Mason

Many thousands of miles like that (hell, it's over 2200 RT for this one, and that was my 5th trip). No trip report--lots of lakes, lots...

I have a yellow and red jacket I used to wear for backcountry skiing. I called it my "dig here" jacket.

As a follow-up, 43 years of canoe design changes! Slabsides and bubbles.

Headed home after 10 days in Quetico. Only 750 miles to go! 2017 Tacoma, 2017 Wenonah Voyager, 1983 Wenonah WWC1.

Same here--43 days. Lots of portages, so weight was important. Worked out, so another 42 day trip a few years later (and another 30 day...

@tomo is looking for one Looking for Monarch

Here ya go! Monarch

Or you could avoid the wife part altogether and stay single. A man's gotta know his priorities (said in a Clint Eastwood voice).

No bending needed--each one has only two attachment points. And it'd be a chore bending that thick extruded aluminum.

I don't wet foot. My kevlar Voyager has scratches. I don't baby it, but I don't abuse it either. I either come ashore abeam with care...

What's your traditional method? For me, I've found that even with heavy packs, if I balance it on both thighs, and then slip into it...

Such a fun river. I lived about a half mile from it near Gakona.

They were Kokatat, but I don't know what model.

I'm not the OP, but I paddled the Noatak a few years ago. We had one day of wet storm. We had an inReach forecast, so found a nice...

On my last trip in northern Canada (Nunavut), which involved a fair bit of upstream wading, three of the four of us were using dry pants...