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barbara
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Post Number: 15
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 10:13 pm: | 
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four_eyez, it was that "old timer" part that hurt.  Just kidding ya.
As for "fanatics for Killarney", I've got to admit that I haven't seen such a website. Interesting, no?
There is the Friends of Killarney website
http://www.friendsofkillarneypark.ca/
But as for a in-depth helpful website like ottertooth, Algonquin Adventures, or CCR, I haven't been able to find one.
Enjoy wherever you go...it's all beautiful. Just be careful when learning the soloist's path. (Mother hen speaking there.) Be aware of big water and big winds.
Barbara |
four_eyez
Member
Post Number: 41
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 5:46 pm: |
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Indeed.... because it's the big things that seem to make someone small enough to make mistakes. Or rather, when people don't account for those elements in their day to day actions and routine... perhaps?
But yeah, sorry. "old timer"... well... I mean that in a good way, not at all deraugitory (sp?). Old timer being "a person older and wiser than I am, with more stories to tell and more experience in the realm of canoe tripping."
As for Killarney: having seen many pictures of it, I don't think I could force myself to paddle amongst those bare granite hills and not climb them: when/if-ever I get the chance, I think the La Cloche trail would be amazing to hike; though it seems that one could paddle quite a large loop of water in Killarney. Thanks for the link.
Actually... back onto "soloing", and related to big wind and waves: anyone here ever paddled on Lake Superior rivers? and if so, paddled on L. Superior. itself? An amazing film I've seen is Waterwalker by Bill Mason, and the thought of travelling solo in that area astounds and inspires me... though images of a rocky shore and giant waves; perhaps a place for more experienced paddlers. |
john_v
Member
Post Number: 15
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 12:30 pm: |
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Four Eyes,
The biggest problem with solo tripping for me has been that it is addictive. I impetuously made a deal with my overly concerned fiance that I would, commencing from our marriage forth, only trip with a partner. It is a deal I've been having a hard time sticking to. They say a good marriage is about good negotiations. Don't get me wrong, I'm not bitter. The pay off was a great wife. Just be sure you cover all options before you do anything.  |
c_mel
Member
Post Number: 54
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 3:45 pm: |
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I've been considering a week-long solo trip this spring. I have done one brief solo tip in the past and this would be a second test to see if this is for me and take it to the next level or forget it.
My planned route goes:
Marten River Prov Park (overnite travel day) to
Red Cedar to Hangstone to Jumping Caribou
Over to Waiswaina(sp) to Cross Lake
Temagami River to Red Cedar to Marten River
I know that some of this route is quite close to the highway, but I'm viewing this as an advantage.
My thoughts for chosing this route:
- some nice country
- easy logistics
- doable in a week
- moderate amount of portages
- not remote
- high probability of seeing someone
- can shorten it easily before Cross Lake
- partial cell coverage for safety/security
Any reasons why this would NOT be a good route for one's first real solo test? ie: garbage dumps, poor sites, etc...
Chris |
kim
Member
Post Number: 94
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 5:49 pm: |
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c_mel.....you are alive!
Go for it.
Good route for you and the missus at home
( she wont worry.....too much) |
four_eyez
Member
Post Number: 43
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 10:14 pm: |
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john:
I can somewhat related to the issue of canoeing comprimise in relationships... though recently that 16-month bond of my life ended (besides, youth is no time to be held back). I think that your wife has some rationsal basis for her argument, but maybe also misconceptions: is it rooted from her not being a tripper (or do you too share canoeing experience)?
Right now, my biggest negotiation with solo tripping is my parents: I'm 18, in my last year of high school, and will still be under this roof maybe for a year or so to come. They don't have much of a concept of wilderness or canoeing [especially my dad, born and raised in Karachi, and never having seen more than Joe Lake in Algonquin from a canoe]; and they just don't want me to oversteo my abilities. This is rational, and I guess I just need to present my abilties and responsibility to them in some way... anyone have any advice?
I guess that's actually a challenge that MANY people face with trip decisions, especially with solo tripping; family/friends who don't want to have to call search-and-rescue after you fail to turn up-- however unlikely that is if you trip responsibly .
Anyways, that sounds like a cool route c-mel; definately make it happen.
Anyone else have route ideas already? (solo or otherwise) |
hillbilly
Member
Post Number: 118
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 1:01 am: |
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four_eyez,
Pick a route like c_mel andgo for the solo. Let parents know your trip and show them where you will be and if you are close enough to a cell tower take along a cell and contact them on a preset schedule.
Bill |
john_v
Member
Post Number: 16
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 10:48 am: |
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I've been hinting to my wife that a satelite phone will solve our dilema. If I have an emergency, I can call someone. If she has one, the kind where I would have to come home immediately, then I would pre-arrange to have the phone on at a certain time every day, (say 8am for a half hour) then she can contact me. I may negotiate this for next year. That may work for you too. BTW, she is NOT a tripper, although she has been on a few brief Algonquin trips with me over the years. |
irishfield
Member
Post Number: 24
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 6:42 pm: |
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Smart idea John...our daughters highschool rents one for every outdoors club outing. It was a good thing too, two years ago, when the Tobermory fire department needed to get to them for extraction from the Bruce trail. |
ghost_brigade
Member
Post Number: 14
Registered: 04-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 12:28 pm: |
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Four eyez,
The solo trip is one of discovery and magic. Travel in an area you are comfortable with for your first journey. Like Bill Mason said you will not find a person who has travelled by themselves telling you not to.
I have travelled as my friend did many times, and while I love to have companions with me, I discovered long ago what psychologists call " creative silence": the impact of solitude on the mind, the awakeing of ideas and thoughts normally hidden when one is with others, the emergence of concepts often lost owing to interuptions and responibilities. During such times, one drinks from the deep wells of the past.
Sigurd Olson |
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