User:Gerg

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My name is Greg Seitz. I created the original BWCAWiki on Dec. 29, 2005. I migrated it to its own URL on May 30, 2006. Although I created it and manage it as best I can, I take no ownership. My biggest dream for the site is for it to be the property of a community of people.

Tripping History

• My first trip was with my lovely wife Katie, long before we got married, in fact, before we were even dating. It was August 1998, the summer after I graduated from high school. We went in at Saganaga Lake and headed west, terminating with a very nice night at Zephyr Lake before coming home. Three days altogether. I was hooked.

• I think our next trip was from the Snowbank Lake entry point, we went up to Jordan Lake and back.

• I seem to think our next was from the Missing Link Lake entry point, through Tuscarora Lake, into Little Saganaga Lake and around that area. It was splendid.

• After that, we did a short trip with a couple friends. There was some confusion around the entry point and we ended up going in at Fall Lake, up Pipestone Bay of Basswood Lake and back.

• In September, 2003, I did a long weekend fishing on Slim Lake. That one didn't feel like quite such a wilderness trip because we stayed on one lake and brought in a case of beer (Icehouse in plastic bottles, of course!) and a depth-finder (including a motorcycle battery for power), but I still carried a canoe 90 rods and paddled a good deal, and it was generally just a great weekend... I need to do trips like that more often. :)

• In May of 2005 we went in at the Lake One entry point to Lake Insula, where we basecamped for four days before coming back the same route, spending two nights on on Lake Three.

• In September 2006, we went in via Moose Lake to Knife Lake. Then to the South Arm of Knife Lake, through the Kekekabic Ponds to Kekekabic Lake where we faced a fierce windstorm, then back out via Ensign Lake to Moose again. An arduous but rewarding trip.

• In late August 2007, we went with some friends to Snowbank Lake through Disappointment Lake, up to Ima Lake. We spent two nights there, taking a day trip to Thomas Lake and the narrows to Fraser Lake. We came back out via the same route, except we went to Parent Lake for our last night.

If I had to pick, my favorite trip was the one on Missing Link, Tuscarora, Little Sag, etc. It was the one where we probably traveled the most, saw few people, saw our first moose, and it was also the longest until that point at six days. My favorite trip is really probably all the ones I haven't taken yet.

Entry Points

So, to be brief, and for my own record, here's where I've entered:

• Saganaga Lake
• Snowbank Lake
• Missing Link Lake
• Fall Lake
• Slim Lake
• Lake One
• Moose Lake
• Snowbank Lake

Other Activities

Besides tripping in the Boundary Waters, I also

• read
• write
• fly fish
• hike
• travel
• web design
• canoe the St. Croix River
• am on the board of Voyageurs National Park Assocation, helping to protect and promote the BWCA's neighbor, Voyageurs National Park

Katie and I live in St. Paul, MN.