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Agreed about sleeping on lean to floors! I also like to be able to look outside. And the feel of the fresh air.

I've always used an airtight roll top to store my food and stashed it on the ground away from camp and never had a problem with that. I...

Time to put a bear can in one of your packs. Even though we can often get away with not properly storing our food, as good stewards of...

I did a spur of the moment trip to the Oswegatchie recently and it was a great time. I planned to spend three nights up there poking...

The view isn't quite as good but I started carrying ski poles on some of my regular paddles when the water gets low. I have a couple...

Since this is now in the general safety section: How come more solo canoeists don't use self-righting Type I pfds? Is there a cost to...

Thanks @ErktheRed for the helmet rec and @Punkinhead for the ratings page. Very helpful to have some testing info - the difference in...

Raft. Guide was high as **** and broached us on the ledge river right coming into the drop. I got pushed out by another paddler losing...

I'll repeat two safety stories I've told before, but first I'd like to add to the good general principles already advocated...

The level of protection is probably less important for poling than whitewater, but here is some good information on watersports helmet...

You might hate wearing a helmet, maybe one of these wouldn’t bug you as much. I’ve been using the super scrappy for a several years and...

+1 on that, and if it's not on you when you need it, you haven't got it.

No such thing as too much safety. This is especially true on solo trips or working alone. A good example is how to carry a revolver...

Well, that settles it! Was thinking three weeks in Manitoba this summer but writing six weeks back into the schedule.

All helpful suggestions, thanks folks!