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Wow, can't wait for further installments. Keep them coming. Very well done. Ted

Old is an attitude not an age. Old is an attitude not an age. For my 65th birthday and the 20th anniversary of my heart attack (MI), I went up north and canoed 730 km of fast moving rivers in 19 tripping days, mostly solo. Absolutely wonderful. It takes me longer on the portages thanks to a...

Yes, I use a SPOT as well. It definitely keeps Phyllis informed of my whereabouts although she knows not to get excited if my evening OK message doesn't show up some time. It always has up to nw but maybe someday it might not. I like the idea of being able to just say 'no big medical emerg but...

My wife is fully aware that my daily I'm OK message is not guaranteed. As she's spent 35 years not getting any kind of notices whatsoever, she finds the OK messages interesting/fun but not crucial. I use my Gen I on every trip now and have never had a problem with her getting an OK message. I...

I line all of the time as I can't stand portages, maybe 3 or 4 times a trip upstream and down doesn't matter. My 2 cents. Tugeyes are not for painters or grab loops, they are for lining. When moving a canoe back and forth to get around rocks or between rocks, having a liner too high will cause...

in 2011 Yellowcanoe and I were at Little Tupper Lake looking for Robin's campsite. I put my hammock quite low to the ground the first night. About 2:00am something poked me and then poked again. I automatically smacked at it with my elbow just before I thought 'bear burrito' and then "I hope...

I've never understood the mentality of protecting a $10 tarp with the floor of a $300 to $400 tent. Knowing how and where to set up a tent and footprint stops water from "pooling" under a tent does as a little cleaning up of the tent site itself. An under-tarp or footprint protects the floor...

Shooting clays is a good inexpensive way to get familiar with a shotgun. For big bear protection practice I put 5 2-liter milk cartons inline at 10 foot intervals starting 60 feet away from me. I then practiced quick shooting them starting at the one farthest away. I figured that I'd only...

I carried a 12 gauge Winchester defender shotgun on my up-north trips. Kit included a soft sided case inside a water-proof case. Worked well in a canoe that got both rain and waves. As this August's 3 river 30 day trip in the Yukon is most likely my last up north trip, I sold it. It's now in...

4.3 cents per round is a really good price right now. I bought four 1440 round crates about 2 years ago and only have a crate and a half left so I'm getting anxious. I've been keeping my eye open for another good deal and, at the way I go through x39s, I keep hoping. Pretty soon I'll have to...

Oldie Moldy, not trying to be picky here, must informative (to the best of my knowledge that is). Both the Mosin and the Lee-Enfield are regularly bought/sold on Canadian websites and can be shipped via Canada Post. Both rifles mentioned are bolt-action, not auto-loading. Neither have ever...

From this summer's Teslin River Yukon trip

I might have posted this before but I can't find it so I copied this from my website about a sea kayak trip in Georgian Bay this summer. At 05:30 this morning I had the urgent need to get out of bed to find plants in need of watering. Just as I unzipped my tent, I heard several rather large...

OM, bug thanks for bringing this to the forefront. I had no idea. Obviously I need some forum assistance occasionally. Cheers Ted

I haven't used matches for a very long time now - too boring :) After that it was the standard ferro rod with a small piece of broken hack saw blade - too simple. Then I discovered the "old time" version which is a piece of flint, a half-moon of steel and some home-made tinder - way too much...

God Bless.

When it comes to solo canoeing safety and thinking ahead is foremost in my mind - before and during the trip. I carry a PLB. I do a self-check before departing and always carry it in my PFD. As my PFD is also my pillow, it's even in my tent at night. I leave a detailed float plan with my wife...

Gavia, just for the record, it was very difficult terrain where I climbed up hills on my knees sometimes. I also used a staff where possible. But that's not the point. The point I was making was that he didn't try. Other than shooting his dog on day three because he was hungry, what proactive...

Well, I'm not some kind of hero biscuit but I don't understand why he just laid there for a month. So he broke or sprained his ankle - not his brain. After a day of getting his wits back he could have easily fashioned a brace that would have taken all of the weight on his leg/knee and nothing...

Way to go YC. That's the video that I saw playing in a corner of the Canadian Canoe Museum. I've been trying to get a copy for a long time now. It's a fantastic video. That must be some sturdy canoe he's walking up and down the dock. Many thanks, Ted