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I don't really know. I guess the saying, "It's in your blood" really applies to me. my Great-Grandfather was a very rich guy (before he...

I grew up hunting, fishing, paddling and camping in the ADK's with my father and uncles. The hunting was OK, I was too young to carry...

When I was 7 in 1955 my family spent a week or so at a friends camp on Muskrat Lake in Cobden, Ontario. They had a canoe but I was stuck...

I was a football coach and ran the weight room a life time ago. I injured my shoulder and really did not like the idea of surgery. I...

I started at 52 as an adult leader with my sons Scout troop who had a tradition of doing a BWCAW trip each August. Sounded like fun so I...

What got me into canoeing? When I realized it was easier to put the packs in the boat and go downhill than it was to put them on my back...

Thought this might be of interest to Quetico/BWCAW paddlers. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/cbsa-reporting-9.7026474

I picked this up at a thrift store today. It did not come with a SVEA 123 stove. Had anyone tried one with a modern backpacking stove...

Recped, thanks for your detailed summary of getting from the railroad to the Albany. I did the Albany with the Wabakimi Project over a...

I started my Albany River trip from Harris Lake which is the next lake north of Chivelston. To get to Harris you need to get off the...

And if you have fallen through the ice, and can’t get out, get your arms as far out onto the ice as possible and let them freeze to the...

If you dump into cold water, you have some time.

Delighted to have you on board. Please keep posting. You are inspiration for me. By your example, I can look forward to almost 30 more...

When I retired at age 60 I started sea kayaking, I loved the experience. After about five years I decieded to buy a cheap canoe for duck...

My wife kept pestering me to get kayaks, which I did after we got a vehicle that could actually carry them. They were fine kayaks but...