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- Fri Feb 17, 2023 6:35 pm
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: Crazy Idea to Circumnavigate the Island?
- Replies: 13
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Re: Crazy Idea to Circumnavigate the Island?
I also thought a full week (7 nights) at Malone (or anywhere) is a bit much even if I had a paddle craft and fishing gear, but the attractive draw was to return on the last boat. Since it only makes one round trip per week starting on the 21st of September I see no way around it without utilizing th...
- Fri Feb 17, 2023 2:47 am
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: Crazy Idea to Circumnavigate the Island?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2727
Crazy Idea to Circumnavigate the Island?
OK, due to my present health, my backpacking days a long over. I can make it a good 1/2 to 1 mile but then I'm usually done for the day, or I can go shorter distances more frequently. I've already done the RH Lodge base camp for a week in the past but I'm now thinking of a longer trip, making overni...
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:46 pm
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: Isle Royale National Park Makes Plans to Decarbonize
- Replies: 0
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Isle Royale National Park Makes Plans to Decarbonize
Interesting news about all 5 National Parks, Seashores and Monuments surrounding and in Lake Superior and their plans to fully "decarbonize". Here's the paragraph about The Island: "Plans call for 81 buildings at Isle Royale to be retrofitted for heat pump water heaters and LED light...
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 9:10 pm
- Forum: Wildlife
- Topic: Moose conference in Grand Portage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2268
Re: Moose conference in Grand Portage
He said when he was tracking radio collared moose, if he ever found one dead at the bottom of a cliff, he would look up sure enough, there was always one of those trees overhead. Reminds me of a boating safety tip. Whenever search and rescue folks find the body of a lone male fisherman or boater th...
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:20 am
- Forum: Wildlife
- Topic: Moose conference in Grand Portage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2268
Re: Moose conference in Grand Portage
European moose aside: The natural history museum at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris has a famous stuffed moose sent to France's leading 18th naturalist, Comte de Buffon, by Thomas Jefferson, as part of their beef about whether everything in North America was paltry and weak compared to everything i...
- Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:29 am
- Forum: Wildlife
- Topic: Moose conference in Grand Portage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2268
Re: Moose conference in Grand Portage
Even after I clicked on the link and after seeing the title "North American Moose Conference" again, some part of my brain kept asking the rest of my brain...."I wonder how many moose will be able to show up?"
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:39 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: TR: 5/25-5/29, 2022 [Hiking] [Windigo to Malone Bay via Feldtmann Loop]
- Replies: 10
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Re: TR: 5/25-5/29, 2022 [Hiking] [Windigo to Malone Bay via Feldtmann Loop]
Feldtmann Loop ending at Malone sounds like a nice yet a bit challenging route, especially so early in the season. Did you have a tent? My first impression was the garbage bag was your major cover? My estimate for the tree removal at South Desor was for safety reasons. Were they Birch (or maybe Aspe...
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:53 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: TR: 5/25-5/29, 2022 [Hiking] [Windigo to Malone Bay via Feldtmann Loop]
- Replies: 10
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Re: TR: 5/25-5/29, 2022 [Hiking] [Windigo to Malone Bay via Feldtmann Loop]
I also appreciate the nervousness of getting picked up by the VII--I've done it 1/2 dozen times without any issues but still get nervous about missing them, or them missing me! One more reason to carry a bit extra food, at least under these circumstances. Also consider taking a marine radio (even i...
- Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:15 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: IR from the Space Station
- Replies: 1
- Views: 988
Re: IR from the Space Station
Very nice shot.
Here's a link to a high resolution version.
Be sure to click on the photo again to zoom in all the way.
Here's a link to a high resolution version.
Be sure to click on the photo again to zoom in all the way.
- Sat Nov 12, 2022 4:57 pm
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: Bug net?
- Replies: 11
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Re: Bug net?
I would always carry a head net on the Island. Since they weigh so little, it's not worth the risks. Black flies will certainly be an issue at some time during your time frame. It all depends on temperatures not the calendar. Likewise for mosquitoes, although for me at least they are more tolerable,...
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 12:17 am
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: 2022 ISRO Attendance
- Replies: 16
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Re: 2022 ISRO Attendance
There's also the question of how, or whether, visitors to the Visitor Center in Houghton are being counted. I'm not sure what the categories mean, but "Recreation Visitors" might or might not include mainland-only visits too. This 2021 link provides a breakdown of Island vs. Houghton Visi...
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:06 pm
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Rock Harbor to Chippewa Harbor in one day
- Replies: 13
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Re: Rock Harbor to Chippewa Harbor in one day
I'm mentioning this in case you were relishing the prospect of the 17 mile walk from RH to Chippewa!) On a related side note, I'd like to challenge anyone to step off the Voyageur II at Rock Harbor and then beat it to the Malone Bay campground, 33 miles distant, for a pickup the next day. Or maybe ...
- Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:22 pm
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Rock Harbor to Chippewa Harbor in one day
- Replies: 13
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Re: Rock Harbor to Chippewa Harbor in one day
Unless I REALLY liked riding the boat up one side of the Island and down the other, that is not how I would spend the majority of the two days and one night I had available. An overnight at Huginnin Cove is a good idea but even camping in Windigo and day hiking to Huginnin and/or elsewhere would be ...
- Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:34 pm
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Backpacking with a basecamp in the middle
- Replies: 9
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- Sun Sep 11, 2022 9:06 pm
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Backpacking with a basecamp in the middle
- Replies: 9
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Re: Backpacking with a basecamp in the middle
I very much back dcclark's suggestions. You won't have the greater privacy that could be found at some other campgrounds but you will have a greater opportunity to meet some wonderful people. I can't think of any trails where a fall would result in almost certain death, but I haven't been on every t...