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GuruBushHippie
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Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN!
#16014645 - 03/29/12 04:45 PM (12 years, 1 day ago) |
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It's official. I have my first job with a real wilderness outfitter I am so fucking stoked about it I can't quit smiling. A full summer in the wild If all goes well I'll either stay up there for a while or continue heading west. First I gotta get the pooch accustomed to riding in a canoe lol Gonna go rent one tomorrow and take her out.
-------------------- Two roads diverged in a wood, and I cut straight through the forest, and that has made all the difference.
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vjp
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16014798 - 03/29/12 05:20 PM (12 years, 1 day ago) |
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Wow, man congrats! very jealous...
What kind of things will you be doing? The boreal forests and northern hardwood forests will be a big change from the NC mountains - you will love it.
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: vjp]
#16014821 - 03/29/12 05:25 PM (12 years, 1 day ago) |
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vjp said: Wow, man congrats! very jealous...
What kind of things will you be doing? The boreal forests and northern hardwood forests will be a big change from the NC mountains - you will love it.
I'm going to be taking clients on canoeing expeditions for 7-10 days at a time through the Boy Scouts of America. I'll live on their base which is on Moose Lake just a short drive from Ely. I did a 10 day expedition back in 07' and have wanted to go back ever since.
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Jim
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16016131 - 03/29/12 09:11 PM (12 years, 1 day ago) |
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I just moved to the Minneapolis metropolis area from Southern California... the fishing is great out here! Not a big fan of all the ponds they refer to as 'lakes' hahaha, but there are a few rivers I've found...
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the_hatter
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16035863 - 04/02/12 08:55 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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vjp said: Wow, man congrats! very jealous...
What kind of things will you be doing? The boreal forests and northern hardwood forests will be a big change from the NC mountains - you will love it.
I'm going to be taking clients on canoeing expeditions for 7-10 days at a time through the Boy Scouts of America. I'll live on their base which is on Moose Lake just a short drive from Ely. I did a 10 day expedition back in 07' and have wanted to go back ever since.
dude congrats! thats so killer! im in minnesota and was hoping to visit the boundary waters this summer
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: the_hatter]
#16035908 - 04/02/12 09:06 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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I highly suggest you make the trek
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SlashOZ
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16037672 - 04/03/12 10:02 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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Nice. Boyscout camps are fun to work at. I worked at one for two years in a row a while back. Good times. Hopefully your camp has a good cook this summer. Sometimes those boyscout camps have the worst fucking food. Have fun there mang.
-------------------- "Life sucks but in this really beautiful way" - Axl Rose "Life's a bitch and then you die that's why we get high cuz you never know when you're gonna go." - NAS "When people don't know what you're about they put you down and shut you out" - Black Sabbath "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" - Gandhi "Look up at me I am God, look down on me and I am evil, look at me I am you." - Charles Manson. "Don't question my reality." - Me (as far as I know)
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: SlashOZ]
#16038528 - 04/03/12 02:07 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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SlashOZ said: Nice. Boyscout camps are fun to work at. I worked at one for two years in a row a while back. Good times. Hopefully your camp has a good cook this summer. Sometimes those boyscout camps have the worst fucking food. Have fun there mang.
It's all gonna be trail food anyway, but I'm no stranger to that. I've been eating trail food for so long I eat clif bars as snacks lol
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SlashOZ
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16038888 - 04/03/12 03:25 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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SlashOZ said: Nice. Boyscout camps are fun to work at. I worked at one for two years in a row a while back. Good times. Hopefully your camp has a good cook this summer. Sometimes those boyscout camps have the worst fucking food. Have fun there mang.
