Halpc

Introduction I am basically a river paddler, I can count on one hand the flatwater trips I have done over the past 40 years. Sure, some...

Megiscane - Day 4 I got up early this morning, energized by visions of actually starting this trip. I would gather all my bags...

I have a simple daily goal: escape sedentary. The escape vehicles are hiking, biking, and paddling. Of course, life gets in the way and...

Thanks for the link Benson- it did have a lot more details on the flight and the role of the canoe that we not in the book.

I suspect that he simply expected that the canoe would give him some extra time to either get rescued or free of the plane. The canoe...

I just finished "The Wright Brothers" by David McCullough. It was a fascinating book and gave me much greater admiration for these...

@Glenn MacGrady please have a closer look. Here you can see lots of pictures of the lamp and you can see how it is constructed. It...

On the weekend of October 18th 2025 myself, friends Tim Goodrich and Patrick Dolan set off on the Queen of Lakes, Lake George, NY for an...

I've never seen an area with more things that will bite you, sting you, poke you, or scratch you. A tough place to survive. One of the...

Many years ago, my club did a trip on the Rio Grande, through Big Bend. I was shooting slides back then, but I recently bought an...

BlackLite formula: >S x T= <W (S =number of Scratches on canoe, T =Time canoe has been owned, W =amount of Worry about canoe...

"I think it's hard not to worry about banging up a Blacklite boat." I feel the same, but much less worried about my Blacklite Trillium...

I just picked up an Eddyline Sitka XT kayak as I feel there is a time and place for one. Both canoes and kayaks have limitations...

I own both canoes and kayaks and a solo canoe is nearly always my preference. The biggies for me are ease of getting in & out and...

At the time of my last trip, in late September, I had two solo canoes, two rec kayaks, two touring kayaks, and a sea kayak. I wasn't...