Much Abides

And so our paths converge with the passage of time.  I found much to appreciate and empathize with in your journey of rediscovery, not to mention the natural beauty of the land I grew up in.  Keep the faith, Ike;  Your journey is far from over.  I, for one, am looking forward to reading the next chapter.

Ike,

Excellent write up. I’m coming into this stuff a bit later in life, and this gives me hope that there is still plenty of time to have some true adventures.

Keep kicking ass.

I really enjoyed this, thanks Ike.  Your frozen landscapes are quite alien to this desert dweller.

Nice writing, pictures, trip,…

I’d be worried about waking up the next day and the ice shelf I was on separated from the shore and drifted out into the lake : )

Beautiful.  What an amazing seasonal landscape.

That was really wonderful – thank you!  Good on you for pushing some limits.  It’s all too easy to find reasons NOT to do things that make us feel more alive.

Ike. Thank you. That was beautuful, motivational and breath taking! It also made me more thankful for the  fire that’s going in my wood stove right now!

Cool trip report. I go up there about once a year to climb the ice. I’m not an athletic ice climbing expert so my climbs have been just inland, within a few miles or so of sand point.

I’m surprised you didn’t encounter any ice climbers on your trek. Ice climbing is a booming winter activity up there.

Hey Ike,

Glad to see you’re still getting after it in the cold.  Excellent story telling as usual.  Has me fired up for the upcoming season. Seems like forever ago when we did the east shore of Superior.

One question though, why snowshoes instead of your Nordic skis?

Hope all is well.

Thank you all for the warm comments.
Rog: Unbeknownst to me at the time, I tore my TFCCs in both wrists. Kind of like the meniscus of the wrist. I wasn’t able to pole effectively so I took the snowshoes.

Jerry: I would have that fear too, so I slept inland both nights

Ike,

Fantastic photos and report.  Very inspiring.

Boy.

I went jogging in the rain the other day and patted myself on the back for daring to face the elements.

Thanks for sharing. I grew up in WI; this conjures thoughts of home for me as well.

Thanks for your posting and bringing notice of the opportunities of the craft in the Midwest.

Brings back memories of yester years when the family XC Skied across lower MI from Kalkaska MI to Empire MI.

That was really nice!