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Yikes! Helluva story!! Much worse than even Type 2 fun!!! Glad I wasn’t there!!!!

It seems to me, based on the majority of responses to this thread, that Mr. Callan is describing the death of an event that was not overly alive anyway. To repeat, Kathleen and I, like many others, rarely lighted campfires.

Yes, we moved back about two weeks ago. Our property in Preeceville became too much work as we aged. My back no longer enjoyed the never-ending chain saw work to maintain our 5 miles (8 km) of trails through the bush. Not to mention all the other responsibilities that required a younger body. I...

Most of the tripping that Kathleen and I did was north of tree line, or in very sparsely treed country on the Barren Grounds. Our trips were usually three to four weeks. Our trip on the Thelon River lasted 37days. Carrying enough fuel was difficult, so we usually relied on a fire. We generally...

Kathleen and I paddled the Coppermine River in 1995, with one other couple: https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/coppermine-river.84279/ The trip began by going overland from Winter Lake to Point Lake...

Did you have a particular river/region in mind? Like Mason, I would not consider a guided trip. Too many unknowns regarding the guide and fellow travellers. Challenges on lengthy, northern trips simlpy require more planning and caution, but do not really differ from shorter, more southerly...

Just wondering, Keeled Over, if you’re going to post a trip report on your Thelon River adventure. Hope so.

Beautiful, Keeled Over. Very happy for you.

Whenever Kathleen and I arrived home from a wilderness canoe trip, we immediately replaced/repaired any damaged gear. We then put everything away in thee different storage areas: an outdoor shed, the machine room in the basement, and a gear closet in the basement. About a week before the next...

1. Four-person tent for just the two of us. 2. Helinox Ground Chair 0. 3. Therm-a-Rest pillows.

You might find my story interesting and informative. Our Mad River Explorer canoe had wooden gunwales, and a Royalex, plastic hull. Plastic and wood expand and contract at different rates during times of warming and cooling. That didn’t make much difference when Kathleen and I lived on the...

The following is from my Trip Report on our Anderson River trip in 1999. Loud splashing in the river startled us awake at 1:00 a.m. Kathleen and I instantly thought the same thing—must be a bear. I grabbed for my rifle, and Kathleen reached for the pepper spray. We peered out cautiously to see...

We spent the next night at Jack Batstone's cabin on Hudson Bay. Polar bear wandered by in the morning.

We left our soggy, boggy, undulating, waterbed camp at 10:00 a.m., beneath a low sky, but no mist on the water. We ran two rapids down to Deaf Rapids, and got out to scout on river right. Very high, threatening waves throughout. From our vantage point, it looked like there was a potential “sneak...

recped's water camp reminded me of the water camp that Kathleen and I shared on the Seal River in northern Manitoba. The following is copied from my Trip Report. So, we ended our paddling day at 6:30 p.m. to set up camp on a very wet and boggy flat that undulated like a waterbed. Kathleen...

Common Mullein, aka “Cowboy Toilet Paper,” in case you thought I was joking. https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/columbiaco/2020/04/02/common-mullein-verbascum-thapsus-cowboy-toilet-paper/

Perhaps I was exaggerating

OK. Number 2: I have always said that you can never have too much rope on a wilderness canoe trip. After more than 30 years of wilderness canoeing, I am now up to about 33.6 pounds of rope on each trip. The rope requires its own, personal blue barrel. Perhaps this rule needs to be amended.

Number 1: To experience the glory and pristine beauty of the wilderness, never bring toilet paper. This actually happened to me on a backpacking trip with my stepbrother. OK.. I have been drinking. I turn over the next rule to you. Whadda you got?