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And then there's the Chattooga, and Hell's Canyon on the Snake River. Lots of good rivers, lots of good (and varying) aesthetics.

I've been on the Alsek, Thelon, and Green. You've seen some of my Thelon pix, and I don't have any digital Green (paddled in 2000). The Alsek, though, is truly spectacular!

Had to check: "3.1.2 - Canadian canoes are decked boats propelled by single-bladed paddles.The athlete must be kneeling inside the canoe." ICF rules That applies to the slalom events.

Tom Smith has published a number of articles on pepper spray. Here are a couple of links to discussions: https://www.outsideonline.com/1899301/shoot-or-spray-best-way-stop-charging-bear https://www.outsideonline.com/2401248/does-bear-spray-work Also: Smith TS, Herrero S, DeBruyn TD, Wilder...

Appropriate, heading to the Horton next summer.

Some more discussion on Wenonah: https://kitchi-gami.com/tag/wenonah-canoe/

Yeah, my 14'10" Mad River Courier, Royalex, is 59 pounds.

You can buy a single Yakima rack for the cab from eTrailer.

I'm spoiled: Upper Noatak River, Alaska Bowron Lakes, BC: ThaAnne River, Nunavut: Dubawnt River Canyon, NWT: Cheraw State Park, SC (wonderful swamp!):

It makes sense, but I've never heard it discussed in all the training I've had. I think it's a rare enough occurrence that it can almost be discounted. Black bears rarely make contact in defensive situations--most injuries occur associated with predatory attacks (or the people doing something...

Correct. Playing dead too soon (and never for a black bear!) can get you hurt. I've investigated two black bear "attacks" that were precipitated by the victims falling to the ground prior to any contact being made. Always stand your ground until contact is made--for grizzly, play dead (unless...

On last summer's Dubawnt River trip, we used 12 of Dan's packs, two canoe covers, and a tundra tarp. He was well represented and appreciated.

I just found out that Dan Cooke, of Cooke Custom Sewing, died last night. He was a much-admired paddler and manufacturer of canoe goods. He will be missed. https://cookecustomsewing.com/

Nice snooping around! Looks like you're having good weather--friends are on the Copper from Chitina to Cordova. I wanted to do that trip when I lived up there (flew it a lot), but I had unreliable partners. Gorgeous area.

I carry mine for general use in a Garmin case (Garmin case ) (with a strip of orange duct tape around it), that way I don't have to worry about it getting scratched up. The case has a belt loop (which I don't use) with which you could attached a carabiner if wanted. I don't trust the OEM clip...

Do Devil's club and alder count? They are the bane of PNW and SE Alaska land travel ("don't get off the boat!").

A crop:

It's a scan of a 35mm slide, then compressed. Not much detail there.

Two favorites: whitebark pine because I love the western high country, and the sugar pine of the Sierras. For those of you unfamiliar with the sugar pines, they're the ones with the 12" + inch cones, and get huge. I had an owl observation blind in one in Yosemite that was about 8 feet dbh...

They're probably headed to Yellowstone next to pet the bison.