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It was a "first" for a motley crew of open canoeists from Florida (Marc, Molly and Rascal), Pennsylvania (Bruce, Tim and Maureen), Michigan (Lynn, Raphael and Cooper), Maryland (Russ), and Connecticut (me). We ascended the East Branch of the St. Regis River in the Adirondacks, NY, from a parking...

A lot has been written here about paddling with alligators in Florida (and other southeastern states), with many northerners commenting that paddling among gators would be scary. Although a gator sank my outrigger canoe once, they don't usually bother me physically or psychologically. I've...

There are those who are righteously afraid of or disgusted by everything in the animal kingdom except for dogs and a few homo sapiens. Everyone else need not fear Ontario's one venomous snake—the massasauga rattlesnake—so "experts" and government bureaucrats say. "In the 1960s, when hippies...

First, a video that explains the three levels of disability that characterize the single blade paracanoe flatwater sprint race classes: VL1, VL2, VL3. V stands for va'a, which is an outrigger canoe with no rudder or skeg. The 1, 2 and 3 relate to different levels of disability. Next, I will...

"People certainly might be inspired to get out and camp more if pitching a tent becomes as simple as connecting a battery-powered electric pump and letting it fill the tent into shape while they take care of other camp setup duties. And if that tent sets up in about two minutes flat, all the...

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/11/tourist-seriously-injured-after-yellowstone-bison-launches-man-8-feet-in-the-air/ or https://nypost.com/2026/07/12/us-news/massive-bison-tosses-yellowstone-tourist-into-the-air-in-shocking-attack/ I've camped and canoed in Yellowstone, as many others...

"After a rescue boat capsized near a dam on Lake Springfield in Springfield, Missouri, members of the Springfield Fire Department were forced to rappel from a bridge to save a young girl from the raging waters below. The devastating incident claimed the lives of two people, left one person...

That's not the title of Marc Ornstein's most recent single blade technique article, but it could be. Marc characterizes the hydromechanics of draws, pries and side slips this way: " . . . bow and stern, draws and pries are essentially 'unbalanced' side slips, as you might say. Whereas a...

Administrative Notice: In general, I don't like the increasing confusion of AI-generated or AI-altered images with real images all over the place in today's electronic world. Posting such AI images on this site is okay if they add some sort of humor or conversational information. However...

This is thread is about pedantic, nitpicking, picayune—but accurate—vocabulary. The arborists and forestry experts can correct me, and the WCHA may fire me, but my understanding is that there are no true cedar trees in North or South America or Europe. The trees informally called eastern...

Is this true? If fully or partially true, why do conifers live so much longer and grow so much bigger than (single stem) longleaf non-conifers? I suppose I could ask AI. But we have foresters, botanists and other biologists here, and for ancient trees I'd rather ask ancient humans.

"Whether you’re coming from southern Quebec or Ontario, you’ll be greeted by untamed wilderness: La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve in the Vallée-de-l’Or or Opémican National Park in Témiscamingue. "And if you continue north, you’ll fall in love with Aiguebelle National Park, renowned far beyond our...

You just toss your big packs and $5,000 petrochemical canoe over the cliffs . . . and do this:

Registration for this canoe instructional symposium is now open. Information and details here...

"Go Paddle Day is a Paddlesports Trade Coalition (PTC) initiative designed to make paddlesports more accessible and front-of-mind for people across North America." https://www.gopaddleday.com/

"In September 1939, a man in a canoe paddled up to the shores of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Australia. If he looked a little worse for wear, you could forgive him — his voyage had begun seven years and four months ago on the other side of the planet, in Germany. "Oskar Speck holds...

A fisherman caught, unhooked and quickly released a great white shark on a beach on Nantucket. One of our members plies these island waters in various canoes, kayaks and an outrigger. https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/fisherman-speaks-after-catching-great-white-shark-133777519

"The U.S. Coast Guard and Transport Canada are wagering they can change bad safety habits and dangerous figures with the recent approval of a new class of PFD called Level 50." "Level 50 jackets are performance-rated personal flotation devices that provide at least 50 newtons of buoyancy, which...

This was on a weekend canoe trip in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the summer of 2025. I used a new and compact kitchen kit I bought during Covid. Prior to that for 15 years, I used a somewhat similar JetBoil kit. I don't need much to cook freeze-dried meals and make tea. Let's start: A...