Recent content by billconner

I'd be interested in a meet up but my son may meet up with me. Schedule something and I'll try to make it. I'm not doing BWCA.com dinner.

Consider Canoecopia in Madison - March 13-15 - for a great late winter pick up.

But what dies that save? not 10 pounds I guess.

Nice article. I attended his final presentation and it was quite splendid and moving.

At 45 pounds, I'm going to pass.

Went to an environmental conference Saturday and one of the sessions was on Great Lakes ice. Clearly the record shows the ice cover is lessening.

I use the Swift carbon fiber yoke on my Prospector 14 Pack. They didn't have it worked out the first year or so, and the clamp slipped. The add a piece of tape on the gunwale and it usually works. Tighten the clamp really good. They have since incorporated a threaded insert in the gunwales. I...

Just signed up for two work weekends on the NFCT. Buttermilk Falls (SW end of Long Lake) and Bloomingdale (McCasland Bridge and Permanent Rapids Access). About 65 miles apart on the trail.) This will be nos 9 &10 for me. Friday dinner to Sunday noon. All food provided. Have always been great...

I didn't know you could canoe at the Mustang Ranch in Nevada. ;)

I believe most items are Rutabaga inventory. I recall when the show was canceled the evening before for Covid, Darren was sweating being stuck with a lot of inventory. Of course as things worked out, demand for outdoor gear exploded. But I believe most of its is Rutabaga and you check out at...

As I started this thread, cell phones may replace satellite communicators - someday.

Rutabaga sells "boats" and much more at canoecopia. They move the store for the week and order a lot.

I carry one but can go for many trips without using it. I also have a hat - baseball style - with two lamps built into brow and flat batteries tucked in headband.

I wonder how many people are alive today because they were in a canoe instead of on the highway?

Not too many places in the Adirondacks you can't get out from in a day walking, and their are marked trails. Not so in BWCAW and Quetico. And just looking at the trip from Minnesota to Hudson Bay.