Recent content by PortageW/Cerberus

~$10 per ounce was (is still?) the benchmark for weight savings amongst the UL backpacking crowd. I have a DCF 2-man tent that weighs 28oz with poles and stakes. Perfect for Cerberus & me. Saved quite a bit buying it used...the Ultralight Gear Trade subreddit is a good source. CCS has made...

Where the Green Light Shines. Tripping buddy knows the author. So far, liking it.

Reviving this thread...It sure looks like Gene got out of the paddle business as well, unless my search skills are letting me down. Anyone have better intel?

Thanks for sharing - looks like a great trip. I don't usually favor sandy beach sites on the Shield, but that one on the north side of Fish Island is pretty sweet. It was there that I found one of the oddest items I have ever found in the bush: A toilet brush. The Castle is looking good...

Gonediesel: Sent you a message via PM.

I was just working with some fiberglass on my MN3 project canoe yesterday. You need at least one new gunwale. I think those ribs need a few layers of glass mat and vinylester or polyester resin. Not epoxy. You would need to remove the seat bracket to get at that one rib; you drill out the...

That looks like Phil Cotton...

Labrador and Newfoundland are looking pretty good. :-( Hazy here (MSP) just looking 100 yards across my lawn to the woods...smoke smell is strong too.

FIRMS (interactive fire map)

If what I am seeing is accurate, the amount of land that has burned within Wabakimi so far is approaching the size of Rhode Island. It's a huge amount.

Another fun tale. Wife has a friend: apparently she, her husband and their only child (she was ~12 at the time) were at a VRBO somewhere. Wake up one morning and notice a bat way up in the vaulted ceiling of the great room. The wife shoos it out of the house. That's the extent of it. No...

Looks like the Syrupheads (term of endearment, rest easy) are following suit and closing Quetico. That might be a first. Blazing hot, windy, dry as a bone. Going to get worse before it gets better.

I'd bet WD40 might do the trick - often foam is secured to a hull with rubber cement....and I think WD40 should dissolve that adhesive.

When I was a kid (12? 13?) I came home from school and let the dogs out. They quickly kicked up a storm and I went out to find they had a raccoon cornered. Went inside, got bow and arrow, went outside and dispatched it. Went inside, opened phone book, called humane society or animal control...

Funny - my new friend was just telling me how none of that is true! He's invited me for dinner, and I will have to bring up the topic again. Fascinating guy, my new pal Jeffrey D. - oops - don't want to dox him... Let's just call him J Dahmer.