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The average American who cannot swim 100 yards in a pool is not the most likely person to to find themselves in a situation where they are intentionally outdoors in winter wilderness conditions. As one myself who spends a great deal of time outdoors in all seasons, I believe that learning all I...

Erica, Just do a google search for "Dr. Cold", "Professor Popsicle" aka Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht from Manitoba Canada. Also search the same on Youtube. You will find many videos from his cold survival education training program.

I've always liked X-C skiing and I think it is the best cardio and general overall body workout next to perhaps swimming. Just last week I skied into a remote hunting cabin I inherited to shovel 4 foot depth of firmly packed snow from the roof. Two miles each way. Lake effect from the eastern...

I used a Water Rower to prepare for my first Yukon race. I found that I could hold the grab bar to one side or the other to imperfectly simulate a single blade paddle. Easy to move, I set it up in front of a large screen TV monitor as my preplanned Google Earth route map “flew the 1000 mile...

Chicken works best for me if I dice it small and combine it in a casserole type dish to bake then dehydrate, same idea with eggs, when combined with a potato, or rice type recipe mixture. Speaking of hash, one of my favorite simple quick breakfast dishes is a dehydrated can of corn beef hash...

I do not know much about the full line of Garmin Strikers, but for the purpose of management and research of my camp association lake, I wanted a bottom depth mapping capability. I decided last season to try the blue castable striker as an inexpensive option. I drop it in the water and tow it...

During my early years of home dehydrating 90% of my own backcountry and canoe tripping camping food, I made extensive use of a book by Linda Yaffee, "Backpack Gourmet: Good Hot Grub You Can make at Home, Dehydrate, and Pack for Quick, Easy, and healthy Eating on the Trail". A second "Bible" of...

I am an old school camera guy. I still have chemical and hardware darkroom equipment preserved in one corner of my basement. I look at a cell phone primarily as a voice communication device (a radio if you will) needed if I am ever in an emergency situation for me or someone else. Or to call my...

I recall hearing from when in my 1970’s Computer Lab in college about from a recent at the height of the Cold War attempt at computer automatic translation from English to Russian language. You really wanted to get the understanding of what each diplomat said is correct in those times. The...

I am reminded of one of my favorites (may have been included in a prior post)

I use this custom made wall rack in my lake camp garage. Made by a small company that also mskes rustic cedar furniture. Second rack filled & ready for winter storage Plus one on the ceiling with a home made lift Plus three more on ceiling lifts in the garage at home (no image)

What are the chances? No matter whether I am driving my car, or riding my bicycle on a narrow rural road, not much wider than single lane. Havent seen another vehicle traveling in either direction for miles. Juat as I approach a narrow bridge, thee's an oncoming vehicle, likely a big truck, all...

Six months, the last time I checked, but I have been a LNT member & trainer continuously for many years.

canoe racing seats are typically front dropped by about 15 degrees.

Many years ago I had to go to a training program lasting a month in California. i packed up my bicycle and had it shipped out with me. While riding on a semi-rural road a car overtook me and the next thing I knew a full beer can hit me sqarely in my left kidney. I kept on riding but squinting...

A fellow Yukon River team racer is a hospital worker. He managed to get ahold of a 1" thick bed size gel pad that was being discarded by the hospital. He cut it into smaller seat size pads for the seven bench seats in our Yukon voyageur canoe. It was extremely comfortable to sit upon for our...

One reason why I got into Subarus was their VIP pricing program. If you are a member of any one of several outdoor focused organizations, they offer a significant discount, as much as $3000 from stjcker, including options. At one time it was 2% below "invoice", whatever that was. It is...

What is wrong with another Subaru? My wife and I have owned a total of six Ssubarus since 2000 and have been happy with all. I currently have a Wilderness Forester. The only thinng I do not like, compared to others is the dang bulky oversize key fob and in general a push button start. But I...

Old Time scouters I have known would simply pour a can of peaches, pineapple or similar can of fruit along with all of the canned juice into a greased Dutch oven. then simply dump a dry biscuit or cake mix on top and place in hot coals with some on top to cook it. The flour soaks up the juice...

I always bring a bunch of plain flour tortillas when guiding sccuts. Sometimes I got lucky during berry season. Having an army of berry pickers with me, I would make a berry pie with sugar, flour and butter using layered tortillas as crust in a fry-baker covered pan with campfire coals on...