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After I first tried them I have since installed them in every boat I paddle. They vastly improve the comfort of my lower back in all of...

Welcome. What weight are you allowed to carry overhead? In the waters pictured, you could get by with a Kevlar hull, which can be very...

Well, I liked my Nova P15 (shown below), but daytripped only on moving streams where it did well, although not nimble by any means. It...

That’s what I built in Wisconsin. A little more involved at home with drywall walls and no space in the garage, but definitely easier...

I read an article about small rodents chewing on synthetic ropes and actually downing hanging canoes. So although I have a pulley system...

For everything that you've mentioned, except hanging in the garage, I use paracord. It's cheap, doesn't stretch much and seems really...

For tarp ridge lines, I use 6mm static cord, which has a tensile strength of around 700 lb. The benefit of static cord vs paracord is...

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...

I can see using this type of shelter. It’s rigged closer to the ground in storms, but I’m skeptical it would be dry enough to sleep in.

Teaching kids is a great idea. Share your accumulated knowledge. I have been teaching emotionally challenged kids to ride horses for...

I don’t see wolves “encroaching” on human places, more the opposite. Humans want to own everything they see. Call someplace...

Prodpector 15 or 16, depending on your size, dog’s size, etc. I’m on my 3rd.

It’s all about anccepting and adapting to a new reality.

Some of the backbone members of my club are gradually easing their way out of the sport due to old age and heath/injury issues. In 2021...

I put a small inflatable boat on the playa at Badwater in DV around 1994. I was out a mile and a half or so from the parking lot...