Mason

I used to surf that hole in a kayak in the 70s. Back then it was rated IV. I've looked for other stuff I paddled back then, and most...

And his "Franklin, Oops Mud and Cupcakes" book is available on Kindle, just the thing for reading on long trips. It fits in nicely with...

Way overbuilt. Single 2x4s all around are adequate for 70# canoes. I've stored 3 canoes on 2x4 uprights attached to a log home with...

That'll go over well with this crowd!

As a wildlife biologist (especially in Alaska), I spent a lot of time in both fixed wings and rotaries. Airplanes: Super Cubs, Maule...

I love the look, sound, and history of radial Beavers. However they're a bit small for most of my uses (30-42 day trips w/4-6 people)...

If you're talking about the snaps on the cover, then the tool needed is the size of a CO2 cartridge (e.g. rivet tool For field repair...

Yep, that's when I started. Payson Kennedy's "Carolina Whitewater" was the bible. Blue Hole canoes, Romer helmets, and Seda vests...

Yes, fly in and out (we use PakCanoes). We didn't see any polar bears, but we did see 8 grizzlies. We spend a very leisurely 32 days...

Yeah, big trips are good for the miles. 365 this summer on the Horton. I had planned a weeklong Quetico trip following, but had to...

Electric fence on Icy Bay, Alaska--weeklong kayak trip. Electric fence on 11 day raft trip, Alsek-Tatshenshini rivers, AK/YK/BC...

They'll put out 5000 volts. Although I haven't used the UDAP one, battery operated fences are commonly used in grizzly country around...

UDAP has one that weighs less than 4 pounds (electric fence). One BearVault weighs 2 1/4 pounds.

I guess our wolves aren't so bad.

I paddled the Nantahala a fair bit in the mid-late 70s, and remember it mostly as a gas station and restaurant. It quickly changed! By...