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by torpified
Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:42 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: 8/8/19 - 8/16/19 Dad and daughter kayak trip
Replies: 11
Views: 6189

Re: TR: 8/8/19 - 8/16/19 Dad and daughter kayak trip

I love seeing father-daughter teams in the wilderness. I don't think I'd be doing this if my own dad hadn't shared his love of the outdoors when I was too little to appreciate that, technically, I wasn't cut out to be a mountain man.
by torpified
Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:37 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: 8/11-8/17, 2019 [RH to MB and back] 9 weeks pregnant
Replies: 6
Views: 3143

Re: TR: 8/11-8/17, 2019 [RH to MB and back] 9 weeks pregnant

Un-unsuccess! What a great trip and report! (Also: trail wine and communication with the outside world weeks into a wilderness trip?? ---I'd say Tim was amply rewarded for sharing his shelter.)
by torpified
Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:06 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Itinerary Review
Replies: 14
Views: 7866

Re: Itinerary Review

Thanks for reporting back! I'm with your wife on the question of which parts of backpacking are the hardest. Some trips I have a morning mantra as I squirm back in to my sodden walking clothes: "Wool insulates even when wet. Wool insulates even when wet...."
by torpified
Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:17 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: 8/8/19 - 8/16/19 Dad and daughter kayak trip
Replies: 11
Views: 6189

Re: TR: 8/8/19 - 8/16/19 Dad and daughter kayak trip

thanks for the report! And kudos for achieving the rare Rolf-Wolf double sighting!
by torpified
Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:11 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Windigo to Rock Harbor Itinerary
Replies: 11
Views: 4831

Re: Windigo to Rock Harbor Itinerary

A fantastic trip indeed! It makes me wonder just how many moose see US as we mosey through the woods. Thanks for reporting back.
by torpified
Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:00 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: 8/23 – 8/31 2019 [RH-3M-DF-MB-LR-MB-DF-3M-RH] First Timer
Replies: 17
Views: 6615

Re: TR: 8/23 – 8/31 2019 [RH-3M-DF-MB-LR-MB-DF-3M-RH] First Timer

Fabricating trip reports is a nice idea, but I have no imagination. Also, I'm thinking of devoting my off-season energies to a startup cottage business: ultralight prosthetic body parts for the poor souls (who are probably the majority of the human race) whose bodies don't conform to the assumptions...
by torpified
Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:31 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: 8/23 – 8/31 2019 [RH-3M-DF-MB-LR-MB-DF-3M-RH] First Timer
Replies: 17
Views: 6615

Re: TR: 8/23 – 8/31 2019 [RH-3M-DF-MB-LR-MB-DF-3M-RH] First Timer

fantastic, fantastic report! Thanks!

Upon first setting foot on the island, I entered a chronic state of planning my next trip.
by torpified
Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:08 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Windigo to Greenstone Ridge
Replies: 10
Views: 3853

Re: Windigo to Greenstone Ridge

Hooray, Midwest Ed! You must have better small motor control than I do. I can never seem to enter things into cells in Excel spreadsheets either . . . .
by torpified
Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:47 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Windigo to Greenstone Ridge
Replies: 10
Views: 3853

Re: Windigo to Greenstone Ridge

And while you're waiting for paper maps, if you're patient and/or into this kind of fiddling, the free mapping gadget CalTopo has a "terrain statistics" (under Measure in the toolbar above the main map) fearure that will return an altitude profile of any route you trace. Route tracing is t...
by torpified
Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:14 am
Forum: Weather and Bugs
Topic: Late June Conditions
Replies: 4
Views: 3627

Re: Late June Conditions

(Supposing the sun is out) you should be prepared for many, many hours of daylight in late june---it gets light well before 6 and stays that way until well after 10. So bring something (ideally not a DEET-soaked buff) that serves as a sleeping mask!
by torpified
Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:30 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR- 8/9-17, 2019 by kayak Tobin and Rock Harbor
Replies: 8
Views: 4451

Re: TR- 8/9-17, 2019 by kayak Tobin and Rock Harbor

Thanks goodness for packrafters! I'm sorry about the knee but glad that it didn't keep you from having an outstanding trip. Can you tell us more about this collapsible kayak of yours? (When I was a kid, my father's standing joke reply to questions about what he wanted for Xmas/bday/father's day was:...
by torpified
Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:01 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: 5/27 - 5/31 2019 [Rock Harbor trail there-and-back]
Replies: 14
Views: 6428

Re: TR: 5/27 - 5/31 2019 [Rock Harbor trail there-and-back]

On the camera + poles conundrum: I have no first hand experience, since my "photography" consists in brandishing an iPhone and hoping for the best, but I've seen other bakcpackers use a clever looking gizmo that's like a baby bjorn harness, only what it holds snugly to your chest is not an...
by torpified
Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:47 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: TR: 5/27 - 5/31 2019 [Rock Harbor trail there-and-back]
Replies: 14
Views: 6428

Re: TR: 5/27 - 5/31 2019 [Rock Harbor trail there-and-back]

dcclark wrote: Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:26 pm I've written up my trip in extreme detail
Hooray! Thanks for the headsup.