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I've been known to encouter similar log jams. I guided a Boy Scout troop with their leaders on the Adirondacks Oswegatchie River, this was a year or two after the destructive derrecho of 1995. Maybe more like the Doors "This is the End".

Good demo on the video. Which leads me to my standard lecture to my BSA guide student leaders in training after they have seen an instructor demo of canoe over canoe that they each will have to later perform. I ask what would have led them to get in such a situation in the first place? As a...

I have seen two strong paddlers empty and right a canoe with what is called the "Capistrano Flip", very difficult to do in deep water even for srtrong swimmers, but not too difficult if able to reach and stand on firm bottom.

Thanks for the very interesting historic and instructive link. Regarding the canoe over canoe rescue, it has long been taught as part of the curriculum for BSA high adventure guide trek leader certification training in the Adirondacks. Each student trainee has to demonstrate capability with the...

Maybe, but I think the advantage of using coated lead shot beads is that they almost act as a squishy liquid in the bag and are less likely to get it stuck like larger gravel particles miight do, if you can even find gravel in some places.

Now almost 20 years ago, I took a trek on a /road/trail/bushwhack carry paddle canoe on a diagonal route crossing the entire adirondacks. I carried an Olympus "Tough" camera, kept ready in my piocket. But the best thing I did was to also have a small digital audio recorder in my breast pocket...

i have used one, or more accurately seen one used, by a more experienced user than I, to throw a rope for clearing dangerous trees during a Lean2Rescue volunteer work job in the Adirondacks. You have to go to Youtube to see the most efficient throw methods. So since I need to take down a number...

You will enjoy the trip very much. I have completed the 3-day Adirondack 90 mile canoe race 28 times (Old Forge to Saranac Lake), not including a dozen cannonball-90s (=the entire route completed within a single 24 hour day). I have paddled a Hornbeck from my home just outside the western...

The .38 was the standard issue Air Force weapon of the day, meant for air crew cabin protection only. The .380 from my father was not meant as a weapon, it was to be a noise maker (3 shots at intervals) for rescue purposes. I have since acquired his S&W .44 magnum and Colt .45, which are WAY...

When I started doing significant solo off-trail backpacking in the Adirondacks, my dad was concerned, not about me being attacked, but rather my ability to signal distress or injury. GPS and personal beacons did not yet exist. He was well practiced with firearms, and so was I. I soon earned my...

The integral rainfly/tarp that came with my first generation Hennesssy has been adequate for most non-stormy conditions, even when it rains without much if any wind. Sometimes if I experience wind and some rain, I will tie it down lower than normal, which of course restricts the external...

What everyone says above is fine, especially Gamma and others with regard to "goon" as rudder VS J stroke. For beginners first learning to go forward with some modicum of control to where they want to go in a straight line, the thumb up goon is a rudder that will get them there. Teaching that...

Fortunately that is rarely any problem in the Northeast woodlands. With the exception of open cleared plots of designated (often overused) campsites along trails and waterways. According to NYDEC law, I am allowed to camp most anywhere I choose on most of the state publlic lands where I care to...

I left the ground for a Hennessey some 20 or more years ago, and except for rare times when a tent is more appropriate with near car-camping situations while attending open land campground events, I have not wanted to lay back on the ground or had any hesitations of hanging during the night in...

With my BSA young adult (typically college age) high adventure trek leader guide students, during their field exercise training while canoe camping at a remote Adirondack lake setting, I have a favored campsite on a lake shore. There is a lakeside trail that goes for a couple of hundred yards...

yes, there was one SUP finisher.

blaahhhhh. The time I spent in the military and after 9 years of active duty leading to my 40 year career as a research engineer was the greatest time of my life. Same for my brothers and my son as a pilot. Sorry, but there are emotions that arise deep within my chest when I witness men and...

As a former AF flier myself, I would often plan my navigation training flights over the Adirondacks from distant bases when I could, but I would be at 30K+ feet in altitude, not likely to bother anyone. But whenever on the ground I would watch with joy the F-16's then out of Syracuse, and also...

What has surprised me was when the first SUP entered the Adirondack 90 miler a few years ago. He was absolutely last to cross the finish line on the final third day, but he got a rousing applause (in part because finally now the awards ceremony could begin). Since then there have been more...

Hard to believe the Adirondack 90 mile "canoe" classic was already two weeks ago. Of course, there are a lot of kayaks in the race as well. I mostly see only the sleek Epic solo or race tandem yaks at my level, as the few boats that can catch up to my crew, paddling usually in a C4 or Voyageur...