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For those of you who know me from other sites, I run a high school wilderness canoe club in Northern Ontario. We try to maintain a series of routes, as well as opening up a new one every summer. I posted this on MYccr this summer, so some of you may have seen it. It's an account of running the Steel solo last summer. It’s been a few years since I did the entire Steel Loop, so I decided to make it my solo this year. Ten years ago when I was 40, I did it in 4 days. At 50, my goal was to...

I know nothing about the paddling geography of Norway other than that it is listed as having the 7th most lakes in the world at 20,000. This thread is a transparent attempt to draw our member, @Thestripper, (or anyone else) into telling us where he lives in Norway, what kind of lakes or rivers he canoes, and perhaps post some pictures. https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-10-countries-with-the-most-lakes/

This video illustrates a classic pin-then-wrap situation with unprepared and unpracticed canoeists. Some of their errors: -- They decide to run rapids for which they probably didn't have requisite skills. -- They run rapids with at least two giant sweeper logs across the entire river, which they should have been able to scout and see from the portage trail, which they had taken a few days prior. -- They don't have painter lines on the ends of the canoe. -- They don't have their packs...