Distance travelled 28km Didn’t sleep much last night; guess we were both anticipating what lay ahead. We were up by 5.30 am and after our last big cooked breakfast we loaded Ed White’s five ton truck [Ed had stored our…
Day 2
Distance travelled 3km [Total carry/walk 3km X 7 = 21 + 3 =28 km] Up at 7.30 after great night’s sleep despite the temperature dropping to 7 degrees, feeling energised for portaging. As always with the first day’s packing up…
Day 3
Distance made good – 1.5 Km [Km 33] [Total carry/walk 1.5 x 7 = 10.5 + 21 = 31.5km for Chipman] We were up at 7.30am to a third beautiful, blue-sky day. We were packed and ready to hump our…
Day 4
Distance made good – 7 km [Km 40] Portages 5 [900 x 7 = 6300] [60 x 7 = 420] [340 x 7= 2380] [45 x 7 = 310] [340 x 7 = 2380] [Total carry/walk 11.950 + 31.5 =…
Day 5
Distance made good – 23 km [63km] Portage 1 [7] [460 x 7 = 3.220 + 43.3 = 46.520 km] The weather gods are really smiling on us as today was another beautiful sunny day with a little high cloud…
Day 6
Distance travelled 15.5 km [78.5 km] Portages 3 [10] – [Total carry/walk 8.225 + 46.520 = 54.745 km] The morning was cool and cloudy with a strong south wind. As we had camped at the south end of the first…
Day 7
Distance travelled 13km [91.5 km] Portage 1[11] [Total carry/walk 920 X 7 = 6.440 + 54.745 = [61.185km] We woke up at 7am to a clear, still and warm morning which later became a very hot day. We were on…
Day 8
Distance travelled 37km [128.5km] Portages 0 [11] Though the forecast was for 30 degrees C, the early morning cloudy sky, cold lake water and persistent north east wind kept paddling conditions pleasant. However, as we paddled from the shelter of…
Day 9
Distance 17.5km [146 km] Portages 0 [11] Up early on the longest day of the year. John had not slept well overnight worrying about which direction we should take to avoid the lake ice. After some discussion and reference to…
Day 10
Distance 34km [180 km] Portage 0 [11 Wow, what a hard day, every kilometre was won in a hard battle with the wind. As planned we were up by 5am and the wind was already blowing from the north east,…