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Post by Trout Lane on Apr 22, 2005 11:08:47 GMT -5
What do you consider the most ridiculous thing you have ever done on a canoe trip or worst idea that absolutely did not work?
For us, I'd have to say: taking a nap well into our Quetico trip in 1996 and letting our lone map sit folded outside the tent. It blew away and floated away on Cirrus Lake without us knowing it. Our trip was confined to Cirrus Lake and we ended up staying on one camp. I usually take a backup but, of course, did not on that trip. Ironically, we found the map on the last day of the trip about a mile down the lake on the opposite shoreline. ERRRRRR.
TL
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Post by qp on Apr 22, 2005 21:55:20 GMT -5
TL I can think of a couple.
The one that most stands out though is the time my partner and I tried to paddle thru a small riff above Keats Lake. After minutes that seemed like hours we got most of our gear and the canoe to shore.
After the dumping my partner went to the west I went east we ended up on seperate shores. My friend had grabed a hold of a tree and the canoe was completely submerged. I took my boots off on shore and swam across the river to help him. He was exhausted as the current above those falls are very fast.
Finally getting the canoe above water we emptied it and put the pack back in and paddled across to the other side.
We were soaked and the temps were in the low 40's. Everything was wet so we took a count on the gear. That was when we found out our maps were gone. We paddled and portaged back to Keats and search but never found them. We were in a new area so we decide to get to Cairn Lake for that night and camp and dry out.
Next day we paddle out to PP. All our food was soaked as it was all dried foods we had taken.
Three things I've learnt from this is.
1 We put an extra map in the pack
2 I tend to pack an extra meal now in a nalgine bottle to keep it dry.
3 We have always wore our PFD after that and we both know we would not be here today had we not had them on.
qp
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Post by TTC on Apr 24, 2005 7:27:46 GMT -5
Most are really tiny, like bringing a Fishing Buddy 1200 fish finder. It found the bottom but it was bulky and not all that much help. (of course, I may not know how to use one!) Another bloop was (unknowingly) leaving our raingear behind. We were lucky it only drizzled during that trip.
There was one blunder that lasted all day and nearly killed us: In 30degF, rainy, windy weather we decided that we MUST travel. We got soaked and eventually hypothermic and then attempted to cross North Bay broadside to the wind and waves (think the hypothermia was affecting our decisionmaking processes?)
That I am writing this means we survived but we all agreed we were beyond stupid. Now, I'm more inclined to wait than make some deadline that exists only in our minds. I always think of a line from the Simpsons: "Brad and Neil were most insistent you not die."
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