Another Wabakimi storm. I don’t think any canoe tripper has ever visited that park and not experienced at least one good storm. Awesome part two and looking forward to the rest of the series. Still cannot believe how high the water is…..unreal! Glad the bugs have behaved (so far). Keep the videos coming and appreciate the time and effort involved in the tripping, filming and editing.
Thanks so much! That mean a lot coming from you! The storm was nice, they always make me feel soo alive! And somehow I always get lucky and get hit when I’m all set up already. The water level was surreal! It was soo extreme! Bugs were non existent, just the way I like it. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
Wow did you have some beautiful flat water to paddle on, aside from the storm that came through, been there more than a few times. Liked your choice of camp site too, much better than the site with all the stuff left at it. Noticed you have a Frost River pack, good choice! I make my own packs and such but if I were to buy anything it would be from them. They make the best old school products by far and none of it from over seas! Looking forward to seeing the rest of this trip! Take care!
Thanks Donald! It was a very beautiful quiet morning. And yes, the campsite with all the stuff on it is definitely not my kind of campsite. I don’t want to see any sign of humanity anywhere in sight other than at most maybe a little firepit. I would love to make my own packs. I do make some of my own leather pieces but I’ve never worked with canvas. Always wanted to give that a go. It would be interesting to see your packs. Thanks for watching and take care!
Thanks a lot! I have a gopro7 and a gopro10 for 95% of the footage and then my pictures are with my canon SL2 and tamron 150-600 telezoom lens. I film with my phone too. I always film everything at full 4K 60fps. I dont change much when it comes to camera settings🙂 i hope this helps!
love your videos. One point if I may. You should never take food into your tent. Those smells can linger and could make you a tempting target for the local wildlife.. especially the large black ones .. even when camping on islands. How do you hang your food? Those trees do not look like you can hang anything from them.
Thank you! I never ever bring food in my tent normally. In this kinda scenario, the options were eat it in my vestibule or eat it out in the pouring rain. I was hungry after a long day and had already poured the water in the dehydrated meal. I am personally not too worried about the little bit of smell from the one very rare time that I did this. I mean, my breath and my hands as well as the barrel on the outside all have some sort of food smell to it I’m sure. My fishing rod and the canoe probably has a bit of fish smell to it as well. I never hang my barrel anymore, I opt to instead keep my barrel relatively close to my tent at night, about 20 feet or so and I place it so I can clearly see it in a straight line from my tent door without getting out. I put a little bear bell on the outside of the barrel so that whenever someone is messing with my barrel it will wake me up and I can chase it off by yelling at it or if I really have to, use my bear spray which has its own place in my tent right beside my axe, knife and headlight. Bear problems are EXTREMELY rare especially at places less traveled. With all respect, I see your point, but I am not too concerned!🙂
Loved this series…. Well done! I do have one question though, if you wouldn’t mind answering, how many people did you run into during that 30 day trip?
We were up there in August and the water levels were just coming down. When did you go? We did a 14 day from Burntrock all the way down to Tamarack Lake.
@@The-Dutch-Explorer is Definitively an area to go back into just to explore and photograph. I misread one of the rapids (oatmeal cookie) going upstream and got dumped! I think we're heading back up and starting at Bukemiga Lake
@@The-Dutch-Explorer much appreciated coming from another dutchman living in Hamilton. I'm just waiting for you to make some croquettes or oliebollen while you camp.
Another Wabakimi storm. I don’t think any canoe tripper has ever visited that park and not experienced at least one good storm. Awesome part two and looking forward to the rest of the series. Still cannot believe how high the water is…..unreal! Glad the bugs have behaved (so far). Keep the videos coming and appreciate the time and effort involved in the tripping, filming and editing.
Thanks so much! That mean a lot coming from you! The storm was nice, they always make me feel soo alive! And somehow I always get lucky and get hit when I’m all set up already. The water level was surreal! It was soo extreme! Bugs were non existent, just the way I like it. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
Water is high! Great job on part two Koen!🍻
Great trip! Thanks for letting us tag along!
You’re very welcome👌
Very good 👍🏻
Thank you! 🙏🏼
Well done, I love seeing that canoe in a wilderness setting, so nice, you don’t see that often anymore.
I agree 100% the plasticy artificial look of the modern canoes and packs always bothered me a bit.
Stunning scenery, well done
Thanks Jim! 👍
Really enjoy watching your videos! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences !! Looking forward to watching the next episode ! 😎
Thanks dude! I appreciate it!
