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Canada. I'm pretty sure its Canada.

October 10, 2026 Rivière Dumoine, Quebec Duration: 7 days including 1 layover In 2003 I met these guys online and replaced Dave (orange...

Tuesday July 24 (Day 12) In the morning, it was actually somewhat sunny which was a nice change from the overnight rain. The wind also...

Wednesday, July 22 (Day 10): Our eye in the sky had let us know the night before that we were due for yet more nasty weather, and true...

Tuesday July 21 (Day 9) I had a terrible "sleep", not only did I have really lumpy ground there had been some light rain overnight so...

Monday, July 20 - Day 8: We have neglected to speak of the pie since its introduction some days ago. "Pie fixes everything" is the...

Summary of Week One It's been an exciting week but not without some downsides. It's been cool for mid-July, overnight temps were down...

Sunday, July 18 (Day 7) It wasn't raining when we woke up, cloud cover was essentially 100% with the odd tiny patch of blue sky from...

Saturday, July 18 (Day 6): It was another grey morning in Quebec, best beloved... As the cylinders slowly began to fire and burn off...

Several years ago Recped, a contributor to the forum, recommended the Kokatat Hydrus pants to me. They have been a game-changer for me...

Friday July 17 (Day 5) I was a little late getting up, likely due to the after affects of yesterdays portaging adventure. The sun was...

First thing is that rescue rope used in a pin recovery and lining rope are rarely the same thing. Lining rope (and painters) should...

Entry Level translates to the level of rapids you are running and the likelihood of swimming. For Kokatat it also means NOT Goretex and...

There may be others but those are the only two that I know of that are paddling specific. In the past I have seen true dry pants (no...

My post has been corrected, 9:35 was when I turned on my GPS, My first paddle stroke was at 10:18 (you no doubt left a couple of minutes...