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The Carolinas of my youth were definitely warmer than the Alaska/Wyoming/Montana of my adulthood. But I still walked barefoot uphill in the snow to school, both ways. The polar bears got our adrenaline up so we stayed sorta warm.

It was a good day! Just the two of us (me in the pic, partner (faster) with the phone), at Thompson Pass. The uptrack was probably two hours or so from the car. We had to do this one twice!

Only tracks! I teled for 27 years, and then realized the error of my ways--AT gear in the photo. I still have some gear, and dust it off every now and then for craps and grins.

Yep, I'll take some of that.

I lived in western Washington several times over the last 45 years, and my daughter is there now (dammit).

Those Voiles are some pretty skookum flatland touring skis!

I've towed canoes over snow for about a mile at a time with skis. No big deal, but flat. Pulling canoes over snow on long expeditions is fairly common when there's paddleable water, usually by skis. Unless you're pulling over rocks, something to put the canoe on is not needed. Mine was a...

For me, as a sit and switcher, the catch is the most aesthetic part of the stroke, and dictates much about the paddler-paddle interface. It is there that I feel the nuances of the blade--the sound (or lack thereof), how the shaft fits in the hand (is it the correct oval), the flex (or lack...

Kayaks have their place. Icy Bay, Alaska with Mt. St. Elias (18,008) in background. Kayaks were tandem collapsible Feathercrafts, which fit nicely in a Cessna 185.

My old 58" Seda WW blade (30 oz) is best used for trail clearance. My standard is an 11 oz. ZRE bent.

All the kayakers I knew in the 70s wore helmets and pfds. I switched to canoes after I realized I wasn't bulletproof--got to paddle more forgiving water with the same challenge.

It's a far cry from paddling aluminum canoes with a block of styrofoam or a truck tire tube in the middle. I occasionally watch kayaking vids and it's scary what some are doing now--mind-boggling (as well as current ice and rock climbing standards).

Since this is a canoeing site, and you like The Sound of Silence and Disturbed, have at it!

I actually do have a double blade, but it's with my sea kayak 750 miles away. It doesn't touch my canoe though.

I'm everywhere.......

Oh, and I've probably never said "danged" in my life. Another editing faux pas from the Powers That Be.

That may be my fault--original reply had some extra stuff, edited immediately later. I guess I'm too fast for all those danged electrons. Let us know when you find out who you are.

Both Wenonah and Northstar makes them, as well as 4 person canoes. Wenonah Seneca Wenonah Minnesota 3 Northwind 20 Northstar B19

I've been using Aqua Seal or Seam Grip on my Maine shoe seams for over 30 years. It works great, and protects the seam as well as waterproofs them. You'll want to clean the SnoSeal off before if you want to try it. I use Seam Grip on all the seams of my outdoor shoes--dramatically increases...

In a similar vein, I had a kayaker surgeon that got pinned in a river either in S.A. or Africa. Her partners broke her leg in pulling her out of the cockpit as she was aspirating water. I had to wait for her recovery for my diagnosis and surgery (I had fractured C7 in my neck, and had a...