BWCA
- September 2010
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5: Lessons Learned
Equipment and Food Summary
Surveying the Wreckage
I find that we packed well.
Leftovers:
- One freeze-dried dinner (Mountain House Wild Rice Pilaf)
- A few breakfasts (pre-packed granola)
- One small bag of instant milk
- Four ounces of beef jerky (good for the ride home)
- Three packages of bannock mix
- Three packages of pudding mix
- One pint of stove fuel (out of two)
- Three ounces or so of blueberry jam
Things I brought but didn’t use:
- First aid kit
- Filtration water bottle
- One t-shirt
- MP3 player
- Spare glasses
- Cold and blister treatments from my toiletry kit
- Gloves
- Extra batteries
- Fire starters
I would bring all of these items on any trip regardless of whether I used them or not.
Things I wished we’d brought:
- Down jacket (would have been nice on cold, windy days)
- Both tripod chairs (brought only one)
- Binoculars
- Steve: warm hat, long johns and warm shoes
This trip is the first time I wet-footed. I learned a few things:
- Wet pant legs are cold. It's better to roll them up and keep them try.
- Water shoes collect sand and grit.
- The anticipation of putting on wet socks is worse than the reality.
- Putting on warm socks and dry shoes is truly wonderful.
Now to start planning for next May's trip down the Isabella River.
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