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Rapid stuff is from a GoPro. I asked Fuddle which picture he wanted for his big splash.....I quote "all of them". On this trip Christian was shooting the video but on Day 14 his video camera was down so I got out my GoPro. Release date for the full video of this trip is expected at a point in...

In the 60's as a pre-teen I did a lot of car camping with my mother, we had an Econoline van with the rear seats removed and covered the floor with 3/4" plywood which definitely helped take the chill off. In the 70's we had a new Econoline and recycled the plywood floor. In 1980 my mother...

Week Two Summary It's been a great week, we have had some nice camps (and a couple of pretty bad). There has been somewhat better weather. The rapids have been challenging and a lot of fun. We are finally making reasonable progress and finished the Tichegami but we have a long way still to...

Sunday July 26 (Day 14) On departure from our beach camp it was cloudy with a somewhat diminished headwind. According to the forecast It was not supposed to rain today but we both donned our rain jackets, we did get a couple of light sprinkles but that was all. We has a few R2(+) rapids to...

When it matters you will definitely appreciate different colours. Also helps to always get the right end of the canoe tied down to the front of my truck. (orange = front, yellow = rear

October 10, 2026 Rivière Dumoine, Quebec Duration: 7 days including 1 layover In 2003 I met these guys online and replaced Dave (orange canoe) for a Moisie River trip (last trip I did in a tandem boat). Since then I've done many river trips with them although they have rarely been for more than...

Tuesday July 24 (Day 12) In the morning, it was actually somewhat sunny which was a nice change from the overnight rain. The wind also picked up, nowhere near as bad as the previous day but still an annoyance, it kept our forward speed down on the flat sections and sometimes caused issues in...

Tuesday July 21 (Day 9) I had a terrible "sleep", not only did I have really lumpy ground there had been some light rain overnight so the Pod had become a refuge for every mosquito in the neighborhood. The Pod which is floorless can be well sealed from bugs if it is pitched on good ground, this...

Summary of Week One It's been an exciting week but not without some downsides. It's been cool for mid-July, overnight temps were down to single digits (celcius) for the first few nights. During the day we had comfortable temps for paddling. Winds which were almost always from the west and in...

Sunday, July 18 (Day 7) It wasn't raining when we woke up, cloud cover was essentially 100% with the odd tiny patch of blue sky from time to time. It was cool with strong winds as usual From our camp location it was not possible to see the river in any detail, we knew that there were three...

Friday July 17 (Day 5) I was a little late getting up, likely due to the after affects of yesterdays portaging adventure. The sun was shining, the westerly wind was blowing strong, Christian was outside spreading his wet gear out to dry. Eventually we started to pack up, it was a good thing...

First thing is that rescue rope used in a pin recovery and lining rope are rarely the same thing. Lining rope (and painters) should float ALWAYS, the last thing you want is a rope that doesn't float that can get tangled up with underwater rocks or tree debris. If you want to save your hands...

Entry Level translates to the level of rapids you are running and the likelihood of swimming. For Kokatat it also means NOT Goretex and not priced like Goretex. These semi-dry pants will not compare to a full dry suit in terms of the build but if they did they would likely be 3 - 5 times the...

There may be others but those are the only two that I know of that are paddling specific. In the past I have seen true dry pants (no socks) with gaskets at waist and ankle, they are intended to be paired with a a dry top (an alternative to a full dry suit. .

My post has been corrected, 9:35 was when I turned on my GPS, My first paddle stroke was at 10:18 (you no doubt left a couple of minutes earlier). Hmm 45 minutes to tear down, load up and get on the water, that in itself is pretty amazing.

That would work but these days most of those food container stuff are much thinner than they were years ago. Along the same line I have a couple of containers that were originally used for supplements, the ones I have only have the weight of the contents but I would guess they are 3 - 4 liters...

Wednesday July 15 (Day 3) Since my tent was just a pile of soaking wet fabric as a result of it's launch into the river last night I was sleeping in the Pod again, luckily the only other thing that was in the tent was my Mondo pad which I had managed to get pretty much dried out. I slept in...

Monday, July 13 (Day 1) It was another lovely sunny morning. With our gear mostly packed and ready to go we needed a simple breakfast and I have just the thing, a Strawberry Rhubarb Cream Cheese pie from Costco! Even a modest slice contains a ton of calories. We started moving our pile of gear...

I've been wearing (semi) dry pants for about 15 years, I have the Kokatat version which is similar to the NRS. Like you I have a dry suit which I use in the Spring or when I expect that a swim is highly likely. I like them a lot and pretty much wear them all the time. They will develop leaks...

Friday July 10: My plan was to leave Toronto mid-afternoon and hope to avoid the worst of the usual traffic along with the hordes going north to cottage country. On Thursday I had managed to get mostly packed and complete some last minute repairs to my Mohawk XL14. With some final food shopping...