kahel

Got a busy winter ahead of me, mostly work related. After years of asking, I finally got a dedicated canoe building course for the high...

During my early years of home dehydrating 90% of my own backcountry and canoe tripping camping food, I made extensive use of a book by...

Another winter project. Some time ago I found a Yellow Birch tree that a local mountain bike club had cut up to open a trail. There...

It is good to take the rapids slowly and methodically – moving back and forth across the river to find the shoots and deep water...

For me, at least up till now, whitewater paddling and wilderness tripping have been two different things. I really haven’t been on a...

Where I live in the East of the UK we have a latitude of 52.41 degrees N. If I were on the otherside of the Atlantic that would put me...

Osprey at Kings Bay, at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge.

Thanks so much for sharing your entertaining and well written TR with us! I especially liked the detailed nature of your story telling...

Headwaters Canoe, We have a neat comparison of three different canoes of the same model in the shop this week - probably the most famous...

Day 7 We wake to clear skies and a mild breeze. It is 6am. I crawl out of the tent and start the cooker. Soon the water is boiling, and...

Day 6 The last of the morning mist is almost burned off when I finally emerge from the tent at quarter past seven. Blue skies and...

Day 5 I wake up at the usual time--between 6 and 7--but not very well rested. My side of the tent was on a bit of a slope and I kept...

A few more from Tuesday, on Silver River

Thanks Steve. It's a mid-19th century Pennsylvania/German bank barn. Only the foundation is stone, the rest is mortise & tenon post &...

Those Summit Pros do interest me though. I like leather boots, but it's been ages since I wore anything quite like those. Might have to...