Chest Deep Mud - Epic 12 Day/175KM Solo Canoe Trip (Part Two)

[@battletestedbeauty3758]

That mud crawl was epic!

[@WindWaterandPine]

Epic and one I don't hope to repeat anytime soon :)

[@seanur2414]

You traversed that mud like a fugitive on the run. Insane. Respect.

[@WindWaterandPine]

Haha, thanks. I was a man possessed to get out of there as quickly as possible, by any means necessary.

[@richsharpe349]

Your commentary is awesome. Plus, you capture the reality of some of these trips., they are not all sunshine and rainbows...but are all worth it. I really enjoy your videos!

[@WindWaterandPine]

Thank you, Rich. I'm just getting started with these but I'm having a lot of fun with it and looking forward to making more. Happy to have the support. Not all sunshine and rainbows... but still a pretty good time!

[@thegibbs1207]

Seymour the house is on fire! No mother it's just the northern lights...

[@WindWaterandPine]

At this time of the year, in this part of the country...

[@mikeodonovan7325]

scary stuff dude but a must watch video you knocked it outta the park top notch

[@WindWaterandPine]

Thanks, Mike! Not a situation I want to repeat with the mud, glad you liked the video though.

[@henrymostert2125]

Wow that mud was insane. I've never seen anything like that I'm glad you were safe

[@WindWaterandPine]

Thanks. And yes, it was a crazy bog that I made the bad mistake of getting very stuck in.

[@CanadianSledDog]

Lots of people like to go for a dip after a hard slog with the canoe but there's something to be said about timing and location 😂 seriously though, that looked intense.

[@WindWaterandPine]

I heard mud baths were good for your health...

[@lenzlambrecht6925]

awesome, another great KZbin channel. Im glad I stumbled upon you. So Thank you for making and sharing these videos, im looking forward to watch them all :)

[@WindWaterandPine]

I very much appreciate the support, thanks for stopping by!

[@lenzlambrecht6925]

@@WindWaterandPine just stoping by to rewatch this epic series. it really has something magical. Thanks again for sharing!

[@objection97]

That old bridge spot on the north side used to connect to liskeard lumber road by Gamble Lake access and to the south actually used to connect all the way to Red Squirrel Road near Temagami

[@WindWaterandPine]

Thanks! That's great insider knowledge! So many old abandoned roads going through that whole area. It's cool to come across them and wonder where they go

[@mackhughson3722]

This was great! I went on a solo down lady evelyn in these parts a couple years back. Hope you continue to make canoe videos, the subscribers will flood in for sure

[@WindWaterandPine]

Thanks for watching, man! It's such a special area, and yes the videos will keep coming!

[@JosephStealin]

Great video

[@WindWaterandPine]

Thank you kindly

[@SoloSchmitty]

You win the pure suffer award. Good grief that mud!

[@WindWaterandPine]

I'm hoping that's a one and done scenario myself 🤦‍♂️

[@JeffMacCullough]

I subscribed today after watching a few of your videos. I just started filming and posting to KZbin as well. Look forward to watching your content.

[@WindWaterandPine]

RIght on, Jeff! Thanks for the sub. And yeah, making content is fun!

[@colincamping3547]

There ya go! Just subbed at 199! 200!

[@WindWaterandPine]

Getting in on the ground floor, haha. Thanks for the support!

[@funyunmaker3182]

This one popped up in my feed I'm glad it did, subscribe then watched part one.

[@WindWaterandPine]

Thanks a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed it and appreciate the support.

[@LLandQC]

For sure i would've go back and bushwacked on the side of the lake instead of doing that! But that was great entertainment and a great video! :)

[@WindWaterandPine]

Yup, it was a big mistake. If I ever go back to that lake I'll probably start the portage from about two lakes before just to be safe :)

[@LLandQC]

@@WindWaterandPine On every trip we learn something new! Thanks for the great content!

