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I have one from 1984. It's still useable, but I have several newer tents to replace it. It went everywhere with me. At the time it was the strongest tent on the market, surpassing even the vaunted VE24 based on tests using a platform built on a truck and traveling at freeway speeds. I still like...

Thanks. Stuck on the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy right now, so it will have to wait!

Based on the first book, I'll pass on the Congo. We'll see if the next book will change my mind.

"I have just re-read Joe Kane's Running the Amazon" I read that some years back, and an excerpt more recently. It seemed to be a story where he was expecting death at any time (and with good reason). I like adventure (even Type 2), but that was a few points beyond. I just finished Facing the...

Not entirely. Although she used the spray once, it appeared she was farther away than ideal. Although the bear reacted, he did so minimally. She could have been more effective in spraying it either by getting closer or a longer spray. Also, when the bear was ripping up stuff in her kayak, she...

Or more bear smarts in this case.

Grizzly bears have a propensity to gnaw on plastics. I've had them take a bite out of stashed poly Old Town canoe, and plastic jugs at remote cabins (in Alaska) are inevitably punctured or demolished by bears.

I've used the steel drums up in Alaska. I don't recommend them for canoe trips. They are heavy and unwieldy, though effective. They'll also beat up your boat unless you have some protection. Multiple smaller units (like a BearVault) are much easier to manage. I've used Garcia canisters on 30 day...

I have it backwards. I just go on longer trips--80-90 pounds of food for 6 weeks necessitate triple carries.

Wow, I'd forgotten about Ainsworth paddles. The guy's sister (with a lovely British accent!) was a good friend of mine back in the 80s in Yosemite.

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I paddled the length of Ross over 40 years ago, one trip starting from the north in BC and getting about half way (weekend trips), and once starting from the south on Diablo with the truck portage around the dam. The winds on Diablo can be troublesome (wish that I was tandem instead of two...

September in the Kootenays (south-central BC).

September is a glorious month. You might see snow in the mountains, but unlikely on the roads. September in Banff and Bowron Lakes, BC:

You might have to adjust that attitude for the National Parks. You may not see anyone around the sloughs or Fir Island, though.

The sloughs around Marysville, WA are nice. Fir Island on the Skagit River Delta is fun. Both of these would be day trips from your niece's. In between I80 and I90 are Yelllowstone and Grand Teton NPs. Yellowstone has the Lewis/Shoshone Lake trip (could be an overnight, or a few days)...

I'm on my second also. In addition to the grab handle, I have two straps going all the way around the pack through the various d-rings, with a Fastex slider for adjustment. That allows you to pick up the loaded pack without stressing the shoulder strap attachments (my first pack started...

The Labrador tea further south gets knee high or more, and is exists as thick brush among the trees. North of Wollaston Lake it was always challenging to find good campsites due to the thickness of Labrador tea--another plus for the Barrens!

I guess I misspoke--it was the cockpit they made the rigid cover for, as they didn't have hatches. I'd assume they had a smaller cockpit, with spray skirt, within the decked cockpit, basically turning them into kayaks. I don't know if they ever went down the deep dark hole of using double bladed...

If I remember correctly, Kruger and Landick installed rigid hatch covers for their Loon/Monarch canoes for paddling the Pacific. The single opening was much larger than the dual openings on the Canaks, though.