It's all gonna be trail food anyway, but I'm no stranger to that. I've been eating trail food for so long I eat clif bars as snacks lol
Oh, in that case just remember that even though cliff bars are yummy you still need a full meal when out in the wild
-------------------- "Life sucks but in this really beautiful way" - Axl Rose "Life's a bitch and then you die that's why we get high cuz you never know when you're gonna go." - NAS "When people don't know what you're about they put you down and shut you out" - Black Sabbath "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" - Gandhi "Look up at me I am God, look down on me and I am evil, look at me I am you." - Charles Manson. "Don't question my reality." - Me (as far as I know)
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: SlashOZ]
#16038907 - 04/03/12 03:29 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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SlashOZ said: Nice. Boyscout camps are fun to work at. I worked at one for two years in a row a while back. Good times. Hopefully your camp has a good cook this summer. Sometimes those boyscout camps have the worst fucking food. Have fun there mang.
It's all gonna be trail food anyway, but I'm no stranger to that. I've been eating trail food for so long I eat clif bars as snacks lol
Oh, in that case just remember that even though cliff bars are yummy you still need a full meal when out in the wild
No doubt. Trust me, I've spent probably 1/3 of my life in the woods
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SlashOZ
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16039625 - 04/03/12 06:07 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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GuruBushHippie said: No doubt. Trust me, I've spent probably 1/3 of my life in the woods
Right on. Post us some pics this summer when you get the chance.
-------------------- "Life sucks but in this really beautiful way" - Axl Rose "Life's a bitch and then you die that's why we get high cuz you never know when you're gonna go." - NAS "When people don't know what you're about they put you down and shut you out" - Black Sabbath "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" - Gandhi "Look up at me I am God, look down on me and I am evil, look at me I am you." - Charles Manson. "Don't question my reality." - Me (as far as I know)
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: SlashOZ]
#16040587 - 04/03/12 09:16 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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GuruBushHippie said: No doubt. Trust me, I've spent probably 1/3 of my life in the woods
Right on. Post us some pics this summer when you get the chance.
I definitely will. I'm about 50 bucks away from a new camera. Shock proof, waterproof, altitude proof... doesn't claim to be drunk proof, but I have high hopes that it is
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16040921 - 04/03/12 10:24 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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I worked a few years at Camp Wakpominee in NY as a lifeguard. I am an Eagle Scout from 1996.
I remember my wilderness survival MB, we went to Dempsey Point in the middle of a thunderstorm. Trees were falling all around us, and my buddy Dan and I were the only ones who didn't high tail it back to the camp. our shelter was the shit.
We're you ever into the Order of the Arrow? I made Brotherhood, went to the conclave in Indiana in 94 or 95... cant remember...
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: Jim]
#16042522 - 04/04/12 10:51 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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I made ordeal, but didn't go any further. I did go to Philmont while in the troop and went to Northern Tier as a "guest" with my troop since I had already been awarded Eagle.
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bryguy27007
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16043178 - 04/04/12 01:14 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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Welcome to Minnesota! I should hopefully be up in the Boundary Waters this May. I love northern Minnesota!
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: bryguy27007]
#16043348 - 04/04/12 01:48 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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Thanks! I can't wait to get up there
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blood4blood
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16109045 - 04/18/12 10:02 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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are you staying in Ely then??
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blood4blood
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: bryguy27007]
#16109052 - 04/18/12 10:03 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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bryguy27007 said: Welcome to Minnesota! I should hopefully be up in the Boundary Waters this May. I love northern Minnesota!
when and where are you going in?
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: blood4blood]
#16110597 - 04/19/12 08:08 AM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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bryguy27007 said: Welcome to Minnesota! I should hopefully be up in the Boundary Waters this May. I love northern Minnesota!
when and where are you going in?
I'll be staying in Ely every 10 days for so when i'm not in the field. I'll be going in around the Moose Lake area. I'l be getting there May 28 or so.
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Beefy1
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Re: Scored a Job on the Boundary Waters, MN! [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16114323 - 04/19/12 11:28 PM (11 years, 11 months ago) |
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I've been to the boundary waters a few times.
led several trips to the quetico.
It's a great place. Lots of portaging though.
Big fire up there last year. should be interesting this summer.
I'll be up there in early July. We always try to fuck with the boy scouts we see. Nothing too mean, they're just such an easy target.
Do they still have one of the mothers drive ahead with supplies? (gas to start the bonfire?)
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