PT 4 BOUNDARY WATERS ON FIRE. SOLO CANOE CAMPING IN THE BWCA 2021
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- With mixed emotions I altered my plans and route to attempt an exhausting 12 hour marathon of paddling and portaging to get to what I believed was an area safe from the wildfires.
Amazing video! Thanks for sharing new places (for me) and explaining the equipment you're using I will try a bend shaft paddle! Can't wait to see more videos!
Bravo j ai adoré la serie ,vraiment ressentie l esprit d un voyage de canot en solo… vécu la meme chose en 2018 au parc caribou woodland entourer de feu de foret…pas evident …bravo
Merci. je suis content que ma vidéo t'ait plu.
New to this little trip - in a world of CZcams trip videos. It's not just the clarity of video and audio, but the talking and recaps of steps taken and angles of showing foot paths and such that I really, really love! Oliver here, we had a great day together about two weeks ago on the river down to Basswood Lake. I see in the video you say it's your last time doing the "Horse Portage" and you said that a year before you swore the same decision - but I know you did it again this year! Fresh veggie burrito wraps at the end, on the rocky beach :) It was only our day 8 (food barrels are amazing for preserving fresh food when kept in the shade as much as possible) but your day over 40 and continuing.
Meeting you and Nick was the best bit of happenstance ever ❤️
Any new adventures in the works? The big two hearted river trip of yours , is my all time favorite canoe trip to watch! Epic fun!
I did two long wilderness canoe trips, a 2 month and the next season a 50 day. Both unsupported. I have some footage but didn’t want the distraction of recording daily. I have been considering making something out of the footage that I do have.
Thanks for sharing your adventure. I thought that going solo by boat and motor on Rainy Lake was something of a challenge ( I never did it before , now i can say , ive gone twice in a row .) but I'd say you got most beat by a few miles 🤣 with your trip. At 66 years young , I just don't wish to work as hard as you. I have invited my Son inlaw to go with me, his response was , if there is no running hot water shower, the answer is no, however my Son joined me for two nights of my eight night stay on an Island just north of KettleFalls.
I love camping on those islands , it's like a small step back in time. If I was younger I'd definitely give the Canoe trips a try but with a bum shoulder and knee , I'll have to enjoy adventures by watching all you younger ones . Thanks again 🤗
How do you handle your dish water after dishes ?
Thanks for watching along. Any adventures a good one no matter the length it’s the joy that matters. Good for you to keep finding that joy anyway you can. As for dishwater I don’t always use soap if I don’t need it. If I do I use Dr Bronners unsented castile bar soap for everything, dishes, me and laundry. I eat every last scrap of food and wash dishes in a collapsible vinyl coated canvas bucket. And I dump the water well back in in the bush. If I was just boiling water no washing needed but sometimes I manage the outer pot soot with wet sand.
Clearly you have a lineage that is heavily laced with voyageur ancestry. They would be impressed by your skill in a canoe and by your adventurous spirit.
I am a first generation Canadian 😉 but thanks for the compliment ❤️
Today is March 12, 2022 and I'm in a 10-day quarantine at a hotel here in Taipei so I have nothing but time. I just watched all four videos in this series again. Hermit, if you ever decide to leave your desk job, you can go into business accompanying people on their BWCA trips documenting their journey on video. Your production quality is unrivaled. My hat is off to you.
Lol. I left my desk job a month ago. I make my videos with a goPro and an iPhone and keep it simple. But thanks for the complements. I will carry them with me all week. ❤️
Just discovered your channel this morning I absolutely love it I live in Michigan and bought a Esquif 16 prospecteur thinking I could entice the family HA Ha it didn't work so now I need a solo canoe because I'm goung alone it seems I'm curious to know what you have any info would be greatly appreciated. Live your videos. 🌞👍🏼
You can definitely turn your prospecteur around and paddle bow seat backwards. I did it for years in a similarly designed 15’ canoe. That will get you in the water right away. Just pay attention to the trim of the canoe. Sometimes a little weight in the front is all that you will need. If you have a chance to test paddle other canoes you will figure out what works best for you. Like shoes it can be a very personal choice.
