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They're cruiser (4x32) specced, so they should be close to an Advantage. A bit fuller though. Apart from depth, they paddled similarly...

I've loved mine for over 40 years! I'll probably get buried in it (or cast off as a pyre).

Benson, your knowledge and research are greatly appreciated! I remember the term Warsaw Rocket but had no idea its origin, and was...

Put your butt in first, then swing your legs around. Works in solo and tandem.

What's gotten better? Having money and time. I bought my first solo canoe in 1983--even as a dealer getting it wholesale, I couldn't...

I paddled the Eno while in college in 1979, with my geology professor (and wished I had taken more geology!). And then went to the Eno...

Very true! However peering from x thousand feet over rapids of interest sure is fun! Here is the rapid that killed Art Moffatt on the...

Good info. For those of you interested in the variety of satellite images for planning, here's an interesting comparison. I'm looking...

I use printed maps almost exclusively for onsite navigation. A standalone GPS is used only for lapses of befuddlement. However I'm...

But can you do it in semaphore?

He also skied down K2, a much more technical mountain. K2 Ski descent. And Jim Morrison recently skied the north side of Everest...

And then there's ski mountaineering (not to be confused with skimo!). Ropes, harnesses, ice axes and crampons come to mind. Oh, and...

More Yep. BC skiing can take you to some wild areas! And to think all that snow eventually turns to water, which flows into rivers and...

Yep!!

I've used a pyramid tent (Black Diamond Megamid, similar to the Seek Outside) as a backcountry ski trip cook shelter, and the largest...