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Paddling season seems a long way off. I look forward to mornings like this.

Second blissful day. I fully intended to make this a rest day and that is what I did. I told myself I would read, admire the view, nap...

Cape of Good Hope & Victoria Falls

I like that idea and it's a good one. I try to live that way but it's tough. You don't wan to miss out on opportunities when you're...

Just climbed Table Mtn via Skeleton Gorge. 8km; 950 meters of elevation gain; 90 degrees; 5 hours; not enough water.

ppine, I totally agree. My paddling history was much like yours - a few BW trips of a week or so and many years of spring/fall long...

I totally agree, finally worked in a BWCA trip last summer with my oldest (18) grandson and decided those trips need to be my priority...

I got serious about paddling around the age of 30 after learning as a kid. It was easy to dream up the next trip and look at the want...

100%. And... Everyone has different responsibilities and different baggage and different perspective. As a young guy, I paddled all...

Or make a real statement by dropping the big drybag. So here's the question - do you race to grab the best spot, or do you let it...

RPATCH, glad to know that tossing your pfd on a flat spot of ground is a universally acknowledged sign of "that's my tent spot." Your...

I think me not giving a small rodent's behind is a side effect of the pill I take everyday. But in all honesty, I think going out and...

Recped's map case is quite voluminous. I'm certain I recall things being lost in it. You can't need anything bigger. Myself, I like the...

Warning to all those Pic users out there. One pack leads to two, leads to five, leads to...when I was still lighting up I was up to 8...

For many years, regardless of being in a tent or under the cap of my truck, I would smoke the final cigarette of the day with the doors...