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Welcome aboard, to a fellow hammocker! Where is Old Dominion?

Click on the Burnt Island link below. A nice weekend getting reacquainted with the park and my paddling muscles...

Great report. Would like to hear your thoughts on how the Keewaydin 15 handles. I tried one for a few days, but am not experienced enough to feel the difference between it and an Osprey. You asked about sun shirts. I wear this one as my bush shirt...expensive, but has two zippered chest...

Thank you!

Tech issue: When I click on the video to play it, it disappears. Could you possibly post a link to the Vimeo page where the video lives? I'd love to see it.

Btw I use the mirror on my compass for tick checks.

The idea of putting something ( repellent, insecticide, Vaseline, gasoline, stove fuel, etc) directly on the tick while it is attached is not recommended. The tick will throw up Into you, thus releasing the nasty bacteria into your bloodstream. I'll try to find a link later today, as I hate to...

http://www.tickencounter.org good information about identification, potential problems, prevention, etc...

I hate them too. And it's not just Lyme; there are several other serious diseases carried by ticks. I pulled a large number of ticks off of me a few years back while bushwacking near the Ontario-Minnesota border. It's deer country. Since then, every spring I soak my tripping pants, socks, and...

Like Red Langford, in the first post, I remember reading and rereading Lost in the Barrens and Curse of the Viking Grave. That led to Black Joke, and so on. He was a big part of growing up in the 70's. And tHough it was dense, I loved Westviking, his theory of Norse settlement in Newfoundland...

Maybe the axe hole is to hang it on the wall of your garage between chopfests.

I guess your signature line ("In alcohol's defence...")makes sense now ;). Were you sober at the time? Hope you didn't burn yourself. I feel bad encouraging folks to make alcohol stoves without giving safety tips!

This looks like an excellent alcohol stove, and very easy to make. I'm going to make one this weekend and let you know how it goes. http://vimeo.com/64726512 by the way I use the Primus Litech pot for most things. About 900mL (1qt?) capacity. Good enough for kraft dinner, water for...

Thanks Brad. I love your choice of pictures. I'm Planning on doing this route this summer, so this was inspiring, as we wait for ice out.

Great backstory. Great picture. Black Label beer in a stubby bottle, too!

Welcome aboard! Some folks might not know what Mass and App are, so I'll take that liberty: Mass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massasauga_Provincial_Park App: Algonquin Provincial Park

10 degrees C (50F) and sunny in Toronto today. Got out my camping gear, found the hammock and quilts, and went down to my secret hanging spot on a south facing slope in an unfrequented corner of a city park. Looked for signs of spring. Saw my first green plant of the season...garlic mustard, an...

I like the looks of those traditional packs, but I started out backpacking, and I'm not ready to spend extra cash on canoe-only gear. The Blue MEC 30L bag is a simple top loading sack with a foam back for stiffness. It holds my Ursack (food pack), cook kit, small tarp, and folding tripod stool...

YC: That's a great list of trips and speakers! Some dream trips in there for sure, and good info. I agree, the smaller venue is nicer. The last two years I've been to the Kitchener Waterloo Canoe Symposium in April and had a great time with a varied group of speakers. Enjoyed Phil Cotton's...

Saw him at the Toronto Outdoor Adventure Show yesterday. For those who don't know him, he is canoeist who repaddled with his buddy James Stone the routes of surveyor A.P. Low through northern Quebec and Labrador, and then paddled across Canada following Alexander Mackenzie's paddlers' routes...