Stumbled across your channel this morning while recovering from Covid. Binged watch a bunch of your videos. The Two Hearted river adventure is what caught my eye at first. That’s one I’ve been wanting to do.
Your camera work and editing is leaps and bounds above so many other YTbers. Keep it up and hopefully your channel will take off. You should do a collaboration with Brooke Whipple - A Girl in the Woods.
Also do you use a gimbal for your GoPro?
No I don’t have a gimbal. Just keeping it lightweight and simple.
Hi there, we have been waiting all year for a new adventure video series! I hope all is ok with you!! We love your videos! We will be retiring soon and hope to do alot more outdoor adventures ourselves! Merry Christmas to you!
Merry Christmas to you as well. I am sorry that I don’t have a series for you. I did a 2 month solo trip covering as much of the Boundary Waters as possible this past June and July. My focus was to quietly observe and immerse myself in the wilderness. I spent very little time recording. I do have limited video footage from my phone that I might put together as a summary.
Thanks for allowing your viewers to tag along on your fabulous BWCA trip. I’ve been visiting Quetico/BWCA since the early 1980’s and was mesmerized how your skillful videology and insightful narrative brought the sights, sounds, smells and spirit of the north woods to life. It’s my happy place too. Thanks again!
Marvelous trip, thanks for sharing. Beautifully shot, well edited, timely commentary! Great stuff.
Thank you.
Did you go on any trips this summer?! I’m waiting with anticipation for another trip video!
Yes, I did a two month solo in the Boundary Waters. It was a time if silence and introspection. The mental game was huge. I have some footage from my phone but nothing in a horizontal format for CZcams. In retrospect I regret not recording it.
Another good series girl. You really enjoy yourself and I love to see it. Thank you very much
My time in the wilderness is what recharges and sustains me. It is where I belong.
@@HermitsOutdoorAdventures I know what you mean...I belong there too
@@ifonlyseethrumyeyes8957 it is a powerful feeling isn’t it. I feel it in every part of me. Its always a very primal homecoming
Crazy cool...thanks for sharing the adventure. Stay in peace✌ Rivers and Coffee
Thanks. Glad you liked it. 👍
Super video. I especially love the scenes of calm reflective water.
Glad you enjoyed it Audy.
Thoroughly enjoying this journey with you....and great job on the video!
Thanks Jim. I love to share the outdoors with people. I am glad you enjoyed the videos. 😊
Great to see another installment from you. It made my Friday night.
Quite an ending to your trip. I'm sure the adventure was worth all of the sweat and bugs but the loss of that tarp would be tough to take.
I have been noticing that the quality of your videography and editing is really getting quite good. Documenting something with video takes a lot of work and am glad you have chosen to share it with us. You are obviously working at it and it shows.
Thanks for making my video part of your Friday night. There is definitely a learning curve to video editing but getting good footage to work with is something I will be trying to improve upon. Thank you for the encouragement.
Thanks so much for another great video! I can relate to the triple carry over the portages, I lost the toenails on both my big toes on my Cherokee loop solo last year and had to cut the trip a day short. I recall thinking they should call this place Boundary Waters portage area. Im headed up there in mid June this summer can`t wait! You're perseverance and spirit are inspirational, thanks again.
Ouch. Lost toenails is pretty painful going. I am not familiar with the Cherokee loop time for some research. 😃
Beautiful work! Thank you again for the inspiration!! I've got six permits purchased for this summer. Ready to go!
Awesome!!!
@@HermitsOutdoorAdventures By the way, did you ever replace your rain fly?
No. I had been watching the BWCA lost and found forum hoping someone would post it after they opened the wilderness back up to trippers. No such luck.
