PGV - What kind of ground are we on? Is this marsh as in I can walk around the water or am I wading through a swamp like environment for tens of miles?
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PGV - What kind of ground are we on? Is this marsh as in I can walk around the water or am I wading through a swamp like environment for tens of miles?
I can get the fire going with a fire bow, its the food in marshes that would be trouble, plants ok but meat where? frogs, snakes maybe, guess I gotta try some fish if I can get any.
Yeah... what he said. :D
How deep is the marsh because if the water level is knee high then the mud is another 6 inches at least.
Well this is great. Here I am stuck in the middle of a knee deep marsh and the guide is dead. Hello?
Meat... muskrats, beavers, martins, birds...
Hey! Carcajou! Is that you? Sling one of those muskrats in my direction. Does this swamp reak or what?
I believe everyone is starting to get the picture. The land is very wet but you could find some high land to travel but expect most of it to start out in the marshes. Your feet and legs would quickly start to feel the effect of water in the 50 degree temperatures. Your pop bottle might be used to start a fire but more than likely you would have to break it. Boiling of the water would definitely be needed, you could start feeling the effect of beaver fever in about a week from drinking untreated water. Utilizing a boat of some sorts would be you best bet. The great lakes winds would be blowing from the west or southwest. Rivers would move you along in the marsh areas.
There's no one answer that a person could make under those circumstances that would be best, but the better your skills the more likely you get out alive. many trappers found themselves in similar situations a few hundred years ago.
Right now food is not my big concern. How deep the bogs are is.
Swamp mostlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
And they followed the rivers south, to safety.
Could be really bad at first!Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf65
"The Voyageurs" By Grace Lee Nute (which I have) tells of the waterways in the winter and how they handled them groups of two to five in canoe.
Did you state that right? The west would be FROM the west or southwest? Wouldn't that push you in the opposite direction of where you want to go? North to Northeast?
So to stay alive you suck it up and trudge on to the Ranger objective of firmer ground, that or squat down and die, NEVER GIVE UP!Quote:
Originally Posted by pgvoutdoors
The only thing the rivers would lead you to is Lake Michigan then you have to cross the lake. I guess I'm confused.
No winds would be blowing from west to east southeast.
Probably the first signs of hypothermia setting in.
Most swamps/marshes have channels dug out by beavers and water currents, trying to follow them in some sort of water craft should make it easier if not twistier. Our marshes have very soft and deep bottoms trudging through up here would not be good exhausting at the best.
Sorry for the smell will wash feet next time:eek:
Okay east through the straights of Mackinaw into Lake Superior. This is getting ugly.