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Just got back from a 5 day trip to the Adirondacks.
http://www.phido.org/nf/busse
Some of the Busse highlights (and a Becker)
We were supposed to be on the Oswegatchie River for 18 miles upstream, a 7 mile hike, then 18 downstream. It was raining constantly, I took out the camera for the dry spells. The first leantoo was about 6 miles in, and had barely any downed wood that wasnt entirely rotten. But the Skinny ASH made short work of splitting some of the less punky wood and we got a fire going. The bugs were harsh, mostly mosquitoes, no-seeums, deer flies and the occasional horsefly.
THEN Dave managed to nearly chop into the bone on his finger (with a borrowed Becker), he hit an arterial vessel and bled profusely. I patched him up, and we all paddled back out to get to an emergency room, he was finished getting sewn back together by 11pm or so.
One paddler short, we decided to not do any more upstream work, and instead hit the Saranac Lake chain for some R&R camping.
One part I sadly didn't get any pictures of, was as we were paddling around Bluff island we saw a pair of Husky dogs howling for their owners (who left them on the island with their campsite). One of the dogs jumped in the water and made it halfway to another island before turning back. Then he turned back again, and then back again until he was swimming in circles. We paddled over hard, I got to him first, reached over and grabbed him by the collar and under the chest. The dog collapsed into my hands and our other boat pulled us into shore. The dog was old, had bad hips and was apparently blind and deaf. He must have gotten a smell of his owner and tried to swim out to him.
The sunset was on the last night, and was pretty much the only sun we saw during the entire trip.
4.5 days of rain, 1 Dave injured, and 1 dog saved.
Remember to pack your med-kits and have a plan B.... Either that or just don't give Dave a knife, since he does this EVERY trip.
More pictures here. Dave's trip to the vet gets a little bloody.
http://www.phido.org/nf/busse
Some of the Busse highlights (and a Becker)
We were supposed to be on the Oswegatchie River for 18 miles upstream, a 7 mile hike, then 18 downstream. It was raining constantly, I took out the camera for the dry spells. The first leantoo was about 6 miles in, and had barely any downed wood that wasnt entirely rotten. But the Skinny ASH made short work of splitting some of the less punky wood and we got a fire going. The bugs were harsh, mostly mosquitoes, no-seeums, deer flies and the occasional horsefly.
THEN Dave managed to nearly chop into the bone on his finger (with a borrowed Becker), he hit an arterial vessel and bled profusely. I patched him up, and we all paddled back out to get to an emergency room, he was finished getting sewn back together by 11pm or so.
One paddler short, we decided to not do any more upstream work, and instead hit the Saranac Lake chain for some R&R camping.
One part I sadly didn't get any pictures of, was as we were paddling around Bluff island we saw a pair of Husky dogs howling for their owners (who left them on the island with their campsite). One of the dogs jumped in the water and made it halfway to another island before turning back. Then he turned back again, and then back again until he was swimming in circles. We paddled over hard, I got to him first, reached over and grabbed him by the collar and under the chest. The dog collapsed into my hands and our other boat pulled us into shore. The dog was old, had bad hips and was apparently blind and deaf. He must have gotten a smell of his owner and tried to swim out to him.
The sunset was on the last night, and was pretty much the only sun we saw during the entire trip.
4.5 days of rain, 1 Dave injured, and 1 dog saved.
Remember to pack your med-kits and have a plan B.... Either that or just don't give Dave a knife, since he does this EVERY trip.
More pictures here. Dave's trip to the vet gets a little bloody.