@@HermitsOutdoorAdventuresWell, I hope whoever has it is at least using it. As long as it wasn’t the piggies who made the mess at the camp site! 🤣
Hahaha. I hope they like it. Sil-nylon tarps are decent.
I too use a bent shaft paddle and alternate sides for my strokes. I am a novice and am no expert, but I sure do fly in my solo!
Definitely. I can really pour on the speed with that combination. What canoe do you solo in?
Don't worry about the paddling style/technique. Do what you have to do. Hey, it's still a single blade! 😉 What an interesting trip with the wildfires. Glad you got out okay and still managed to have a good time despite having to change plans. Hope you enjoyed your banana split!
😊 Ya. I don’t worry about it. I love my stroke. Back in the day single blade method and style was the big controversy. Almost to the point of being a measure of how Canadian a person was. 😂 Now I have guys trying to tell me to use a kayak paddle to canoe. There will always be those guys. 🤦🏻
I have a suggestion for you . Your Nothstar solo canoe lends itself to being propelled by a kayak paddle. Don't use a regular kayak paddle but 230 or 250 cm long paddle.
This is the fastest method of forward propulsion and I use it to conquer head winds and power into the whitecaps. I carry Grey Owl Northerm lite paddle as my second paddle as I take great pleasure from using my wrists and prying off the gunwale while trolling with my canoe.
As a 70 year old Canadian paddler so I can relate to your small person problems and I paddle a Swift solo canoe which like your Nortstar was designed by David Yosts .
Yes I have seen people go this route. I am very familiar with a kayak paddle as I also have sea kayaks and river kayaks. I prefer the feel and rhythm of the canoe paddle in my canoe. I have had zero wrist issues since moving to bent shaft switch paddling and can move along at a fairly good clip. I paddle like I breathe, without thought or struggle.
This, my friends, is the very definition of "mansplaining." I love you but c'mon, Clifford... Argh!!!! Like a lot of us she loves to use a canoe paddle. Hermit, some of us love you endlessly! #HermitShouldBeWorldEmperor ❤
@@scottiebaldwin I am not familiar with the term you used to describe my suggestion but if you are a senior like myself or petite person you will know that we lack the strength to paddle a canoe into the wind with a canoe paddle.
@@scottiebaldwin thanks for having my back Scottie. Some people think their way is the best way. I say whatever floats your boat. 😉 ❤️
I am a petite person. 5’3” and 110 lbs. I do not lack the strength to paddle a canoe into the wind with a canoe paddle. Perseverance, technique and using the wind-canoe angle to your advantage can all be used successfully. And sometimes no matter the type of paddle its better to wait it out from shore.
That little channel on Crooked is really hidden, and the campsite right around the corner in the bay is fantastic! Hope you got to see the pictographs and were just respectful and didn't video them. We tried to skip the Horse portage and take the 'Shorter portage to the North, (NOT an easier way)Great video, as usual, Thank you!
I did see the pictographs. ❤️ What is the North portage like? I wasn’t sure about it and didn’t have the time or energy for miscalculation at that point so I did what I was familiar with.
@@HermitsOutdoorAdventures My son and I pushed up through the little rapids and landed right before the campsite. it is a nice little campsite that has a lot of river noise. there is a small trail that leads roughly along the water which turns into a real brush push and ends in a fairly precarious steep landing that is close to a chute. There are two interesting (not usable) old pully cable carts that cross to Canada where we put back in the water. That put you across from the flat shore rock close to the end of the horse portage. it was a struggle. We ended up arriving at the landing of horse portage at about the same time as a couple other people in our group that just opted to do the same route you did.
Interesting. I’m guessing the Horse is the safer option then. Thanks for the detail. 😊
i wear all socks and under garments inside out
I am definitely a convert to the sock Idea. I hadn’t considered the other but it makes sense.
Those mosquitoes though. If you could harness them you wouldn’t have to row as much.
Their simple presence definitely makes me move faster. 😆
Aww 25 minutes late
Lol. I am just happy to hear from you. 😊