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If I’m not fishing & only planning on meals that are ‘just add boiling water’, then this is my setup. Fuel, spoon, stove, mug, torch lighter, 2 mini-bics & scrungie/soap. 15.5 ounces (total) with a full 110g canister. If there is no fire ban, the fuel might not get used, but if I am relying...

Interesting - I had looked at some 50N PFDs from Europe recently - had caught my eye due to the light weight (under one pound). Likely not the right PFD for any moving water, but perhaps for those of us into traveling light on flatwater....

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Fun- I'd missed this thread. Rain or Shine, Cerberus is on guard for thee. However recent promotion may have gone to the head of the newest Branch Manager.

If that boat were in MN you'd get that price quickly.

The TR1 Merge 2.0's are OK - major weakness is the mesh does not take abrasion well. Otherwise they are quite good. I would recommend a healthy dose of shoe goo at key points. Wear them, flex them, and you will see that the flexed sides create folds. The "points" from those folds are the...

With one of the annual Canada trips a few days away, today I made my annual May pilgrimage to the hand/wrist doc, who has patched me up a bunch over the last 20 years. Interestingly, we just figured out a year ago that he also is a canoe tripper. Anyway, got the standard cortisone injections...

Well, if padding the lower St Croix, Brick’s Pizza in Hudson, WI is truly excellent. Never eat burgers out - venison (deer, elk, pronghorn) smashburgers at home. Oh, and if paddling the Kickapoo in the Driftless, the Driftless Cafe in Viroqua, WI has great pizza and an exceptional...

For giggles, what does is actually weigh?

Long handled spoon. No fork, no spork; I do not like green eggs and ham.

Glenn, that is a smokin' hot boat. Love it.

Chilean company with a majority owner who is friends with the Trump family. Profits to Chile. We do not have the smelter capacity in the US, so the metal goes to China. Minnesota gets some (dozens, maybe 100-200 at most) decent jobs for 15-20 years...no complaints about that part. The...

WD40 has removed lots of sticker residue on hulls for me, though that has only been on Kevlar and Carbon-fiber hulls made with either Vinylester or Epoxy resin. I too am done putting ugly registration stickers on my hulls...I'll pay the fine.

As I get older my approach to getting deeper into Quetico, WCPP, etc is to go light. This may not fit how you like to trip, and I don't mean to proselytize. If this is a rabbit-hole of interest, the best resource I have seen is the lightweight tripping forum over at bwca.com. Like you, I...

Quetico in September is usually fantastic. Enjoy.

Besides gorp and bars, I/we tend to bring an assortment of dried fruit (Trader Joe's!) like mango, chile-spiced pineapple, cherries, mandarin orange slices, etc. We also always bring a very dry salami and some parmesan cheese, both of which will easily last a couple of weeks, and if it was not...

DCF is also called Dyneema Composite Fabric; that's not a brand. There a a handful of cottage manufacturers of DCF stuff sacks and roll-top sacks. zpacks dry bags Hyperlite roll-tops Hilltop dry bags I'm sure there are others. Etsy might be worth a look. Cheers!

"In an effort to reduce weight" Well, if that is your primary goal, I would steer you towards roll-top dry sacks...but the DCF ones. Not remotely cheap, but very light. I use 3 in my pack (smaller than the Pioneer, 54L vs 77L) for a week (one for the food, one for clothing and one for my...

The Trillium is a very nice all-around boat but it's not quick. I have one with a drop seat and do sometimes swap out for a lower pack-style seat as well - however mine is probably 4" off the floor, much higher than Northstar's. In terms of ballast: Boy howdy yes. These are tripping boats...

Three or four times a week, I try to do a little lifting, stationary bike and stairs. Then swim 2/3rds of a mile; three of my laps are sprints because I can't go fast on land anymore.