Alan Gage's latest activity

Grace is in the eye of the beholder. Having paddled sit-and-switch almost exclusively for almost 45 years, primarily in skinny solo...

Watch the above linked video of Kevin Olson's "'how to turn a c1". you get good from the front views of how he huts and switches his...

Chip, it sounds like everything is starting to work for you. Enjoy that Advantage. Alan, your observations are basically what I was...

In my experience if I navigate around just one fallen tree the chance of seeing another person is close to zero. I paddled with one...

SG, my wife is away right now so I'm free to put the hours in. Like you mentioned before the plans come with very good directions for...

well... seeing as in my early days I was happy with a sheet of plastic, a pocketful of cordage, and a couple of blankets I could argue...

Skiing in the winter, both downhill and XC. Dual sport motorcycles, trail riding mountain bikes, fishing, hiking, quadding, traveling...

Paddling sure seems to be a popular way when the water isn't frozen. I remember a lot of them being runners, bikers, skies, and...

It took a fair bit more work today on the ends to get the walnut sitting well at the ends. I used my oscillating tool with a sander head...

I change how I switch depending on conditions. The only constant is that the bottom hand is the one that hands off. If I'm paddling on...

I use a stick. If I was tripping in hard or rocky soil I'd take a metal shovel but for where I've been in northern Canada it's easy...

We travel a lot for hiking, backpacking, camping and occasional canoe trips. We took 15 trips last year of five to twenty days length...

That is a hard lesson to learn and one I still struggle with. I tend to hold on because I remember the enjoyment it once gave and I keep...

I gave up motorcycles last year. First bike at age 9 - a Yamaha MX80, then an XR100, and later an XR250R ('93). For road I started with...

I have alway laughed at the Deluth Trading Post ad featuring Bare Naked shorts. Well Cosco had them lately and I was departing on what...