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At the base of Virginia Falls, the weather is extremely wet and foggy, but impressive beyond the soundless characteristics of this...

Mem, Posting that link to the youtube video was diabolical. That song has been stuck in my brain all day long! Anyway, back to the...

One very nice feature of this trip is we never had to break camp in the rain. The highlight of each day for us was when we nosed into...

Mem, I don't remember how I know this, but in 1989, the year before we did this trip, 17 groups of paddlers started at the Moose Ponds...

We have now entered the "Rock Gardens," 50 km (30 miles) of virtually continuous Class II-IV whitewater. We scouted the first rapid, but...

Camp that evening was much improved, with an open, windswept, gravel bar, free of mosquitoes. Indeed, I never put on repellent again...

According to a Parks Canada website (https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/nt/nahanni), Nahanni National Park Reserve (Nah?ą Dehé) is a UNESCO...

I was not going to post this TR until April; but like Mike McCrea, I am not on Facebook. The only place I get any likes is on this CT...

When I tripped in Sweden I noticed that the Swedish canoe groups were very quiet and didn’t greet me or others even if we were fairly...

It's the most misleading coldwater safety summary I've ever seen. Nobody is guaranteed one minute even in warm water. Some folks just...

I never liked sport, participating or watching. I was in my schools football (soccer) team when I was 10 but that was probably just to...

I don't really know. I guess the saying, "It's in your blood" really applies to me. my Great-Grandfather was a very rich guy (before he...

What got me into canoeing? When I realized it was easier to put the packs in the boat and go downhill than it was to put them on my back...

Thanks for all the thoughtful and well researched responses!

These are commonly known as pole grip paddles which are frequently used while standing up. The link below has lots of interesting...