Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

Ah, nostalgia . . . for us 1960s and 70s geezers who furnish our tents, if not our canoes, with lava lamps, bean bag chairs and shag carpets.

My paddling (?) partner (obsessed with photographing loons), canoe designer, paddle maker and freestyle instructor, Marc Ornstein, at the put-in of Boreas Ponds in the Adirondacks, NY. I forgot to post my on-lake photos in the Boreas Ponds thread, which I shall now do shortly. Marc and I both...

Alan, I recall you are watching some geology courses, but I believe the phenomenon you are describing—mountains that silted over with debris and hence became flat land—is one of the theories that the brand new (February 2026) "lithospheric drip" hypothesis rejects. As the author of the study...

"The modern Colorado River's headwaters are in the Rocky Mountains, flowing southeast to the river's mouth in the Gulf of California." Well, what do you expect. The second article is from the lamestream media (NBC), while the first is from a physics journal.

Glad to see the site could facilitate another boat transaction. Post some pictures when you get a chance. That is an iconic canoe.

Many canoeists have paddled the Green River, which is the Colorado's largest tributary. We have trip reports of the Green on this site. But did you know there is: ". . . an American mystery which has baffled geologists for a century and a half: How did a river carve a path through a mountain...

I can't be sure and didn't count the dots, but I doubt the blue and yellow dots on the EPA natural lake/reservoir distribution map are attempting to show all 111,119 lakes sampled. It's more likely just a graphic summary. Here is what the text of the report says, which seems to indicate that the...

"More people are getting outside than ever before. Since the pandemic, parks visitation has hit record highs. In 2024, the U.S. National Park Service reported a record 331.9 million visits. North of the border where I am, more than 23 million people visited Parks Canada sites in 2024-2025, up...

It's blindingly non-obvious to me why no one has suggested the blindingly obvious: a coffee mug with a spill-proof lid. Then . . . in any wind or wave conditions in your canoe . . . you can . . . Let the Good Times Roll.

Looking forward to it, guys . . . this decade.

Tangent: You and everyone else will have the opportunity to make contributions on November 1, 2026, when our first fundraiser in three years will begin.

Dams have been unfairly and unwisely d*mned, including on this site. Without dams, both the lentic and lotic canoeing waters of the USA would be impoverished. Let's start with extreme lotic waters: whitewater rivers. Without dams, whitewater runs for normal paddlers would be limited to a...

Chesapeake Light Craft sells two varieties of foam pads for crossbars, one variety specifically for aero bars. Here's the page from their website: https://clcboats.com/products/aero-roof-rack-pads

That's quite deep. Just curious, where do you see that spec, Brian?

Deal/Hemlock SRT power! Thanks for taking the time to write up your report and posting it here, @gadabyte.