My son's wilderness trek

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My son's wilderness trek

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Daniel Durston, one of our sons, took part in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Open and came in first. Am I a proud father? Well, okay ..... I'll admit it. I am. He covered 106 miles on foot in 66.5 hours, with a fair amount of it on an injured leg. If you would like to read his account, here it is http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin ... d_id=64764
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Wow, how much better can it get. 8) 8)
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WOW! Impressive, and well written.

Now if I were 35 years younger - wait; who am I kidding.
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Tell him I said congratulations. Now he has me thinking about hiking in my locale. I saw where he said he had bear spray and I know you all aren't allowed handguns except in certain circumstances up there, but I think at least a pistol caliber carbine (in my case a 92 Winchester in 44 Mag) would have been mighty comforting without adding too much weight.

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Kirk, I know you are proud of your son. That was a trip to be remembered.
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Very impressive - crazy!!! :)
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All that and he took pictures. An amazing son you have there!!

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Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Glad you fellows enjoyed the report. Looks like those years of bringing him wilderness canoeing and camping and portaging have paid off.
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cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester.
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Very good! Congratulations!
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Impressive...Great Experience! Congrats to his parents, too, Kirk!
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A fantastic adventure and a excellent report, you have every reason to be mighty proud... :D
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One hardcore dude!
Should be proud!
Fantastic pics/read
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Great report :D
You have every right to be proud :D
Tell him congratulations.
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A fine young and tough Canadian lad. He has done us Canucks proud. Another generation at home in the bush.

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:shock: you guy's are sumert' else :shock:

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Borregos wrote:Great report :D
You have every right to be proud :D
Tell him congratulations.
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You raised quite quite a man!
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What a great adventure!
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Awsome read! Congrats on his gritting it out.
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super awesome!
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I just got around to reading it finally - he made it look so easy, but I'm sure if I drug my half-century old carcass on that trek it would have killed me.

I'd have died in beautiful country, though...
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Awesome report and an awesome trek. If I lived out that way, I'd love to give that a try. By the time I finally move out West I'll probably be way too old for that type of a trek.
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You can't help but be proud. Good for you.
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Nice! Congrats to him and y'all that raised him!
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