[@Eskah.Mof0]

Great vid

[@WindWaterandPine]

Thanks a lot for watching!

[@EzeAdventurer]

man how vulnerable one can feel in certain moments... and you handled that mud entrapment like a champ, that pride is forever man! Love how your shots transitions, the story moves along at a good pace. Very enjoyable to watch, thanks for sharing.

[@WindWaterandPine]

Really appreciate the feedback, makes me happy you enjoyed it. Lots to learn still, but these trips are fun to do and fun to make videos for. 🙏

[@dwrivers47]

That mud was no joke - quite scary at the time I imagine. We paddled both branches of the LE River a few years back, stunning waterfalls and pristine nature. Looking forward to Part 3 😊

[@WindWaterandPine]

The mud was a catastrophic error! And I have also done the south branch of the LE too, they are both astoundingly beautiful. Thank you for checking it out.

[@mooseknuckle8334]

I knew you were a Canadian just by the title. Thanks for taking us along fella. Great footage.

[@WindWaterandPine]

I could say the same about your handle, haha. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@jaysway2346]

Crazy mud bath! I bet that must of had a funky smell. Good to see you get out alive. Great trip so far.

[@WindWaterandPine]

I didn't have anyone around to comment but I'm sure I didn't smell great after that dunk :)

[@prayfornathannatureshow]

I can see @9:30 where my group decided to head to shore. If I was to travel there again I would head to shore earlier, knowing what I know now. Surprised you didn't take the advice of others even though you had mentioned it earlier in video and decided to go the super hard way. That was way more work then it needed to be. I was quite interested to see that that Mudd lake doesn't change much from May to August though. I'm debating going back as I'm still disappointed we didn't do the misabi range, we wanted to take a rest day on florence after ames creek and had planned to backtrack to lewbert, but after that mudd lake we weren't going to come back. And after watching your last video at chapin I still think I'd want to come the opposite way you went. So maybe one day I'll find a way to put in at that access near pine torch.

[@WindWaterandPine]

The access at Twinkle Lake is a very convenient (but long and bumpy drive) way to get into the heart of Pinetorch and I can personally vouch that the trails that lead in from there have been freshly cleared, signed, etc. this year (I did a maintenance trip with the Friends of Temagami in the spring, a video I'll hopefully be posting soon). As for the mud, it was a stupid mistake but also some confusion on my part where I was under the impression it was the NEXT lake that was super dried up, and so I ended up slowly putting myself in deeper to the point where it became a real problem. Goes without saying the Chapin portage is better done west to east, but I had a fantastic trip nonetheless!

[@catchinfishies5765]

He totally panicked

[@WindWaterandPine]

Sure, things get hairy out there sometimes.

[@atmor0zini195]

where did you see him panicked? He def got frustrated (which is super comprehensive) and he managed to get out alive and well. would you be laughing instead ?

[@ManitobanOutdoors]

Oh man can relate to the mud, bog and mud is so hard! I haven’t had it that bad though!!! Great vid 👍🏻

[@WindWaterandPine]

Yeah, it was rough haha. Thanks for watching!

[@Sayitaint_So]

11:00 lmfao.... thanks for the reminder that some watercraft challenges are best left to them youngsters... i'll stick to my calm lakes and rivers with the occasional fast water that i can manage... that looked tough

[@WindWaterandPine]

It doesn't matter what age you are, getting stuck in that mud is not something you want to be a part of, nor was it my plan to do so, haha. Thanks for tuning in.

[@Rwskisr]

Nice video. Good to always have the pfd on in these videos. Especially when going solo.

[@WindWaterandPine]

Gotta be safe out there!

[@beautyofthebackcountry]

Oh, dear...this was a harrowing experience. We could smell that mud through the screen...yuck! You did a great job sticking with it and getting yourself out of trouble. We were yelling at you to get to the shore lol We smashed subscribe on your channel. Well done!

