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re: It’s Hot in the Mountains!

Jay Roberts — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:22:49 GMT

Hey Tod:

I myself just returned from a canoe trip to Northern Ontario... same thing. Highs were in upper 80's and 90's and lows were 60's and 70's. We slept on top of our sleeping bags and wore none of our layers for just about the entire trip. Bugs were horrific. In the seven years I have been up in that region I have noticed this trend: summer starts earlier (we are able to run trips in warm weather up there in May now) and gets hotter. We are actually thinking of adjusting our clothing lists to account for the changes. Climate change or no, things are tangibly occurring in the backcountry. And outdoor educators are potentially the canaries in the coalmine.

BTW, a new study on Lake Superior shows the lake has increased in temp. TWICE the increase in air temp- they have found that lake temp correlates to amount of time the lake is iced over in the winter. This was completely unexpected.

Jay

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