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As far as canoeing is concerned, I'm meeting up with friends at the end of the month to plan the coming season ... and we hope to have a...

Will be spending this coming weekend re-enacting an 18th century winter at Fort #4 in Charlestown, NH. Looking forward to gathering...

@jdeerfoot - You are correct! It was Valerie Fons. I remember her as being very quiet and soft spoken as well. I recall reading in an...

My first "real" PFD (not the old style, orange horse collar style) was from LL Bean and was made by Stearns. This was back in the mid...

Somewhere in the back of my hazy memory, I recall meeting Verlen Kruger at the Eureka Camping Store in Binghamton, NY many years ago...

I never had or used a Sven Saw, I heard that they were not very good for bigger diameter wood. Just by looking at them I knew they...

Many people drill a small hole in one of the wings on the nut and attach a lanyard of a bright color. I’m about to do that to mine. Jim

Solo on the Light Side Over the past couple of months, I noticed something about the canoe lookingfor/purchase/release threads that I...

You are welcome Snapper. Jim

I found this video about the development of the Sven saw. I thought it was interesting. I thought I had two but when I just dug them...

My first "back country" saw was a Sven Saw. I used it doing a lot of trail work over the years. My only complaint with it was the...

Most of the kids I knew that were in the Cub Scouts never made it to Boy Scouts. One of the most valuable lessons I learned was how to...

Just adding on to what's already been said...I've never had an issue with my EZ-Pass when a canoe is overhead. That said, I do need to...

Use mine al the time with canoe on top and no issues, for Royalex, Kevlar or aluminum.

Backpacking, particularly winter backpacking, is a wonderful way to train. It has other benefits that apply very nicely to warmer...