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    Trying to Pass the Torch at Wabakimi Outfitters

    This year Bruce did not exhibit at Canoecopia after having a booth for many years. And the Midwest Mountaineering Spring show in Minneapolis is no more because that shop closed after the owner retired. When I asked about Bruce I was told he and his wife were traveling and thus not at Canoecopia...
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    Explain Your Screen Name

    Many years ago when I was a kid I regularly tormented my oldest sister until she came at me. I would outrun her and she started to call me Johnny Deer Foot.
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    New cars: are they as impossible as they seem for cartopping?

    For a rear tie down point I use the trailer hitch receiver. I have had 4 Foresters and each has had a hitch which I use regularly with a hitch hauler and trailer.
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    Do you roll, fold or stuff your tent?

    Always folded and rolled tents to pack. I am familiar with the stuffing method but have only used it on sleeping bags. I have several old tents that have always been folded and rolled w/o any problems. When it comes to my tents, the most common problem has been zipper failures which usually can...
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    New cars: are they as impossible as they seem for cartopping?

    Like yknpdir, I have had 4 Subaru Foresters since 2000 and have used all of them to car top canoes with no problems. It has always been easy to attach tie down straps under the hood. I like the cargo capacity, mileage and ground clearance of Foresters. They have performed well on bush roads in...
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    Old Town Penobscot 17

    I am thinking I might be able to pickup a similar Penobscot RX 16’ from the local nature center where I volunteer. It is a well used rental canoe in the center’s fleet of canoes and kayaks. The nature center is located on a river which has a dam about 1 mile downstream which is being considered...
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    Sanborn Paddle Quality

    I have attended the show since the early 1980’s and have worked at it 4 times in the past 10-12 years. It has been my feeling the some of the gear sold at the show may not be top quality - not exactly seconds but not first quality. One year my brother bought a Wenonah canoe in clear coat. When...
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    What are you reading?

    In case this hasn’t been mentioned before: The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology & the Ancient Rhythms That Sustain Life by Johan Eklof.
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    2/19-21/24 Big Pond Catskills NY (+ hearing aid discussion)

    I have used aids for probably 30 years. About 6 years ago I got a cochlear implant for my R ear. Later this month, I will see the specialist ENT surgeon for one in my L ear. Then I will have totally bionic hearing which really impressed my grandchildren. They showed me off to their friends.
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    Where have all the whitewater canoes gone?

    I last paddled with the River Touring Section of the Wisconsin Sierra Club maybe 10 years ago. Starting in the early 1980’s, I took several whitewater training courses with them. I didn’t have that much interest in whitewater paddling itself, but wanted to gain experience for my wilderness...
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    Canoecopia 2024

    Agreed. Nice to meet you guys.
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    Canoecopia 2024

    I am still planning on Sunday morning 3/10 - 830am meeting at Parkway Family Restaurant. Anyone else in Madison is welcome to join us.
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    Happy to join from Wisconsin

    Welcome to a great community. Me, I am a fellow cheesehead from SE Wisconsin.
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    Who's ready for spring, 2024?

    Me. Pulled out some gear, will see my northern Wisconsin buddy at Canoecopia next weekend who can advise me on UP ice out, been carrying a canoe to be ready for portaging, been out on several day paddles on local river, ready to go with ice out 300 miles to the north.
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    Wabakimi - Flindt River Rock climbing routes

    Probably good advice from Aslowhand to check on the advisability of rock climbing at Cliff Lk. Wabakimi Park staff could advise you on this. Quite awhile ago Uncle Phil had told me the First Nations had asked that access to Cliff Lk be limited to entry only with a First Nations guide. They were...
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