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Day paddle yesterday, Lake of Thoune Switzerland. The air temperature was a bit below freezing (-1.6 C) and there was a thick layer of fog above.... ....so today I decided to take the mountaineering skis out for a walk (sorry not canoe related).... on this picture you can see the thick layer of...

Usually in my pants pocket...

As a foreigner in the USA / Canada, I never think of taking a gun with me on my wilderness trips. I don't take a gun with me when I travel where I live. (I don't want to start a discussion about guns versus bear spray!) I carry bear spray in the bush. I share the fear of homo sapiens sapiens...

Marco, This is a German site dedicated to open canoes/canoeing. https://www.canadierforum.de/f14-VERKAUFEN-Angebote.html Maybe this helps a little. André

Benvenuto Marco, Fellow European single blade paddler here. You found a bunch of friendly and very knowledgable people on this forum. Don't worry about your English skills. Congratulations to the birth of your child! Much good advice has already been given. You intend to take classes. Good...

Yellowcanoe Oh yes. I was able to paddle in Northern Ontario several times. I love the boreal forest of the Canadian Shield! On the occasion of a long trip through the USA and Canada, I was able to dip a paddle in the waters of Georgia, Florida, British Columbia, North Western Territories and...

Since I live in Europe.... of course I paddled outside of the USA or Canada.... Switzerland France Italy couldn't find pictures from Spain, Germany, Austria. In 1987 I had the chance to paddle in Eastern Germany (GDR) in "Spreewald". On our journey back home our camera was...

Mostly solo. At work I have to use (and improve) my "interpersonal" skills every day. That's why I enjoy solotripping. Years ago my preferred tripping partner quit paddling due to health issues. I never found anybody to "replace" him. Sometimes my daughter joins me, but she has a lot of other...

Day paddle, Lake of Thoune Greetings from Switzerland André

Lance, yes it has a ceiling but no ground cloth. Greetings from Switzerland André

Took a Eureka VCS tarp with bugscreen on a family trip in NW-Ontario. It was the first wilderness canoeing experience for my partner and our daughter, that was the reason we brought it. The bugs were abundand, the weather pretty wet, the shelter provided comfort. We had to spend one night under...

Woodland Caribou Provincial Park

Air pad with some kind of layer inside. I'd say the synmat is an air mattress, the dlx9 is down filled, as far as I know.

Exped SynMat 3-D ist the one I use most of the time. It's kind of a hybrid air matress with Texpedloft as isolating layer. R-value 4.8. All Exped mats come with a snozzel bag -> you don't have to use your lungs to blow it up, very handy.

Yes we do have that. If you have to be airlifted out by helicopter and you are donater/member of "rega" (Swiss Air-Rescue) for example, you'll get an invoice but they don't force you to pay it. That doesn't change the fact that you are responsible for the cost of a rescue. I agree that a lot of...

It's probably hard to compare, but here in Switzerland everyone who needs to be rescued receives an invoice. It doesn't matter how well prepared he was, or whether he got into an emergency out of his own fault. The rescued person is responsible for the cost of a rescue. So far I've always...

The weather doesn't always cooperate. Strong headwind with gusts up to 30 mp/h on the way back. Lake of Thoune Greetings from Switzerland, André

Almost looks like this little guy fell in love with the lure. Tree frog, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park.

It seems that most people eat well on their canoe trips. Otherwise this thread would be longer. Usually I eat well on trips but there's this one memorable meal. It happened on the Albany River in Ontario. We were running low on food and there were still 3 - 5 days to paddle until the...