VernAK

Thanks for the thread. I'll be watching this evening while on my treadmill. I'm always searching Youtube for canoeing adventure videos...

I received my pack from Art a couple weeks ago and had occasion to use it on a short trip to the Adirondacks last weekend. I just...

Just finished making two food packs for Maine Guide Rob Scribner of Sunrise Canoe and Kayak in Machias. Rob runs a great trip down the...

Hello, Back in November I took a 12 hour drive from PA to SC. I picked up 4 canoe hulls. They were the last boats made by Pat Moore. I...

I grew up in Grand Rapids and traveled the Big Fork River a lot and still have a deer shack near Little Fork. Moved to Alaska in 69. I...

Vern…… I too grew up in Northern Minnesota, on the eastern side of Red Lake. We had Finnish neighbors. My parents little hobby farm was...

Having grown up in Northern Minnesota, I had a lot of Finnish friends and a girl friend from the old country. It was often stated that...

Vern… The Finnish word you were looking for is spelled Puukko. All Puukko’s are knives, all knives are not Puukko’s. I would agree with...

If you visit those countries, be sure to visit the Puuka [sp?] manufacturers as they make some of the finest knives for outdoors folks.

The video clearly shows the route around the standing waves, but I've seen groups of European tourist paddlers head straight into the...

Race officials stress in a mandatory pre-race briefing that all racers must to go through the right channel. Every one of the five times...

Five Finger Rapids gets a lot of pre-trip attention, mostly well deserved, often with a capsize for those who had not paid attention to...

Every time I read about or watch a video of Five Fingers Rapid the paddlers go through the very wide right channel between the right...

That's a very interesting trip with loads of historical gold rush era sites. Fort Selkirk is worth an overnight or two. There's a well...