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I take MREs that I buy from the Commissary on base. All I need to do is heat water.

That is why I specified summer. With the sun setting around midnight and rising around 3 am, it just doesn't get dark enough to need light in the summer.

Globalstar has terrible service in Alaska.

I currently take a Spot, Garmin Montana and my cell phone. Later this month, I will be adding a Satellite Phone. I take these with me when I am in the canoe, on the ATV or snowmachine. I go mostly by myself and into some really remote areas here in Alaska.

I don't take a light with me. They are not needed in Alaska in the summer.

I use prescription Ray Ban sunglasses. They last longer for me than the cheap brands.

I carry a .45 pistol all the time and when I am away from the van out of town, I carry a .45-70 rifle. I carry a gun when I am snowmachining, canoeing, hiking, fishing, hunting or on an ATV ride. I have only had a few comments. One man asked me what I was afraid of and my answer was "Not a...

I take one of each.

I take most of the same gear for a day trip as well as a multi day trip. I leave out the tent, sleeping bag, etc. I also take less food for a day trip. I am 70 years old and mostly canoe alone here in Alaska so I need to be self sufficient since there won't be any help coming for me.

I have been camping for about 60 years. I am as comfortable camping as I am at home. If it is raining, I don't want to go camping, but if it starts raining while I am camping, it doesn't bother me.

I carry an old Spot Messenger everywhere I go. For navigation I have a Garmin Montana that I use on my ATV, snowmachine and canoe.

I used to fish using spinning gear. Got pretty good at it. Then I learned to fly fish and got pretty good at fly fishing. I gave my son in law all of my fly rods, reels, fly tying equipment and supplies. Took out one of my old spinning rods & reels and couldn't catch a fish with it if the...

What is "BLO"? Never mind. Just as soon as I typed the question, the answer came to me "Boiled Linseed Oil".

I learned to canoe in high school in the late 1960s. My high school was beside a river and the school had a canoe livery on the river with a lot of Grumman Canoes. We learned to canoe in gym class and canoed everyday for about a month or longer (weather permitting) in the fall. After we...

I rebuilt my Svea 123. Works like brand new. I bought the parts from a vender on Classic Camp Stoves. Easy to rebuild and the Svea is still one of the best stoves ever made.

US Army White Bunny Boots good for -60°F standing still or US Army Mickey Mouse Boots good fo -20°F standing still. I personally like wearing a thick pair of wool socks with these boots for the cushioning of my feet. I have personally wore the White Bunny Boots at -55°F standing still on ice...

I have carried a pocket knife since I was 10 years old. Used to play mumbly peg during recess.

You can restore some of the loft by putting the sleeping bag in a dyer, no heat, and add a clean tennis shoe with no laces. I have a North Face Superlight mummy down sleeping bag that I bought in 1980. I do this at the beginning of each camping season. It really helps the loft.

Just about anywhere would be too far for me to travel to since I live in Alaska.

This is what I would do to outfit an Old Town Pack. I would make a clamp on portage yoke for it. I would add a thwart behind the seat. I would shock cord both thwarts. I would shock cord both decks for coiled lines. I would drill holes into each end 4" down and 2" in from the stem and epoxy...