Recent content by Art D

As responses slow down, I want to thank everyone for offering such thoughtful and considered responses. It has been useful to read so many perspectives and reconsider my own. While there have been many different opinions and practices presented, including some that contradict my own, I would be...

I can make one with a zipper closure. Let me know when you’re ready.

Love the lines of this boat.

I’m hoping it’s OK to boast a little about my new partnership with Shaw & Tenney. We’ve been developing a line of bags over the past year and now have those up on the S&T website. I’ve made bags for a few members here and just thought folks might find it interesting to know that a forum member...

Memaquay, thanks for everything you do. We each do our part, big and small. Each effort is necessary and makes difference.

I’m one of those who generally enjoys watching Kevin Callan tripping videos. I watched one video this past fall when he said he knows that burning plastic is bad for his health and the environment but he was going to do it anyway because it had wrapped meat and he was too tired to make it bear...

Awesome info. Would you be able to share contact info for Clem, Don and the First Nation shuttle guy? Maybe message me if you don’t want to share publicly. Thanks so much.

I will have all of next summer free and have a wild dream of circumnavigating Wabakimi. This would be a solo trip. Is this even possible? Does anyone with Wabakimi experience have any idea how long this might take? Like I said, it’s a wild dream and I haven’t yet started to plan this trip...

I slept in a similar shelter for a seven night river trip two years back. The nylon tab that receives the cross pole on my bridge hammock broke while setting it up, and I was forced to seek shelter in my Eureka bug shelter for the rest of the trip. It rained several nights, and the wind blew a...

Fetishizing.

30 miles a week x 30 weeks=900 miles give or take in 2025

This would be a solo trip. Lakes and/or rivers (but definitely not The BWCA). I’d paddle up to Class II rivers and portage everything above that. I don’t have any other constraints so am open to all suggestions. What have you got?

I’m looking for suggestions for a three to four week paddle next summer. I live in New England and would prefer to keep my driving time to four days or less one way.

Historically, limited access to capital has been true for every generation, not just millennials. And in every generation an enterprising few have found a way. Besides, if the plan is to shut it down and sell off the assets, then I would imagine a motivated seller would be flexible on the price...

While I empathize with that desire, it does deny the rest of us access to a paddle specific store, even if that store becomes something different over time. This is especially concerning after the loss of White Rose Canoe earlier this year. Also, as a 65 year old, I don’t agree with his...