Team React Hits Bowron Lake Circuit
Team React Slogan: Why Predict, When You Can React.
Bowron Lake Circuit Canoe Trip in Sept/07.
The culprits: Cmac, Woodchuck Chad, Shallow Paddle Coogs, Le Durty Chef: Yando Commando, and Raintarp Ryno.
This is a circuit of lakes that form a nice little square, so no backtracking required. About 9 hours north of Vancity, basically in the middle of nowhere. We did the circuit in about 8 days....120km's in total. Mostly canoeing, but also about 15kms of portaging. Scenery was stellar. Some sore muscles at the end of the week, but nothing that an out-of-shape desk jockey can't handle.
Two canoes and one kayak. Got damn cold at night. We pitched full camp each night (Chris/Yann with food, Chad on the fire, Coogs on the water filter, me on the rain tarp), except for two, as there were a couple of cabins along the way for keeping warm. We saw pretty much every weather system you could imagine, including a little snow one evening and two emergency stops to get off the lake due to hail/waves. No bears to speak of, but we almost witness a moose not make it across the river.
Cmac, leave those cotton socks at home.
Pics attached below. Click link, then when you get the page, click 'View Slideshow' up by the top right hand corner.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30126387@N00/sets/72157602192406330
Bowron Lake Circuit Canoe Trip in Sept/07.
The culprits: Cmac, Woodchuck Chad, Shallow Paddle Coogs, Le Durty Chef: Yando Commando, and Raintarp Ryno.
This is a circuit of lakes that form a nice little square, so no backtracking required. About 9 hours north of Vancity, basically in the middle of nowhere. We did the circuit in about 8 days....120km's in total. Mostly canoeing, but also about 15kms of portaging. Scenery was stellar. Some sore muscles at the end of the week, but nothing that an out-of-shape desk jockey can't handle.
Two canoes and one kayak. Got damn cold at night. We pitched full camp each night (Chris/Yann with food, Chad on the fire, Coogs on the water filter, me on the rain tarp), except for two, as there were a couple of cabins along the way for keeping warm. We saw pretty much every weather system you could imagine, including a little snow one evening and two emergency stops to get off the lake due to hail/waves. No bears to speak of, but we almost witness a moose not make it across the river.
Cmac, leave those cotton socks at home.
Pics attached below. Click link, then when you get the page, click 'View Slideshow' up by the top right hand corner.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30126387@N00/sets/72157602192406330
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