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I'd posit the pollution thing is as much to do with scale as anything else. Besides, we are all part of the pollution problem. As...

I avoid it. But I don't get wrapped around the axle over a wrapper being burned from time to time. I'm not sure putting it in a landfill...

I’m with Memaquay. Perspective is important. For a couple week trip to Quebec, what’s my environmental footprint? Just the 100 gallons...

Even at home, I try to generate as little trash as possible. On trips, about the only plastic that goes are zip-lock bags. I often...

I'm pretty adverse to burning plastics, also scrunched up aluminum foil and beer cans. I've been on trips with others who do this from...

"I've had some irate folks tell me not to burn plastic". Oh Mem, I would've paid extra to sit at that fire. ha ha

I got out for my first paddle of 2026 today on the ice-free tailwater of the Swift River below Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts. The...

Thanks, that's a very gracious answer to an old man rant, lol. Unfortunately I sometimes boil over, usually when someone is lecturing me...

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

I will add a perspective about perspective. Over the last few decades, I have struggled to keep canoe routes from being destroyed in my...

I bought a Pentax which was water and dust proof almost 20 years ago. Same reason as you, but I never got the hang of all the settings...

100% in agreement on that one. There are probably some on here who might run that but not me and certainly not with a tripping load...

Me too! What a great honor! I accept the DM award with great emotion, especially because it comes from someone who roams the woods...

I was schooled to always upgrade the difficulty of a rapid by one category when on a wilderness trip, especially when solo. Aslowhand...

I use a tarp and a bug bivy quite a bit. I have been in some all night soakers and stayed as dry as I would in a tent. Issue is just...