Maybe not as far but a heck of a lot tougher: Back in the 90s I left from MooseJaw Sask and picked up Gordon Falk in Steinbach. From there we headed to Armstrong Ontario, north of Thunder Bay. Once we were near Armstrong, we headed down a old washed out road for a a couple kilometers. Once camp was set up,we had to go about 1 mile on the first lake, another mile through a shallow river, and then a couple more miles accross a big lake. Then we hauled the oxy acetylene torches up a 250 foot hill, along with a water pump in case of fire. There were 5 Bren carrier hulls up there, and we had gone to recover what we could find. And after the drive, the boat ride, and the hike up the hill with the oxy and acetylene bottles, I discovered we hadn't brought a stryker. A bit of salvaged wire from a carrier, and the battery from the boat solved that.
Anyway, we spent the next three days cutting, the next day dragging stuff to the shore, and the last day going back and forth with the boat. And every night we were just exhausted.
By the third day we were starting to wish we never saw another carrier in our lifetimes, but once everything got home, we had some real treasure.
Sitting in the cab of a truck is the easy way. Dragging the stuff through the bush by hand is the man's way.
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