Due to age and arthritis. 3 non-essentials are now essential: full size chair. canoe seat with back and a hammock. Without them it's lots of aspirin or ibuprofen and 2 or 3 trips to my chiropractor when I get home. Getting ain't for sissies 😓
I still have my original canoe, 17' Grumman new in '72. My sons, both over 50, don't remember it not being around. Occasionally it still gets paddled :giggle:
I don't want to alarm you Patrick, but it does get worse. I'm nearly 75 (Oct.) and have had triple bypass and an aortic valve replacement. Not only is my wife concerned, my adult sons (both over 50) side with their mother. I don't go alone anymore and don't use my solo Wilderness much, but I...
At 64 I started to feel the difference. I could still do the trips to Algonquin that I did in my 20's, just took me longer (sometimes a lot longer). Arthritis began to set in my joints and after spinal fusions, any portage (carries for you ADK'ers) over500 or so yards was enough. At 71 it...
I have paddled The Allegheny most of my life. From the Kinzua Dam access to Emlenton (Interstate 80) is 107 river miles. Never went past Parker's landing (6 miles +/- ?). The map I have ends a Emlenton but I would guess Freeport to be another 20 miles or so. Note I wrote guess :confused:⁉️...
Don't remember exactly when or how I stumbled into the site. I was disgusted with "the other site" and think I read something by or about Mike McCrea and followed my nose.
Sometimes picking up bobbers can pay off. Many, many (and many more) years ago I was teaching a friend how to stern a canoe on a small PFBC lake. As we were just floating and discussing the whats and hows I noticed a bobber bumping the side of the canoe. I grabbed the bobber and started to...
I prefer paddling solo but thoroughly enjoy having someone , depending on who, to talk to in camp.
When my wife was still able to participate, tandem was great and I really didn't want anyone else in camp.