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tape measures. all the time. I have enough so that I should be able to leave at least one in every location where I'll be working, fabric in the basement, bikes in the garage and canoes in the workshop, but somehow there's never one around when I need it.

Was it wearing an eye mask and a cape?

Out for a short trip this past weekend. Paddling a short distance from a steepish rocky shore, we heard splashes as debris rolled down the high rock slab. The cause we found was a largish painted turtle sliding wildly down the rock face, knocking moss and lichen as it went. No pictures as it...

Thanks for the positive review. I'm looking forward to a summer without fire bans that let us use ours! I always carry a pair of leather gloves if I'm planning on any sort of fire. Helps keep the soot off and for picking up hot pans. I wonder whether one of those tiny air pumps they sell for...

Don’t get a rubber coated one, just use a glove or your dish cloth/bandana. That way it can double as an extra pot.

I doubt there is a patent on the Appalachian canoe, nothing new or novel there. A design could be copyrighted though I guess but I suspect the same thing applies, for personal use not an issue. Even if you were to start selling them I think OT or whichever corporation owns them would be hard...

On the lakes we paddle we too have decided that tying in gear is not an option. Too many portages with sketchy shorelines. The thought of getting to shore and having to release ropes etc. all the while trying to hold on to a canoe that's bucking up and down on the waves makes me shudder. The one...

Thanks. Usually they won't sell full strength ethanol without a lab licence. May have to give them a try. Pricey though compared to methanol especially when shipping is added. Likely there is booze tax in there somewhere. I have been buying 70% ethanol rubbing compound from the pharmacist and...

Where are you finding 99% ethanol in Canada?

Isn’t aluminum powder one of the constituents of Thermite? Maybe this could be a new take on your “fire in a can”?

Bens Backwoods is a good source of campfire cookware in the USA. North of 49 I have bought cookware from BushCraft Canada and Canadian Outdoor Equipment. Zebra billy pots in stainless steel are a great, last a lifetime option. The Pathfinder range are made of thinner stuff, lighter but it does...

And I do make them larger to order.

Yes, the full sized Yukon does have a double bottom. The air holes do help when burning sticks of a dubious quality. When I first started making these I was based in the UK and most of what we could find along the rivers there was willow and alder. Holes at the back also help to pull the fire...

intended for short whitewater boats I believe. The moulded knee retainers made for easy in/out compared to strap systems. These boats wouldn’t have had a yoke. The saddle was set pretty central so that the paddler’s weight was evenly distributed fore and aft.

I hate to say it but if I was your manager I’d want to see your risk assessment for at this activity, lone canoe/kayak, potentially cold, fast moving water. What officially recognized paddlesports training do folk have? Swift water rescue training? That said, you may want to look at an...

Thanks.

What about a piece of glass tape epoxied to the foam and then stick the Dual-Lock to that? I just bought some 1.5mm ABS sheet to use for stiffening packs, presumably the foam would stick to that as well?

We have a box of instant white and instant brown in the our store and both show the same calories. I must be misunderstanding because it seems to me that if you need X calories you’ll need Y grams of food and as at best/worst they are similar in calories/gram you would need the same weight of...

Depends a lot on exact stove type. Alcohol stoves are light, we use a Flat Cat Gear/ zelph stoves combo, but the fuel is heavy. Canister stove is a bit heavier and if you factor in the weight of the fuel container they are very heavy. However the alcohol stove uses 20g of fuel per 2 cups of...