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According to The Boy’s King Arthur, he met a damsel who told him where to find the sword. Merlin tells him it is the Lady of the Lake.

I sincerely hope you find your magic.

I'm not sure if this is being posted in the right place or not. Glenn, feel free to move around. I was muddling through a variety of unusual web queries and went down a rabbit hole with King Arthur. While we all are familiar with him pulling the sword from the stone, this is not the oldest...

I like to get the inside of the tent packed up before getting out, but I leave the tent up in case the weather changes, which it did frequently on my last trip. I used to enjoy a cup of cocoa every morning, but didn't have much appetite at all the last trip. Most of the cocoa came home with me...

I carried a lot of rope on last summer's trip, thinking I would hardly use any of it. Barely made it through. Could have used a lot more.

I have a leather man, not sure what model. I’ve taken it on every trip and never used it. The only thing I’ve ever used for repairs, etc. is duct tape. But that doesn’t mean I should leave it at home. I don’t use 90% of my first aid kit on a trip, but I still bring it along.

Thanks for posting these. Quite astounding to watch. I was wondering “where are the rocks?” Off topic, but yesterday my YouTube channel took me from canoeing to women’s wall climbing. I was blown away. They go up that wall like lightning.

Thank you!

Do you have any more information on this photo? It looks like the canoe is a tandem paddled backward and the paddler has no pfd. Look at how hard he his pressing his knees to the boat. No straps or knee cups. Is this just the one big falls or is there more downstream?

Having read all 97+ incidents of bear attacks which were “successfully” repelled by pistols, I was frightened by the incidence and description of maulings, some of which were quite detailed. This leads me to ask readers, “and you guys are scared of gators?” ;) Seriously, I had always taken at...

That kind of crowding happens at the end of a particularly dry dry season. That is probably a dug deep canal.

At the very end, one can see an otter and a beaver.

Excellent work! And saving the earth from another piece of trash.

I agree with a Mora. I like the opinels but that lock is fussy and gets clogged with junk if you really use it a lot. A Swiss Army knife - I've had one for 50 years or more, but you can't really get those blades sharp. And the biggest cause of knife injuries is a dull blade. Moras are...

While pursuing another passion of mine, I spent a week at the Ashokan Center in the Catskill Mountains. To my great surprise, suspended above the dining hall was the actual original birch bark canoe described and discussed in John McPhee's book The Survival of the Bark Canoe. It was too long...

All the trees in Irma’s path were blown over or had all their branches torn off. There is a deficit of shade. Even under a tarp, the temperatures are scathingly hot. The python population has exploded and being on a chickee will not help. They slide right up those poles. I will not camp there...

And I once met a fellow graduate student while backpacking in the back country of Yellowstone. Neither of us knew of the other’s plans. This would have been 50 years ago.

I am so sorry to hear this. Take care and may things go well for your partner.

This actually happened to an experienced woman hiker, I think it was in the Adirondacks. She did as recommended and the bear started eating her, first one shoulder and then the other. She had a radio with her and after the second shoulder decided to move a bit - breaking protocol - and radioed...

I stash my food in a manner similar to Paddling Pitt, except I don’t leave the food anywhere near the canoe. I saw a video some years ago of a black bear entertaining himself chewing up and stomping on a canoe while the canoeists were yelling and begging him to go away. I do not carry fresh...