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Some rivers are hard to get information on. In the West some have few roads that allow observation. They are easiest to see and assess...

This tickles me. Our paddling community here is largely (at least vocally) very much anti-dam. Except when it comes to the projects...

Bunch of dam stuff. I spent 27 years in the Pacific Northwest, and have lived the last dozen or so in CT. Someone asked about how long...

Just like the dams are different in different part of the country, the solutions to dam removals will be different as well. Again, in...

thanks for posting this. Very relevant for all river runners. I have made runs on the Klamath River in California 3 times, the second...

Excellent write-up!

This is my son, SIL, and nephews fault. They all wanted the paddling experience of that hull without the suffering side of carrying it...

Here’s where it began back in March All 75 lbs of it Everyone loved to paddle it No one wanted to carry it, or even fight gravity to...

Geez Louise, folks. Could we follow the topic—which, to repeat, is: "what do you use for an innie if you do use one." Thank you for...

Same here, I've never used a ground tarp with a backpacking/mountaineering tent, and never found a reason to.

I have used backpacking tents for 56 years and have never used innies or outies. No holes and no leaks. My canvas tents have no...

I strongly DISbelieve in spending excessive money on life jackets for flat water, so you may want to ignore this message. My belief is...

The Jordan River runs through the Raquette Boreal Complex in the Adirondack park, and is a place that I had been interested in exploring...

Saturday, July 18th I was woken by a steady rain just after midnight, and I happily fell back asleep to natures’ music hitting my tent...

on group trips at night we've often strung a small glowstick off the back of the paddlers' pfds on a short cord in case of a flip, it...