Mason

Kind of sad to see that. I hope that the damage came from a lot of good times on the water. Mem might be right here, but I'll play...

Those are the newer tan gunwales, along with the cane instead of rotomolded seats. The white gunwales were from the 1970s I believe. I...

I didn't include breakfast and lunch. I can eat the same thing for six weeks at a time. Grape nuts/dried milk/sugar for breakfast, mixed...

My staples for 6 week trips (involving lots of portages) are: instant brown rice, Bear Valley soup mix (e.g. broccoli/cheddar), and...

30 years ago I helped a MS student study low productivity in red-tailed hawks. The culprit was blood parasites transmitted by black...

Fun stuff! Dunno about all those rolls without helmets, though (or PFDs).

And then there's https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/winter-reading-list.128809/

They have an impressive video out on the trip on Youtube

I think you'll find it responds well to leans. With a hard lean, the stern will really slew around. I used to dick around with a hard...

Yes, 3 years ago. Even got to pole a makoro--wonderful experience. My daughter trying her hand (as a couple of hippos watched from a...

My first thought was "that looks like makoros in the Okavango" , then saw the ID. Wonderful place!

Yeah, looking down from up high is different from looking up from the bottom of the hydraulic!

Does this count as a sign to portage? There was a cairn for the start. Dubawnt River Canyon, a 2.5 mile cross-tundra portage, still...

Tuff Weave wasn't a thing that early. I do think they used some Kevlar reinforcements at the ends. It looks like the seat has been...

Yes, it is a DEEP boat. I have (not so fond) memories of having to turn around in windy/wavy conditions, unladen, getting beam in 3...