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    Tarp type and set-up style, and let's see some pix

    Kathleen and I have usually tripped just by ourselves. Most of our tripping has been north of treeline, our favourite landscape. In these situations, we rarely put up a tarp, primarily because we prefer to have an unobstructed view of the beauty of our surroundings, as here on the Snowdrift...
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    Canoe Cradle Stand

    I don’t know. I simply searched for canoe cradle title, and it came up. I didn’t read/study the thread, as I don’t need a canoe cradle. Just trying to be helpful. Sorry you didn’t find anything useful. There’s also another canoe cradle thread started by canotrouge in 2018. I haven’t read it...
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    Canoe Cradle Stand

    Previous thread on canoetripping.net https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/canoe-cradles.43466/
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    Thelon River, Northwest Territories & Nunavut (1993)

    Kestel, I infer that you would like me to send you a book. If so, please private message me for details. Michael
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    Thelon River, Northwest Territories & Nunavut (1993)

    Kestrel, Glad you enjoyed the report. I do have two versions of the entire report. One is a hard copy book that Kathleen and I published titled Three Seasons In The Wind - 950 Kilometres Down Northern Canada’s Thelon River. It has the complete story, but was published as a “print on demand“...
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    Video, of a guy tipping a canoe over in the middle of a Minnesota Lake

    A lot of inexplicable stuff happening. Gear loaded haphazardly, a lot of gear. For what purpose? Motoring and paddling At the same time. Why? Paddling far out from shore, with no apparent paddling skills. Why? No attempt to save himself. The calls for help were lame. Yet help came. Perhaps help...
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    Video, of a guy tipping a canoe over in the middle of a Minnesota Lake

    I just watched this again, and still think that this guy might have capsized on purpose, as a video fundraising stunt. He didn’t make any attempt to save himself, other than yelling out help, as if he believed help was nearby.
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    How to Use a Water Rescue Throw Bag (explanatory video)

    This might be too picky, but I was not happy with the self-rescue at the beginning of the video. We were always taught that after a capsize 1. Hold on to your paddle, 2. Get to the upstream end of your boat, 3. Check for you partner, 4. Grab the painter, 5. On your back, attempt to swim the...
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    How to Use a Water Rescue Throw Bag (explanatory video)

    Yeah, yknpdlr. It is a true pain! No one enjoys reloading the bag.
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    How to Use a Water Rescue Throw Bag (explanatory video)

    All canoes in our club carried a throw bag on day trips, but I have never seen anyone use one. And we paddled gnarly, boulder-filled rapids pretty much year-round in the Vancouver area. To use a throw bag would require that lead boats eddy out, and the paddlers stand on shore, waiting for the...
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    How to Use a Water Rescue Throw Bag (explanatory video)

    My throw bag is over 35 years old, and not nearly as snazzy or technological as the bags shown in the video. Our canoe club back in Vancouver held an annual clinic on river rescue techniques. Most people could not accurately throw the bag any great distance. It takes practice. I think accurate...
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    Greetings from Europe

    My wife Kathleen and I spent three days in Rome last summer. Loved it. If we were younger, we could easily see ourselves moving to Italy.
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    Greetings from Europe

    Welcome. I had to look up RHIB. Big change to a canoe. Europe is a pretty big place. Can you be more specific, please?
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    How is your winter so far?

    We’ve had a very mild winter in east-central Saskatchewan, until last night when a dreaded ”Alberta Clipper” roared through. Temperature tonight is predicted to fall to -30 C (-22 F). Waiting for the plow to come to clear our lane. Kathleen is out throwing snow off our driveway. I am the...
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    Tips To Deal With The Great Tick Invasion

    For the last couple of years we have been giving our remaining dog a once-monthly pill during tick season that generally causes the ticks to jump off. Too bad there’s not such a pill for the people.
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