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I was tired of using an old Seal line pack for portaging so I bought a Granite Gear Quetico pack and thwart pack last year and I love them. I made a short video of the portage setup (link below), but here's a picture of what it looks like on the water. The other picture shows everything for 7...

I did the same thing, switch from the Sven to the Silky to reduce weight and space slightly, but more for the convenience of keeping it on my belt or in my pocket while bush whacking. Almost bent it as well, but so far I'm happy with it.

Thanks Robin, coming from you that's much appreciated.

I couldn't help reminiscing about the 2015 paddling season in my blog today. Yesterday I went on what was likely my last paddle of 2015.

About 20 years ago, a friend and I were moose hunting in northern Ontario in an area I spent a lot of time in. With custom longbows and homemade wooden arrows in hand, we would canoe to a spot along a lake or river before sunup and then separate and still hunt through a large area, meeting up...

That's a cool video - Invokes the emotion of a solo canoe trip without focusing on a specific location.

Depends on length of trip and temperature of course. For summer day trips, bare feet in the boat and Keens in the water work fine, but are annoying and potentially dangerous if stepping in rocky water or beaver dams. For multi day trips, I started using neoprene socks and I don't see ever...