Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

I was diagnosed with a torn meniscus in my knee—or some fragments that had torn away—in 2017. It was apparently just from old age degeneration and not from any particular trauma. It caused some instability and pain in my knee. I don't recall whether I was canoeing much that year; I may not have...

I don't use any pads on my aero bars. But if you do want some protection for your gunwales, you can put the protection on your gunwales rather than on your crossbars. Just snap short (6") sections of foam pipe insulation or hard plastic pipe insulation over the points on your gunwales where...

It was a "first" for a motley crew of open canoeists from Florida (Marc, Molly and Rascal), Pennsylvania (Bruce, Tim and Maureen), Michigan (Lynn, Raphael and Cooper), Maryland (Russ), and Connecticut (me). We ascended the East Branch of the St. Regis River in the Adirondacks, NY, from a parking...

Swift Keewaydin 15 and for-sale Bell black-gold Wildfire on 2013 Mercedes E350 ready to leave for assault on Boreas Ponds, Adirondacks, NY: Still for-sale Wildfire and vehicular companions at base camp in northern Adirondacks:

Here is page 1 of the Tamboura pages: https://woodpostband.com/tamboura-pg1 New rule: Site gets 1% of all sales over $14,000 USD.

Max, I'm not a builder or restorer of canoes. But I do craft sentences with words. I started this thread just to point out the technical terminology vs. the nicknames for some trees. I mentioned that I have a standing Tulip Tree only because in some parts of the country that tree is apparently...

A lot has been written here about paddling with alligators in Florida (and other southeastern states), with many northerners commenting that paddling among gators would be scary. Although a gator sank my outrigger canoe once, they don't usually bother me physically or psychologically. I've...

Here are the men's VL2 and VL3 200m finals. The L2 paracanoeists are the intermediately disabled and the L3s are the least disabled of the three classes of disability. Note that all the paddlers paddle on only one side and that side is always the ama side. I assume they paddle on the ama side...

There are those who are righteously afraid of or disgusted by everything in the animal kingdom except for dogs and a few homo sapiens. Everyone else need not fear Ontario's one venomous snake—the massasauga rattlesnake—so "experts" and government bureaucrats say. "In the 1960s, when hippies...

I recall fire maps being posted here in previous years. Could someone link a current one.

I've used this product for exactly the same problem on a Bell. The product is an epoxy putty that you push into the wood cavities. It hardens stronger than wood within an hour and can be sanded and stained or painted. If you just leave it as is, it is a much lighter (sand) color than the cherry...

Tough paddle. Interesting but depressing article on the state of the Gila River: https://www.hcn.org/articles/climate-desk-climate-change-the-once-perennial-gila-river-ebbs-to-an-uncertain-future/

Late to this mucky trip report. Thanks for taking the time to post pictures of your drought-stricken lake, MrPoling. Nature is interesting even in bad times.

First, a video that explains the three levels of disability that characterize the single blade paracanoe flatwater sprint race classes: VL1, VL2, VL3. V stands for va'a, which is an outrigger canoe with no rudder or skeg. The 1, 2 and 3 relate to different levels of disability. Next, I will...

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/13/washington-grandfather-recovering-in-hospital-after-yellowstone-bison-attack/ "Carl Ison-McDaniel, 65, of Kendall, Washington, broke his femur in four places after being tossed airborne by a bull bison Friday. He remains hospitalized . . . . " "McDaniel...