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	<title>UpNorthica</title>
	<link>http://upnorthica.com</link>
	<description>Blogging about the Boundary Waters (BWCA) and all things northwoods.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wireless in the woods</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/07/03/wireless-in-the-woods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ironic that Minnesota&#8217;s oldest state park, should be the first in our state to adopt that 21st-century amenity known as wireless internet access. But Itasca State Park is making the woods safe for persons entirely dependent upon their laptops and Blackberries. Or at least through year&#8217;s end, as part of an experiment of sorts to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Un-capsize that canoe</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/07/01/un-capsize-that-canoe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Canoeing]]></category>

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Unless you&#8217;ve been taught how, dealing with a swamped canoe can seem about as manageable as changing a tire on your car – while you&#8217;re still in motion. This quick video shows how to right the boat and get it safely to shore. This guy does it without even losing his shades; wow, he&#8217;s good.
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		<title>Hiking as art</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/30/hiking-as-art/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/30/hiking-as-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us hikers pride ourselves in &#8216;leaving no trace&#8217; where our feet have trod. Jim Denevan makes a point of leaving as big a trace as he can. The performance artist has just made the world&#8217;s largest drawing in this dry Nevada lake bed (Jim is the tiny speck in the center). This record-breaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backyard Campout, Idea #1: Take a local hike</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/25/backyard-campout-idea-1-take-a-hike/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/25/backyard-campout-idea-1-take-a-hike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Camping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Outdoor Living]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, over 20,000 people will be celebrating The Great American Backyard Campout to discover and share the joys of the outdoors – even here in our own backyards. Whether you&#8217;re a self-described &#8216;indoorsy-type&#8217; or a seasoned Boundary Waters canoeist, we at UpNorthica want to do our part to get you outside. So let us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reserve your spot: The Great American Backyard Campout</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/24/reserve-your-spot-the-great-american-backyard-campout/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/24/reserve-your-spot-the-great-american-backyard-campout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Camping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Blame it on high gas prices, or on low motivation to unplug the Xbox, but nobody disagrees that Americans have migrated indoors in the past few years. That&#8217;s no small tragedy, as it means a whole generation is literally missing out on a world of discovery.
Guarantee yourself a great weekend while you help reverse the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repellent round-up</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/24/repellent-round-up/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/24/repellent-round-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Camping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Outdoor Living]]></category>

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We recently spent a camping weekend, under siege by wave after merciless wave of invading mosquitos. Our best defense? A kid-friendly bug spray that was so safe on skin, the bugs were misting themselves with it as a moisturizer. I would rather have smoked them out by lighting my own hair on fire, if I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Counting Bears</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/20/counting-bears/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/20/counting-bears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ If you’ve been out in the Northwoods this year you may have noticed it’s a little easier to catch a glimpse of black bears (hopefully not while the&#8217;yre eating your food). While they aren’t as thick as mosquitos, the black bear population is at an all-time high. A study done by Timothy Van Deelen, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survive this: 80&#8217;s survival knife commercial</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/18/survive-this-80s-survival-knife-commercial/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/18/survive-this-80s-survival-knife-commercial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>

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Hey there, overcompensator! Now you can be your very own Rambo with this 80&#8217;s-era &#8220;Survivor&#8221; knife! The only thing missing from this multi-use marvel, is a collapsible mullet comb (maybe that&#8217;s sold separately?)
Favorite line: &#8220;&#8230;so perfectly balanced, it cuts like an extension of your own hand.&#8221; Huh?
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		<title>How wildlife copes with high waters</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/18/how-wildlife-copes-with-high-waters/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/18/how-wildlife-copes-with-high-waters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BWCAW]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North Shore]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Voyageurs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent heavy rains have caused flooded basements and washed out roadways, making things rather difficult (if not disastrous) for human-types in far Northern Minnesota. So, how are the wood-folk handling the high waters?
This article details which fish and wildlife species are struggling, and which may serve to actually benefit from the changes. Most of those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The model for all canoes?</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/18/the-model-for-all-canoes/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/18/the-model-for-all-canoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canoeing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Give yourself a minute to drool (like we did) over this latest project from Murat, a traditional paddle maker we&#8217;ve featured before. We&#8217;d love to have taken it on its maiden voyage in the BWCA. The warm tones of the birch bark, the natural lashings, the meticulous craftsmanship and attention to detail&#8230; lust lust lust.
But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking springtime on the Superior Hiking Trail</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/16/tracking-springtime-on-the-superior-hiking-trail/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/16/tracking-springtime-on-the-superior-hiking-trail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North Shore]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
We just posted some images from a recent 3-day hike along the Superior Hiking Trail. It&#8217;s been a few weeks since, but we&#8217;re still enjoying the blazing green hues of new growth; the fresh signs of wildlife in the mud and  mossy duff; and the smell of chili with chorizo sausage links at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomfield and Witte: Minneapolis to Hudson Bay in 49 days</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/16/bloomfield-and-witte-minneapolis-to-hudson-bay-in-49-days/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/16/bloomfield-and-witte-minneapolis-to-hudson-bay-in-49-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Canoeing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jove, they&#8217;ve done it! Chaska residents (and overall canoeing rockstars) Sean Bloomfield and Colton Witte, have completed their paddling voyage. A message to their families via locator beacon confirmed their Hudson Bay arrival at 2pm on Sunday.
The final days of the journey seem to have proven to be among their most challenging. They&#8217;ve not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A weekend for waterfalls</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/13/a-weekend-for-waterfalls/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/13/a-weekend-for-waterfalls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[North Shore]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you were planning this weekend to take your first dip of the season, up at the Temperance River swimming hole&#8230; better take out a bigger policy. As seen in this slideshow, heavy rainfalls have rivers along the North Shore at near-record water levels.
Swimming may be out, but head up Highway 61 this weekend with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the new Canoeing Rockstars: Bloomfield and Witte</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/12/meet-the-new-canoeing-rockstars-bloomfield-and-witte/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/12/meet-the-new-canoeing-rockstars-bloomfield-and-witte/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Canoeing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sean Bloomfield and Colton Witte, both &#8216;08 graduates of Chaska High School, are paddling 2,250 miles from their hometown to Hudson Bay, this summer. Though inspired by Eric Sevareid&#8217;s similar journey there from Minneapolis, (as told in his classic book &#8220;Canoeing With the Cree&#8221;) the duo may reach their goal in half of Sevareid&#8217;s time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UpNorthica Reviews: Darn Tough Micro Crew and Boot Socks</title>
		<link>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/09/upnorthica-reviews-darn-tough-micro-crew-and-boot-socks/</link>
		<comments>http://upnorthica.com/2008/06/09/upnorthica-reviews-darn-tough-micro-crew-and-boot-socks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gear Review]]></category>

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I am darn good at putting holes in socks. From special order Icelandic hiking socks to popular domestic brands, my feet for some reason seem to be genetically designed to destroy socks. Over the last few months I’ve had the opportunity to test new challengers: Darn Tough Socks. I’ve worn them on early spring Lake [...]]]></description>
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