Recent content by Big Al

^^^^For those of you always whining about portages, here you go! With another over head bar, it'd make a fine canoe hauler

Walmart has a huge selection of double wall stainless containers for less than half the price of yeti, hydroflask, et al. It's all made in China anyway.

In prep for a backpacking trip next weekend with limited water sources, I bought a MH lasagna and meat sauce last night. It tasted pretty good, but later I was beyond thirsty. I dug the wrapper out of the trash. 1500mg for the bag I ate. I'll need 12 ounces of water to mix in the meal and then...

Beating the dead horse one last time...The seat issue must be for people using a single blade paddle. I was out all weekend and intentionally tired to make the back rest be a problem for me and could not do it. I was using a long kayak paddle. The seat is so ridiculously comfortable that I...

I made this for mine. A worm gear winch from harbor freight is ~$25 https://youtu.be/Mj78ZscGd8c

I took a whitewater paddling class once in early March. We were supposed to do a eddy turn behind a big rock after a rough rapid. The Instructor said we needed to fully commit and dive into the turn. I dove a little too hard, flipped,drug my face on the gravel bottom for a few feet then wet...

Hey Steve. What is the bush crafting site? I taken to this time wasting craft recently and would like to see what others are up to. Here are 2 mallets I made last weekend. One maple, one cherry

I may have jumped the gun by posting this thread. I just found a plastics company that will sell me this container and a metal lid for ~$2.33 plus shipping. It is 4.2 by 9.6". It is a beef jerky container. I just ordered it.

I am doing 60ish miles on the Toby/Clarion River in NW PA in a few weeks. Over 4 days. I want to take a sleeve or two of English muffins for sandwiches. In general muffins and bagels are pretty sturdy, but I'd like to protect them with the lightest possible shell. I was thinking of using a...

I think I saw that same jar, lol. I wanted it bad but thought eating all those olive would put me in CHF. So much sodium:)

These high end petzel lamps have a "react" technology built in. If they sense another headlamp, as in face to face, they dim significantly

I have been stuck paddling on a river twice after dark in my career. Once was due to poor planning, the other was an accident/injury. I have always had headlamps for around camp which had a range of ~10 feet. I think they were all around 100-200 lumens. 10' on a river is almost useless. I...

Classic! Glad you are okay.

I love these stories and have countless ones myself. It's fun to think about what the other person is saying about the trip. Was it a great time, or was that guy who organized it a pain in the arse? I led a beginner cave trip once. We were searching for an entrance on a hillside and having...

I have a friend with several inflatables. She uses a 3x5" plastic card to stick her PA launch permit to. It gets zip-tied to any inflatable or kayak she chooses to take. Could you maybe do something similar with pop rivets and move from canoe to canoe? The spirit, if not the letter, of the...