[@WindWaterandPine]

It was a sticky situation, a real dirty job if you will, but I'm very grateful you made it through to the other side of that mud with me, and equally grateful you decided to subscribe. Thank you very much for both of those things!

[@44sergeys]

Very good job! Your flatwater videos are as fascinating as those showing running rapids - they are entertaining and properly dynamic: no whining, no monotonous portage footage or eternal food preparations with commentaries. The mud bath scene is certainly my favorite! In 200th Skooztawgan lake used to be like that (and was marked appropriately on ottertooth maps), but somewhere between 2010 and 2020, thanks to our friends beavers, it became such a lovely lake! (hard to imagine?) - but now, I guess, it's back to its old self :(. Probably, a huge beaver dam on Ames creek outlet was breached... I was expecting to travel it this summer with my family, but now it's definitely off our plate - thanks for heads up!

[@WindWaterandPine]

I mean, if you know the potential for the mud ahead of time then you can make the decision to bushwhack the shore until you get to deep water just to be safe (I won't be caught out like that again!)... but it's rough in there. Since you seem to know the area pretty well I can tell you I just went out on a maintenance trip with the Friends of Temagami the other week and we cleared a bunch of portages and installed thunderboxes on several sites between Seagram's and Pinetorch and it was just a beautiful area to trip through... so maybe I can submit that for your family's consideration? Thanks for watching and for the feedback!

[@44sergeys]

@@WindWaterandPine I'd love to see a report of your FOT travels if you have any! Anyways, I expect soon to be soloing around, including a route between Nasmith creek and the Yorston (via Ames creek, but going south from Lewbert) - then I'll remember to give thanks to the FOT crew for making my ways more enjoyable! As for expected mud travel I found this trick working (for a soloist): bringing along 2 pieces of wood about 5-6' long. Once I put them outside aligned with the bow and step (more like crouch) on them they'd give me enough support to pull the canoe forward till I'm aligned with the stern. Then I get back into the boat, pick up the wood and through it along the bow again etc. It's tedious, but it works 😃.

[@WindWaterandPine]

@@44sergeys That's a great trick that I will for sure keep in mind if it ever looks like I could get into that situation again! I did shoot some footage for that FOT trip, and I hope to release a report of some kind, hopefully in the not too distant future, and there also might be some video of it that pops up in their social media streams too when it's all said and done. It was my first time out with FOT, great people doing great work and it was fun to be a small part of giving something back to the paddling community in Temagami. Hoping to get involved in future outings.

[@paulfroud3920]

Pretty sure we had that same Campsite on Florence Lake. I found some Trade Beads in the cracks of the rocks, so that site has been used for many, many years.

[@WindWaterandPine]

Wow, that's an incredible find! There's no doubt in my mind that site would have been a natural and well used campsite for hundreds, or thousands, of years before I ever laid eyes on it. You could hold a concert on that particular rock point, it's that big. Very special spot.

[@paulfroud3920]

@@WindWaterandPine Did you see the Cabin on the peninsula? It's caved-in now, but was still standing when we saw it.

[@WindWaterandPine]

@@paulfroud3920 It's still there, I think I briefly showed it off in the video too. Definitely caved in, but also looks like its got some years left to remain standing.

[@AtlanteanBlue2012]

Amazing. Thank you.

[@WindWaterandPine]

You're very welcome.

[@paddycool]

after seeing you slog through that mud bog, I had to take a shower.

[@WindWaterandPine]

I don't think I got truly clean until the end of the trip!

