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A few years ago, in the early fall of the year I slipped off an old cabin roof while giving it a coat of aluminized asphalt paint. I...

Watch Kevin's review video in the link on the web page I posted. He shows the paddle weighs just 10 ounces. He also makes note of what I...

I will when I return to camp on Wednesday as I prepre for the 90 miler.

Sounds like a copy of what GRB developed 2-3 years ago. I have one of these from GRB, but don't notice a lot of difference from their...

I camp with a hammock most of the time because I sleep better in one vs on the ground in a tent. I forgo the sleeping pad and tent in...

"In 2017 I was struggling to stay interested in canoeing. A few years earlier I had sold my canoes and then in 2016 had purchased a...

Back to my long term as instructor for wannabe BSA high adventure guides wherein canoe skills were a large part but not the only skills...

When I was bicycle racing, I had cleated bike shoes that locked onto the peddles. I also had spandex shorts and shaved my legs. All of...

Here is the entire full text of the 2009 Caplan study, which concluded: ". . . the fastest boat velocity was achieved by ensuring that...

Although most of my students in 30 years have not been in the same upper class economic level, a few have shown up for BSA wilderness...

In 30 years of taking high school kids on trips, I have experienced a particular situation several times. The well to do parents want to...

Yes. Sean Burke created a theoretical model and the model has not been validated with test data so it could be fundamentally flawed; we...

The subject of recent posts was whether bents were 2.4% (or more) faster than straights. My point above was that it doesn’t take long...

There are over 250 kinds of sumac. I believe the kind of sumac jdeerfoot is referring to is a local grown Buckhorn Sumac. I have made...

And sumac berry clusters make an interesting and healthful tea.