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I spent 30 years as a permanent staff instructor for the Adirondack Region BSA High Adventure guide training program, one segment of...

Correct, Alan. it can beccome very scary in a heartbeat on that downward heal slope.

I almost forgot Logan bread, originally developed to assist the first climb of Mt Logan, AK, Canada's highest peak. i make my own high...

If you live any where neare a usuable airfield and runway, civilian or (especially) military, it and its environs are a target for a...

Reminds me of a famous Mark Twain quote: "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way...

I have paddled various "war canoes" (nowadays called "voyageur canoes") outfitted with 6 or 7 paddler seats while racing in the...

There are tons of recipes for jerky, depending on what flavor enhancer you may like. Watch out for salt content if that is important to...

I’m big into homemade jerky (never gets old), I also make a variety of dehydrated fruit, and homemade fruit rolls. If weight isn’t the...

It's hard to say. It will depend on how much canoeing experience/skill you have. It will also depend on how much work/effort you want to...

building on Alan's post, if you continue that draw into a straight stroke, followed with a j stroke in one continuous motion, you've...

Try a couple of quality different dealer paddles if possible (could lead to an additional sale). Don't just go straight and do turns...

Tell me about it. Did some XC skiing and time on my Paddlesports Paddler, here in easternLake Ontario Lake Effect country. Oh, yeah...

Since the beginning of the Adirondack 90-mile canoe race, for the first 35 years (before the Northern Forest Canoe Trail acquired the...

Working out on a stationary paddling machine with no scenery passing by can be incredibly boring. My first machine was a waterrower...

All during the summer, if I am not paddling, I am cutting trees for firewood, splitting (with a machine), moving and stacking as much as...