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Well, this changes my theory then. I previously thought the only song you knew the lyrics to was "I Wanna Be Sedated", but now I know that you play this on a loop on the way to the putin to ensure that it's the last thing you hear.

I was in the neighbourhood a few years ago. I confirm Fitz's report and would add that I recall the portage from 3rd to 4th was particularly unpleasant... but as I'm not one who enjoys portaging, you may choose to discount my account. Additionally, I did discover that the single most fragrant...

Sorry John. Sold it a while back. Mea culpa for not updating this post. -carp

As someone of similar stature, I sympathize. For my last two pairs of rain pants I've settled on the Marmot PreCip Full-Zip Rain Pants. https://www.rei.com/product/863402/marmot-precip-full-zip-rain-pants-mens-short I can't say whether or not they are the best rain pant out there. However, i...

Old Town Koru in excellent condition for sale. The Koru is good sized (17.5ft in length) canoe with lots of room for gear. It excels at long trips over that cover a lot of ground. With it's long keel and sharp entry, the Koru tracks straight and slices through the water. Laid up in *advanced...

No Title Speaking of the Bogs of Discontinuity...

The wave was strong enough to surf without much effort on my part. It was strong enough that it kept inching the boat upstream. You can see me back paddling with the pole several times to stay on the wave. Clearly, pride goeth before my swim. :) -carp

The canoes in the videos are mostly MR Royalex Explorers with an OT Tripper thrown in for variety in the Lamoille video. While I used to do all my tripping in the Royalex explorer, I've switched to a Kevlar Explorer for longer trips. However, that's just my choice. For poling, any decent...

For non-whitewater poling, I'm with Canotrouge. The extra weight adds some stability, and only slows you down a little. However, in whitewater, it does make it more difficult just because you are pushing all that extra weight uphill. More difficult, doesn't mean impossible though...

Hey Jim, getting the hang of the the balance is not as hard as it seems. As long as you have a decent size tandem boat and you start off in easy water, there isn't much to it except practice. -carp

After a successful poling clinic for the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, a few of us made our way back to the river for a park and play session of canoe poling. No canoes were harmed in the filming of this video. -carp