Recent content by Otter Creek

A lot of wisdom here. I'm right with you (well, on the other side of L Champlain!)

A little like ppine, my winter regime is shovelling snow. Get it on the shovel, and then rotate the torso to fling it off the driveway. That would be great if we had any snow this winter! Likewise, back-country skiing is a great upper and lower body workout, good for all-round fitness and...

A quick follow-up ... I took to the NFCT again last year (2018), but with a difference. This time I through-paddled from Fort Kent ME to Old Forge NY, east to west. That involves something like 120 miles more upstream than downstream. Once more I used this double poling technique to very good...

Hello one and all. Just found this reference, and, yes, I'm the guilty party that went the "wrong" way. Fitz - it was good to meet your and your crowd on Big Island. I was glad of the break. Sweeper's comment about two-way traffic is well taken - I agree, evidently, that waterways can be...

Time to chime in again. I agree with much of what Steve has contributed. It's especially true that water scrubs off momentum much more than ice, so each push is, to a large extent, accelerating the canoe from scratch. For that reason, it's necessary to ensure that the poles are planted angled...

Not sure if I'm too late joining this discussion, but I've only just joined the forum. First off, Grizz - it sounds as though you have limited experience of canoe-camping (forgive me if I'm wrong). I recommend getting plenty of experience before embarking on a through-paddle. It will be a...

Hello all - my first post here. As the originator of the article that sparked this conversation, I'll throw in a few comments. First of all, I was pretty certain that somebody must have used a double-poling technique before, but had never encountered it in many years of paddling. Thanks...