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The Flambeau river in Wisconsin via summer camp. I was going into 8th grade, maybe.... Retraced that first trip last summer at age 48!

I have an older swift osprey that might be made out of the same material. Anyway, I like it a lot for lakes and rivers. Mine weighs mid-40's I'd guess, though it has aluminum and not wood gunwales.

I spoke with Blue Mountain Outfitters and the end bags they have in stock are these: https://www.nrs.com/nrs-canoe-3-d-end-float-bags/puss Any SRT owners care to opine or share what end bag outfitting they have? Thanks,

Current plan: Two tugeyes on the bow and stern. Two lowish for lining and two high for grab loops. CSS spraydeck End bags D-rings for end bags and under thwarts for securing gear Neoprene pads Foot pegs Deal bucket seat Small end caps (see pic)

Classic. I used to have the vhs tape.

Is this the way to use mytopo to create custom maps? http://help.mytopo.com/knowledgebase/articles/1986634

I was wondering, given the ability to design maps online, if folks use a different scale than 1:50,000 or 1:250,000? I've often thought 1:100,000 might be a good compromise for longish river trips...

Thanks, all. I will examine the various options referenced above. I, too, love maps, and now that I reflect on it I'm sure there are some sections (lower Albany in particular--prior to the delta) where 1:250,000 maps would suffice. Poor eyesight aside, I often prefer the large scale as I'm not...

My eyes have gotten bad over the years, so I now find 1:250,000 maps difficult to read. I'll look into downloading and printing. Thanks!

I'm in the beginning stages of planning a trip on the Albany river and as I look at the cost of buying the necessary maps, I'm trying to figure out if there's a cheaper approach than ordering $400+ worth of 1:50,000 maps? Any suggestions/ideas would be appreciated. -tomo

I am really hoping to paddle the Albany river this summer.

I use the ridgeline stuff sack as well. I use zing it for the tie outs, and have recently swapped out the ridgeline prussiks for these: Nama Claws

Thanks Waterdog! That's very helpful. Will the 60 liter not fit sideways or is the thwart in the way? Do they make 45L barrels? Lovely!

Question for SRT owners. Does a 30 liter barrel fit between the seat and rear thwart? What about 60L in that space?

My fear is unreasonable given the statistics for sure. I've backpacked in Glacier NP and Yellowstone NP and have paddled once on the barrens, so I've spent some time in grizzly country. In thinking of paddling solo, my worry in going to grizzly/polar bear county is that my fear would hinder my...

Erica, I would guess you are right about men being the biggest danger to a solo woman, sadly. I am afraid enough of polar bears and grizzly bears that I'm only going to solo in black bear country (though Paddling Pitt's photos make me reconsider that notion daily). Can anyone point me to a map...

Stripperguy, that seat looks ingenious. If you have other photos, I'd love to see them. After much pedestal pondering, I think I'd start with seat as installed by Dave Curtis (I like the seat Mr. Deal designed).

My saddest/funniest story with nicotine took place when I was twenty years old. My buddy Lanners and I had dropped out of college and saved up $1,000 each. We went out to the Southwest in his old Jeep Cherokee on a mission to backpack around and search for the grave of Edward Abbey, who had died...

I have a throw bag affixed to the stern deck of my canoe. In the event of a swim, I would in theory swim the rope to shore and attempt to haul in the canoe. I would not attach said rope to myself.

Especially solo, I fear dumping in whitewater or large lake waves, noises in the night, the prospect of tripping/falling, moose, night noises (I know I said it but it's worth repeating), getting hopelessly lost, etc.