Recent content by Alan Gage

I haven't watched any of the videos yet but it's possible 14 swipes with the 650 could be easier than 6 swipes with the 1000 depending on your strength and reach. Alan

I should have caught that. Nice one. I'd assumed you meant to type "Tripper's" Alan

Was that a Freudian slip or did I miss something? Alan

Good point. To me that's another one of the benefits. Alan

I would certainly agree with that. I've never used one of the huge silkys, I think mine has an 8" blade, and the first carry over a portage was always with my lightest pack and the folding silky in my pocket. That way I could cut away the limbs/trees that would hamper carrying the rest of my...

I used the previous version of this Rocky jungle boot which tick many of your boxes: https://rockyboots.com/products/rkc071?srsltid=AfmBOoqoq27ePPZmLcC49mAaVhDaL3y5KvRMnA-rGhDlG87CLJy5nc3V&variant=50773777678619 Traction was fine on clean wet rocks. Traction was ok but not great on wet, lichen...

I remember you mentioning these another time. I checked them out and they look great but in reading reviews it sounded like the soles are pretty hard and offer very poor traction on ice, which I assume also means poor traction on wet snot rocks. Alan

I think of shoe material like mesh, canvas, and nylon as having pretty much no resistance to water. If the shoe is exposed to water so will your foot. I've never done any testing but I would expect my foot to remain pretty dry if I stood in the water for 45 seconds with leather boots. Some...

I'm sure I'm not the only one that's struggled to find the perfect footwear for canoe tripping and I'm not sure the perfect boot/shoe can ever exist. But today I noticed a couple new boots soon to be released from Lems that certainly piqued my interest: Lems Tactical Pro Tall Boot Lems Summit...

Erica provided the Amazon link in her response. Here it is again: Amazon Link Alan

Let's not forget that scammers target the elderly rather than the young. :) Alan

I've never been to the BWCA so I can't comment directly on that. But another thing to consider, around the same area, would be the many state water trails in northern Minnesota. North central Minnesota, while full of lakes and rivers, is not heavily populated and while there are plenty of...

I use Chat GPT quite a bit and it's almost completely replaced Google as my first source when looking for information. I'm good at searching Google to find the information I need but Ai is much better (most of the time). The more information available about a topic the better it does and while...

They are the second ape species to do so in North America. The first originated from Europe. Alan

Nicely done. Hopefully they don't twist and the bowing can be put to good use during installation. Milling is very rewarding but also frustrating; oftentimes both with the same log. Alan