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Kekekabic Trail, BWCA, May 2005

I went solo and did a yo-yo (down and back) of the Kekekabic Trai, which bisects the BWCA, over 4.5 days. Afterwards I met up with Becca, Anne, and Rob and did a short 3 days canoe trip.
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  • A burned over area. For this trip I had transitioned to lightweight backpacking with all of my gear except footwear. I was still wearing my heavy full leather boots.
  • I started at 2:00 in the afternoon and did 12 miles before dark. At mile 9 I passed a group of 3 guys who were at the end of their 2nd day, and they couldn't believe that I had started that afternoon and was continuing on past them!
  • A full moon rising above the horizon woke me the first night. I took this from inside my sleeping bag and tarptent with an 8 second shutter, while propping the camera on an overturned boot.
  • Preparing feet to cross this creek. I carefully taped the bottom of my rainpants to the tops of my boots and it kept most of the water out.
  • The Henry-Shires Cloudburst Tarptent I used on this trip.
  • I had never done so many miles a day before, roughly averaging 17, and my ankles became extremely stiff near the end of each day to the point that I could barely bend my ankles and I would hobble slowly the last mile. It was actually my boots which caused me ankle problems and on successive trips switching to trail shoes eliminated my ankle problems completely.
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  • I finished and then immediately went on a canoe trip with friends!
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