Recent content by mwaalen

Thanks for all the help. I'll be buying both a Sawyer & MSR Guardian. If the Guardian is too cumbersome for canoe tripping it can live in the SUV or basement awaiting the apocalypse which seems to be close. Saw a few more videos on the GRAYL and it appears it takes quite a bit of muscle which...

Thanks Alan. The three last "fill & suck" types I've used gave us troubles on a (2-week max) trip. The last 2 were suck-or-squeeze bags and both were hard on the cheeks and/or hands & awfully slow. Never had a Sawyer so will look into those. I'll take a look at that old thread just mentioned. I...

Anyone familiar with these? My biggest concern is being able to press the thing while in the canoe. Maybe it would be the perfect mechanics hunched over with the thing between your feet...

"thinking" ?? 🤣 The Giiwedinong center is two blocks away from me so passing along the link and Winona LaDuke's book is noted below. The term "Water Protector" is used around here. You don't need to be a card-carrying member or show papers. Being conscious is all that is required...

Maybe off topic but for a few years around 2011 I was lucky enough to be working within the Adirondacks on a capital project for the quarrying industry. Plant remodel, new equipment, & namely a renovated water reclamation system. Permitting was challenging & there was definitely a heightened...

Piggybacking on this thread. Happened across these 2 on the bike trail this AM heading to work. Chatted a bit, signed their canoe & doing more research now. Turns out I should've asked their autographs being 2024 Nat Geo Adventures of the Year. Doubt they would mind me sharing on this forum in...

Agreed. I guess dynamic landscapes simply have dynamic weather. I think I'll bail on using my Garmin InReach Messenger for weather in favor of the forecast print-out handed us at the ranger station which seemed to work...mostly...Do enjoy the piece of mind having the SOS function. If it could...

Me too on the Astral Rasslers but don't think any shoe can counteract a slip when the moss lets lose from the slick rock its perched atop. Happens to us a lot. Soft soles are nice to feel the terrain but a bane when you bruise the bottom of your foot on a root the first day in. Can't imagine...

So I'm not just making this up. Darn, wished I was. Q: What do you use? I queried "The Hallucinator" which provided the following. No clue if any of it is accurate. When you are deep within Quetico Provincial Park where cellular signals disappear, your Garmin inReach Messenger fetches its...

Just speed read most of this thread to learn more as struggled with my Garmin Inreach Messenger last week. Granted I've only used it a handful of times so just now did another test. The way I understand it is the device itself provides only real-time wind direction & speed which is more critical...

Great conversation. My original paddle-pardner was my brother and when young & strong we built our egos around being (what we considered) the most efficient trippers in the park. We would wet-foot most every portage. He would then lift the gear bag for me to help get it on my back. Then grab the...

Quetico being Quetico, sans A.I. Paid heck for these photos with a brutal windy/rainy following day getting out of the park.

Scratch this...Just learned Prairie Portage is closed. I either got some bad AI information or misinterpreted the "Closed" list. The Atikokan headquarters told me only Beaver House & Batchewaung are active entry points currently.

dang cat scratched our canoe.

Looking for input on this proposed Quetico route. The plan is to do a 5 night out of Prairie Portage and thread our way North between Kahshahpiwi & Agnes as those lakes are closed. We've never gone in from Prairie Portage before and understand it is more popular than entering from Nym which is...