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BTW Yellowcanoe, cool video on the actual technique.

Not exactly sure where, but in Venice for sure. I expect it will be way lame, geared for old tourists who have never held an oar or a paddle. But you never know, definitely worth trying.

Hey did you know Venetian gondolas are rowed, not poled? They are powered by a single oar. Where did we all get the same wrong notion? I blame Saturday morning cartoons. Anyway, looks like fun. I shall take a lesson next week.

I have a Pentax WG III. Waterproof, great image quality, works underwater. But the zoom is limited. The other thing I don't like is the optional remote. I read the reviews and everyone said it didn't work, and just thought it was a bunch of naysaying. I bought one for like $30 and it truly...

Haha. Just pushing buttons. I believe in the zero decibel style, so one song just rattles around in my head for a week. Usually the last one I heard in the shuttle vehicle. Hopefully not rap... "I started panickin' when a mannikin ate my bannock and I hit it with a mahogany log in Temagami...

Also, as a progress update, I got another email at 2:30 in the afternoon. They had crossed Allagash lake and gone down Allagash Stream to the falls at the pond outlet. Yet another favorite campsite. Dang! I'm jealous now.

I believe it really is Caucomgomac Stream, with a nasty feature called the horserace. It's a wall of rock, the current piles against it and takes a 90 degree turn to the left, then around the end of the wall and back to the original course. If you are headed upstream, you enjoy a pleasant...

I'm enjoying following my friend Carp in the Allagash region right now. I get a daily email once they're in camp with a map location. The first one was at the drive-in campsite on Umbazooksus Stream, then Day 1 they went down through Chesuncook Lake and up to the Horse Races Campsite. Next...

I have used an old ski bag, which will also fit a 2-piece pole.

Of course up in the Allagash you also have to worry about aliens. I heard you should poke them in those big luminescent eyes - we don't know if there's anything sensitive in the crotchal region.

I've been drying food nonstop out in the mudroom. I put my raincoat on this morning and have been smelling like a cross between curry and spicy jerky.

I'm collecting old Feather Brand paddles for a wind chime.

Well, I fell in the Charles River last night. I was paddling a Sawyer Shockwave, a vintage lightweight go-fast solo canoe. This thing has incredible tumble-home which may have been what did me in. I was paddling upstream against a decent current, but with a strong tailwind. It was time to...

It's a great life if we don't weaken! I'm 62, planning on retiring in 2.5 years. And yes, I am slowing down as well. But then I compare myself to my paddling partners that are about 20 years younger than me, so if I'm comparatively a little sluggish at the end of three mile portage, I'm OK...

Looks like the Atlas 282 gloves are the same as the blue lobster gloves. I think I'll have to give them a try. By the way a good coat of Mr. Zog's Sex Wax on the pole reduces the amount of water running down the pole and into your coat sleeve at least 95%, and that is huge when you're doing...

Somehow I missed this TR too. YC we had the same zero wind three weeks earlier. One of the most memorable trips ever. Can't go back though, it'll never be that good again.

Last Saturday we poled up the Nissitissit in Pepperell MA. Some mild rapids, some smooth but strong current, and a lot of just plain pleasant going. If anyone else was out you'd know it was about 40 degrees out with a fair strong wind. Necessarily, handling the pole means your gloves are...

I prefer a straight shaft for whitewater but if I have a bent shaft in my hand that's OK too. For draws, I just use it "backwards" and can do a monster pull on it. I'm always in a big boat full of gear so the extra moments it takes to turn the paddle in my hands is usually not the main issue.

So i have a Goal Zero Nomad 7 solar panel, with a 5V usb port, a 6.5V cord for linking multiple panels and a 15V cord with a proprietary plug on the end. Now bear with me, the 15V cord attaches to a cigarette lighter outlet. My camera battery charger has a 12 to 24 volt plug for plugging into a...