[@brentkelly5445]

Just finished watching your first part and about 20 seconds before your epiphany I was thinking "would I do this loop like this". Its big and nonstop and do you remember IT. IT being what's there. I was thinking I might cut it in half and have days off between pushes. But days off are not really off, they are out exploring without as much drain. We used to do Algonquin like this.. push! but we were doing it as a test, fast nonstop and right down the middle of the lakes...Lake after Lake after Lake. We weren't really good at planning out distances or taking our time. Now I go Solo which I didn't like at first but a whole different experience. I paddle along the shores where you can see and hear things instead of the middle of Lake. I get up early and paddle when it's amazing out. And I chill at those destinations earlier and longer and paddle around that lake and take in it's characteristics. Lake Opeongo is about 15 km long...but it has 150 km of shoreline. I wouldn't know...I've only paddled right down the middle in the wind to get to the destination.

[@WindWaterandPine]

What a thoughtful, insightful comment. I totally understand where you're coming from. And despite the physical challenges of this trip, I definitely felt I had many moments throughout to take it all in and savour the spectacular beauty of the country I was traveling through. It's a sin to miss the forest for the trees, if you'll excuse the pun. For me, I find it's a delicate balance because I also love to see what's beyond the next hill and push myself physically, at least for a little while. But there's something to be said about going completely the other way and traveling as slow as possible, allowing for a sense of discovery that might not happen if you're motoring by on the way to the next portage... or at least what counts for motoring when you're in a canoe :) I do find now that as I'm starting to experience solo canoeing more, just by virtue of being on your own you become so much more observant and attuned to the scenery around you. No conversation and having to double back and stroll through the woods on all your portages has a way of doing that to you. But no matter how it's done, it's important to not lose sight of the reasons that get you out there in the first place. Thanks for watching, and thanks for commenting, Brent.

[@williamleopold507]

Now that was a Scarey canoe trip , did you have any nightmares about it . The mud was terrible , i thought you may never get out ! So glad you did .

[@WindWaterandPine]

Once you're finally out of it, then you just look back and laugh at it all. But it was not fun at the time!

[@NikonF5user]

Holy cow that mud was unreal. I can only imagine how many thoughts of quicksand were going through your mind. Also super impressed that you could walk to the bow in what I'm guessing is a Kee15?!?

[@WindWaterandPine]

Prospector 16, actually... so a little more room. Also it was pretty damn stuck in that mud... so not very tippy, haha.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Rolling in the deep with 77 headlights? 😂

[@chuckguillemette7556]

Hey bud good for you on this long trip but man you're right you should enjoy the scenery more and shorten up on distance same amount of day's .good vids bud keep it up.

[@WindWaterandPine]

I promise I had an absolute blast, even if it doesn't look like it at times! I'll admit I was trying to push myself that trip. It was worth it though :)

[@cyt3771]

lol the steamed hams reference

[@WindWaterandPine]

I've clearly outed myself as a late millennial.

[@trashlight1]

That is definitely the worst mud ive ever seen. Can't even imagine how hard that must have been!

[@WindWaterandPine]

It totally sucked, haha. And I didn't even capture the actual extraction, which was just as terrible. But we made it through in one piece!

[@christophercarolla1061]

what kind of canoe are you running? outstanding video and effort!

[@WindWaterandPine]

I'm really happy you enjoyed it :) Canoe is a Swift Prospector 16, kevlar fusion layup I think. It was well used when I bought it, which is good because I haven't been super kind to it! It's been a great canoe so far.

[@versatec1]

More views than you have subs...thats quite rare...😊👍

[@WindWaterandPine]

It's a new channel, so I'm hoping there's room for growth. Thanks for watching!

[@versatec1]

@@WindWaterandPine ....its got legz....😆👍

[@DanielleMuise-b4u]

Does the canoe have a name? Maybe consider Artax? This is amazing!

[@WindWaterandPine]

What a deep cut reference... I love it ;)

[@longlivedio3498]

where is this

[@WindWaterandPine]

Temagami. Skooztawgan Lake.

[@amorimontagnus2042]

and out comes the double blade, not the tool for a canoe

[@WindWaterandPine]

It's a blunt instrument and certainly not as enjoyable or responsive as my wooden paddle, but I find it helpful when traveling solo and fighting the wind or needing to pick up the pace!