Recent content by Mason

Or you could avoid the wife part altogether and stay single. A man's gotta know his priorities (said in a Clint Eastwood voice).

No bending needed--each one has only two attachment points. And it'd be a chore bending that thick extruded aluminum.

I don't wet foot. My kevlar Voyager has scratches. I don't baby it, but I don't abuse it either. I either come ashore abeam with care on nice landings, or beach very gently bow first and step out to the side if there are rocks to step on. Sometimes I'll scoot forward in the canoe if the...

What's your traditional method? For me, I've found that even with heavy packs, if I balance it on both thighs, and then slip into it works the best. It's critical to grab the straps about midway up to provide enough space for your arm to slip through, and balance it on your thighs for a brief...

Such a fun river. I lived about a half mile from it near Gakona.

They were Kokatat, but I don't know what model.

I'm not the OP, but I paddled the Noatak a few years ago. We had one day of wet storm. We had an inReach forecast, so found a nice place to hole up in expectation of hunkering down, but it was in an exposed area. It was quite windy, winds expected over 22mph (which seems to be some type of...

On my last trip in northern Canada (Nunavut), which involved a fair bit of upstream wading, three of the four of us were using dry pants (guess who wasn't). Temps were mild, and I just waded in my pants, which dried out very quickly. The dry pants are also good for coming to shore in deep...

Should be no problem. Just make sure you say you have "bear spray" and not pepper spray, which they define as a defensive weapon against humans. Also, some of the bear sprays have a bear picture on them, which helps in case you goof up or if the border guard is anal. I haven't heard of any...

It calmed down a little--the others got to sleep until 6am! (I was already up.) We still had to do a surf launch.

Beer, huh?

I bought a Hilleberg specifically for these northern trips. And all other tents were Hillebergs.

Wind day or not?

And let's not forget muskox coming within 100m from camp. Kazan River, Nunavut.

Here's an interesting one, related to the prior. There were hundreds of these columns of flies (as far as the eye could see) on the Kunwak River in Nunavut. Pretty impressive.