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I wrapped pool noodle around the center thwart of my Sawyer on my first trip (BWCA). After a few days I modified it to have more...

Exactly. Pool noodles, I saw that too in addition to the foam blocks on the car tops. When I started tripping, we just wrapped a foam...

I'm liking the Walnut accents. Might have use some on the next build.

I used my oscillating tool to cut the channel as well as a sharp chisel then a file to clean it up. I then laminated in some tapered...

Some sections of the Coosa and Tallapposa in East Alabama have had a problem w those nasty flesh eating bacteria some summers. Usually...

Recently returned from Québec and saw very, very few canoes on cars or trucks, except in the Vérendrye region. None had fancy Thule or...

So, I decided to research Thermacells a bit. This video is a long but thorough review of three different Thermacell models. The...

Warning to all those Pic users out there. One pack leads to two, leads to five, leads to...when I was still lighting up I was up to 8...

I second the Memaquay approach, although in the NWT on bad days a little more than 1/2 inch may be required. The coils also have the...

Hmm... with you, I suspect the last question might have gotten you booted from the start.

I'll second the Pic mosquito coil although I've been known to burn more that 1/2 an inch at a time. I've never managed to keep it in...

I don't know if you have Pic in the States, but it is coiled bug killer, usually green, you light it with a lighter and it smoulders...

Back in 2010 I spent 3 weeks in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, solo in wood canvas Chestnut Pal. I was wind bound so I tilted the...

I'm still kinda stuck on the chicken, probably would prefer an "almost pants" pic to that stewing mass of biological contaminant. Just...

I'm curious why the emergency responders wouldn't text before sending in the cavalry. My understanding of the inReach's protocols are...