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Exactly, same here. To have the muscle memory from having learned some of those "lesser used" strokes that you may have practiced in...

Is there a difference between "functional freestyle" (a relatively new term I think) and just plain paddling where you do whatever you...

I also had made trips through there before the devastating July 15 1995 derecho blasted through. From the landing after crossing BDP...

Taking a nice slow pace you had time to experience a lot of the area. Site #4 is one I will never stay at again. Luckily you took it In...

My knee-jerk reaction is against this idea. I think the lack of commercialism on this forum is increasingly unique on the internet...

Reminds me of when I was kid, there was a main street corner pharmacy with a soda bar where everyone hung out. They had an electric hot...

Improbable as it may sound, it is possible to up transform the puny 3 volts available from a pair of D-cell batteries to any higher...

When I bought my gen1 Rapidfire (with wood gunwales) shortly after they became available ~20 years ago, I told Joe Moore that I wanted a...

BF, Are you buying those freeze dried meals? If so, you might want to buy a dehydrator to dry your own meals. All your favorites, not...

Comparative activity levels Based on recent forum activity in late 2025, Canoetripping.net appears to have higher recent activity in...

Black Bears in NY are typically only a problem with hunting cabins deep in the woods tucked far away from any civilization. When no one...

Our last niight on the Y1K, I was looking over the map for a good place ahead to camp before our 6 hour rules required not later than...

I don't paddle with any known cigarette smokers, but with the rare exception of during heavy bug season, one or two companions may light...

During the Yukon River canoe races (440 mile Yukon River Quest (YRQ) and the 1000 mile (Y1K)), we see many moose and bears (both black...

I have camped in places with my Hennessey where I could never set up to camp in a tent. Over thick damp moss in wet spruce swamps, on...