Amazing tale of portaging through an active fire area. I was on the McNeice to Kahs portage a couple years ago. Hard to believe it was hit by fire again...
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are -- Teddy Roosevelt
11/28/2011 10:03PM
I have been waiting for this report ever since you put the word out for a sixth paddler to join your crew. Secretly, I wish I had been able to join the group. Sounds like the adventure of a lifetime!
Great read... so jealous.
Great read... so jealous.
11/29/2011 01:58PM
Green green green with envy... you have a gift with words and I love the pics and time lapse lighting, what a great place to play with that.
Thanks for "taking us along" by replaying it in a story. What a great time of year to do that paddle and see that change from the woods. Thanks!
Thanks for "taking us along" by replaying it in a story. What a great time of year to do that paddle and see that change from the woods. Thanks!
Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau
11/30/2011 11:22AM
"What the !@#$% are we doing out here?”.
This phrase or a cousin is when we know we're really having fun.
Great trip report, I'm hugely envious of getting to spend that much time in canoe country, especially that late in the year. Thanks for sharing it.
The pictures are fantastic. What kind of camera do you use?
This phrase or a cousin is when we know we're really having fun.
Great trip report, I'm hugely envious of getting to spend that much time in canoe country, especially that late in the year. Thanks for sharing it.
The pictures are fantastic. What kind of camera do you use?
11/30/2011 12:35PM
Outstanding report and many of these pictures should be entered into our picture of the month contest. I'll echo the question - tell us about the camera, tripod and glass you used.
"You're not serious about wearing sandals on this portage.... are you?"
12/02/2011 11:28PM
Epic trip. Epic report. Fantastic photos. I am officially jealous.
I did a trip of this length in Quetico when I was 13. I'm now 51. It may be time to try again. I like your idea of stopping in town for a day or two a couple times during the trip.
If you ever get to Fauquier again, there is another site just across from, and a tiny bit north of, the portage from Dumas. We stayed there in September when the sun was also blazing, just like it was for you in October. The steep south-facing site where you stayed seemed less inviting under those conditions.
Thanks again for posting the great report!
I did a trip of this length in Quetico when I was 13. I'm now 51. It may be time to try again. I like your idea of stopping in town for a day or two a couple times during the trip.
If you ever get to Fauquier again, there is another site just across from, and a tiny bit north of, the portage from Dumas. We stayed there in September when the sun was also blazing, just like it was for you in October. The steep south-facing site where you stayed seemed less inviting under those conditions.
Thanks again for posting the great report!
12/03/2011 07:40AM
Great adventure! To do it in October takes balls. I'm sure you will remember this trip all your life.
The pics were really great but I wanted to see more. I wanted to see camp shots and the gear you guys were using. Hell, I even want to know what liquor was drunk.
I also love the idea of resupplying in town although shipping a box of supplies to a nearby outfitter might be a better option than hitting the grocery.
The part about the fire and the pics was simply amazing. I went over the McNiece to Kahsh portage in September and actually videotaped it too. I guess it won't look like the way I saw it anytime soon.
Thanks for posting!
The pics were really great but I wanted to see more. I wanted to see camp shots and the gear you guys were using. Hell, I even want to know what liquor was drunk.
I also love the idea of resupplying in town although shipping a box of supplies to a nearby outfitter might be a better option than hitting the grocery.
The part about the fire and the pics was simply amazing. I went over the McNiece to Kahsh portage in September and actually videotaped it too. I guess it won't look like the way I saw it anytime soon.
Thanks for posting!
"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw
12/03/2011 08:18AM
All I can say is Spectacular!
What a neat thing for you all to experience, the fire, well that was quite the experience. I have been close, but not THAT close to fire.
The best part is the pictures, you are wondereful photographer's
SunCatcher
What a neat thing for you all to experience, the fire, well that was quite the experience. I have been close, but not THAT close to fire.
The best part is the pictures, you are wondereful photographer's
SunCatcher
"WWJD"
12/03/2011 10:13AM
Incredible trip. This has to be the trip of the year! You did more in one trip than many will do in a lifetime of traveling to the quetico. I big tip of the hat to you!
"One inch on the map ~ is not one inch on the ground"
12/03/2011 11:16AM
Thanks to everyone for the compliments and encouraging words, it has started the wheels turning towards maybe doing something more/bigger with the experience and pictures. As far as the pictures are concerned, I shoot a Nikon D90 and am obsessed with my wide angle lens and tripod. I love shooting long exposure shots since I feel like it gives me the opportunity to put my own twist on reality. It also gives the most vivid colors. Quetico is by far the best place to shoot the night sky. Most of the trip was shot with a Tokina 11-16mm lens, with help from my Nikon 55-200 zoom. Anybody interested in more pictures can check out Facebook Pictures Sorry Facebook is not the best medium for pictures, but its as far as ive gotten.
12/04/2011 10:21AM
What an epic trip, and FABULOUS photos!! Thanks for sharing your journey, it was a great read. I lost track of how many pics I said, "I'd love to have that framed!".
"Live in the Moment: You can't change yesterday, but you can ruin today worrying about tomorrow"
03/05/2012 04:15AM
Holy Ned! What an adventure. Thanx!
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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