Discussion: Events between now and early 2012

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Thanks everyone, Attackpoint is great! We got some good events connected up and I think their old inventory is now spoken for.

No more 8' long green kayaks to give away? Darn. ;-)

I can get you a deal on one of those, too, Jason! We could probably forge a new kayak from all the parts and scrapings left along the Moose Alley Trail during that portage.

Funny what enduring memories we keep around!

I thought I had put it out of my memory but Randy's recent video posts have put me into therapy again.

How long was that portage anyways? Heard so much about it, but never a distance.

How far would you imagine, based on the tales that have been told?

The most notorious stretch of "Moose Alley Trail" was max of 3 miles, probably less for teams who read maps well. Trails the entire way. Lemonade stands every 1/4 mile.

OK, no lemonade stands, but the rest is fact.

There were a few miles of paddling prior to Moose Alley, but after that came about 7 miles of very scenic paddling, then in order:
- a 2.5 mile portage along paved and gravel roads
- 8 miles more of paddling
- a 1.5 mile of portage (100% paved road)
- some gentle whitewater for 4.5 miles to the orienteering relay site
- after the o-relay a final 3.5 miles of more gentle whitewater paddling to the end of the section.

In total for Leg 1: 26 miles paddling total, with 7 miles of portaging total.

It really was beautiful paddling. (No comment on the portages!) The gentle whitewater was in the dark which increased the degree of difficulty. Lucky me, I was the one in the kayak chasing all the gear that fell out of our team's swamped canoe!