Been to this area…fly in fish shore lunch…I, too, stay away from the ‘popular’ sites. TY!
Fantastic footage. The 4K comes out on my new TV as if I am there!
Great!! Thats good to hear! Thanks Kevin!
Looking forward to upcoming episodes! You have a nice touch documenting your adventures, keep them coming! Happy New Year 2023!
Thanks! Just heading out in the bush right now for new years actually😁 happy new years!
Picture perfect paddling to storms. That’s how it goes. Nice video! Looking forward to the rest of the series!
The water was soo smooth, I felt bad for disturbing the peace! Thanks for following along!
Wow did you have some beautiful flat water to paddle on, aside from the storm that came through, been there more than a few times. Liked your choice of camp site too, much better than the site with all the stuff left at it. Noticed you have a Frost River pack, good choice! I make my own packs and such but if I were to buy anything it would be from them. They make the best old school products by far and none of it from over seas! Looking forward to seeing the rest of this trip! Take care!
Thanks Donald! It was a very beautiful quiet morning. And yes, the campsite with all the stuff on it is definitely not my kind of campsite. I don’t want to see any sign of humanity anywhere in sight other than at most maybe a little firepit.
I would love to make my own packs. I do make some of my own leather pieces but I’ve never worked with canvas. Always wanted to give that a go. It would be interesting to see your packs. Thanks for watching and take care!
Excellent video and thank you !! Would you care to share your camera equipment and settings This was a short but exceptional stuff.
Thanks a lot!
I have a gopro7 and a gopro10 for 95% of the footage and then my pictures are with my canon SL2 and tamron 150-600 telezoom lens. I film with my phone too. I always film everything at full 4K 60fps. I dont change much when it comes to camera settings🙂 i hope this helps!
love your canoe
It is beautiful isn’t it? ☺️
I Love to see your filmed trips and glad to see you post another!
Thanks Dale! I appreciate it! 🙏🏼
Beautiful! I can see myself going there!
Are you sure is Funger Lake ( not Finger)?
My maps say it is Funger lake🙂 I highly recommend the area, it is stunning!
love your videos. One point if I may. You should never take food into your tent. Those smells can linger and could make you a tempting target for the local wildlife.. especially the large black ones .. even when camping on islands. How do you hang your food? Those trees do not look like you can hang anything from them.
Thank you! I never ever bring food in my tent normally. In this kinda scenario, the options were eat it in my vestibule or eat it out in the pouring rain. I was hungry after a long day and had already poured the water in the dehydrated meal. I am personally not too worried about the little bit of smell from the one very rare time that I did this. I mean, my breath and my hands as well as the barrel on the outside all have some sort of food smell to it I’m sure. My fishing rod and the canoe probably has a bit of fish smell to it as well. I never hang my barrel anymore, I opt to instead keep my barrel relatively close to my tent at night, about 20 feet or so and I place it so I can clearly see it in a straight line from my tent door without getting out. I put a little bear bell on the outside of the barrel so that whenever someone is messing with my barrel it will wake me up and I can chase it off by yelling at it or if I really have to, use my bear spray which has its own place in my tent right beside my axe, knife and headlight. Bear problems are EXTREMELY rare especially at places less traveled. With all respect, I see your point, but I am not too concerned!🙂
Another great video! Do you remember the storm on Rostoul in 2020? I do!
Thanks Ian! I absolutely do!! That was a great storm!👌 I feel like every trip needs at least one really good storm!
Loved this series…. Well done!
I do have one question though, if you wouldn’t mind answering, how many people did you run into during that 30 day trip?
In the first 8 days or so I think I’ve seen maybe 5 people🙂
We were up there in August and the water levels were just coming down. When did you go? We did a 14 day from Burntrock all the way down to Tamarack Lake.
I started my trip May 25th. Water levels were insane! But what a beautiful area!
@@The-Dutch-Explorer is Definitively an area to go back into just to explore and photograph. I misread one of the rapids (oatmeal cookie) going upstream and got dumped! I think we're heading back up and starting at Bukemiga Lake
So up the kopka river first? That should be a super nice start to your trip! And yes its a extremely photogenic area! Full of wildlife too!
After Watching Part 2... searching for Part 3 :)
Its in the making! I just started on it yesterday!😉
@@The-Dutch-Explorer much appreciated coming from another dutchman living in Hamilton. I'm just waiting for you to make some croquettes or oliebollen while you camp.
😆 that would be awesome!! I’ll keep that in mind!😆
Cheers✌
Cheers👍