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Post by intrepidcamper on Oct 4, 2004 22:14:49 GMT -5
I know the statue K saw and I was as glad to see that one as he was; since the alternative was down a cliff into a mud hole! You automatically stand there stunned, looking for a way out...and there is the statue! I have to add tho...I am not much for those little stone figures thrown up along shore everywhere, and confess one of my camping buddies lives to build those things. I kick them over too, and have even audibly grumbled to the builder about them in my paths everywhere about camp. She is an artist and it keeps her entertained all day. Take comfort in the fact that Mother Nature probably kicks them down herself, in one way or another, by next summer. IC
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Post by Kawishiway on Oct 5, 2004 21:21:09 GMT -5
I think you will get along fine with Sir Stumpy, IC...., just fine.
k
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Post by qp on Oct 5, 2004 21:39:43 GMT -5
I scratch a q and a p on the bottom rock that I build. I think this must surely be the reason you guys/gals kick em over. ;D
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Post by intrepidcamper on Oct 7, 2004 21:30:20 GMT -5
I generally hug the shorelines as I paddle, and saw a truly magnificent statue of stones on a little rocky cliff on the North side of Knife Lake. It was high enough that it would probably stay there a while and was about five feet high and three feet across at the bottom. Very impressive.
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Post by Kawishiway on Oct 14, 2004 18:51:09 GMT -5
Intrepid Camper, This was the little guy that I saw between Bell and Other Man. Same one you saw, correct? I wonder how long it will be before it is gone, kicked over by a Stumper... ;D However on that day, the little guy was my guide, and as you stated earlier the rock statue was helpful. k
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Post by qp on Oct 14, 2004 18:54:18 GMT -5
Hmmmm! K that one if I'm not mistaken has been there a long time. Last time I was thru there was 95. qp
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Post by intrepidcamper on Oct 14, 2004 22:10:42 GMT -5
Yes, it has been there a long time. I believe I saw it also a few years ago, as I was traveling South to North on that route. All I remembered about that route was how steep the portages were...so this summer I did it North to South (Man Lakes) and the going was somewhat better, but still lots of uphill work until the last three or four portages.
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Post by PG on Oct 16, 2004 17:25:41 GMT -5
I remember coming on these "trail markers" now and again - mostly further north in Cree country - when I was a kid. Like the one Intrepid Camper mentions, they were there for a reason. Somewhere in the stack was often a stick or reed indicating direction. Their purpose was obvious and helpful.
I've been less than impressed with the "artistic" nature of more recent edifices.
Pierre
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