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Some of the backbone members of my club are gradually easing their way out of the sport due to old age and heath/injury issues. In 2021 I had a major medical incident that set me back. I've built myself back up quite a bit from that, but last winter I really worked hard and thought I'd hit...

My biggest complaint about my Echo is the low freeboard. I left it home on my last trip for that very reason. I was worried it might swamp. An Echo with more freeboard would be a great boat.

If you hand someone a bent shaft for the first time they almost always hold it backwards. The effect of using it backwards is it tends to push the boat down rather than lift it up and the phase where you are pushing water back is shorter. All marathon canoe racers use bent shafts and they use...

I have two boats with asymmetrical rocker, a Northwind solo and a Northwind 17. Typically boats like this are meant to be paddled from a seated position, so healing is going to be very limited. They can handle some pretty rough stuff, but they aren't white water boats. Since there is more...

I thought I'd throw in two cents about using the legs with a double blade. I hope I've got this right because it's been a several weeks since I've been on the water and even longer since I was paying attention to what I was actually doing while paddling. The starting position is with both legs...

I'm probably repeating myself, but here goes. For the last few years, during paddling season, I've been going to a local lake, to paddle my IK, two or three times a week. Most of the time I use a Werner Skagit CF. I have other Werner paddles that I use on trips and club paddles. A couple...

I have several inexpensive action cameras now. If you check them on Amazon frequently you see that the price goes up and down and what is available changes. Most have similar specs, but there are differences. My most recent purchase was only $50 and has the highest specs of any of the...

About every time I'm on my computer, I get a message from Microsoft about backing up my files. I probably need to update my computer before I do anything. I'm running short on USB ports and they are all outdated. A lot of the new stuff won't work with them. I can't believe my computer hasn't...

I'm not interested in becoming an internet sensation, even if I were capable. The videos would be for friends, my club and this forum. And, I suppose, for me to relive my adventures on wintry nights. I was going to keep the raw footage on the memory cards. Probably not what most people would...

This year's foray into video was accidental. I meant to have the camera take stills at an interval of my choosing. But I've decided to make a more serious effort at videography, next season I got an offer for 40% off Corel Video Studio Ultimate and took it. But what should I do with a video...

I've never seen an area with more things that will bite you, sting you, poke you, or scratch you. A tough place to survive. One of the best river trips I've ever done. Probably not as safe as it was in 1995.

Many years ago, my club did a trip on the Rio Grande, through Big Bend. I was shooting slides back then, but I recently bought an inexpensive slide scanner. It's easy to use, but the image quality isn't that great. I'm guessing that not a lot of you have done this trip, unless you live in Texas.

I've been looking into water/canoe trails in a number of states. Seems like many have them. I'll look at the ones in Minnesota. To clarify what I want, I'm looking for something close to a traditional Boundary Waters experience, but portaging canoes along with heavy packs might be out of the...

I probably wouldn't leave my big camera home, when I use a canoe, but might consider it with a kayak. I, normally, keep a "full size" camera in a screw top bucket between my legs. That was pretty much impossible with the kayak, so I used a Kodak WP Z2, while paddling, and took shots in camp...

I was looking at that a bit too. A long time ago, when Lake Powell was backed up past the mouth of the Dirty Devil, I launched from Hite and paddled to Bullfrog. Now, it looks like you are paddling in a river for quite a way before reaching still water. That sounds good, but I'm guessing it's...

I might still be able to do an easy route in the Boundary Waters, but assuming my portaging days are over, I was looking for suggestions for some good campgrounds from which to do basecamp paddling. I would be willing to change basecamp a time or two during a multiday trip. I'd like to avoid...

If I had a brain, I'd be practicing and experimenting with these cameras so I know the best way(s) to operate them and don't mess up when it counts. Since they are so cheap, I'm considering mounting multiple cameras and running, at least, one of them on video. If room is at a premium, such as...

Prior to my last paddling trip, an ad for an inexpensive action camera showed up on my internet feed. It claimed it was highly rated. Curious, but skeptical, I checked it out on Amazon. It was the AKASO EK7000. The reviews were very favorable, so I ordered one and rigged a mount on my kayak...

At the time of my last trip, in late September, I had two solo canoes, two rec kayaks, two touring kayaks, and a sea kayak. I wasn't sure either of my two solo canoes was appropriate for this trip and I've been wanting to do a river trip in one of my touring kayaks, so I went with my Old Town...

Some good photos. I've been going through and scanning some of my old slides and came across these two. I thought the tarantula was fair game because it was on the way to the put-in. That is a white stripe on the road.