Recent content by yknpdlr

Right. My focus is race training. I strive for a smooth quiet catch to a powerful initial stroke where it is most effective for the first 16-18 inches followed by a very slight back off to reach my hip, then a quick twist of the paddle to a slide slip out exit to a feathered recovery in air. On...

i haven't paddled the Yukon River races in a while. My last Yukon River Quest 440 mile race was in 2017, my fifth race in my series of Yukon races, including two 1000 milers. As my Yukon team has aged (I am 75 this year and am not the oldest crew member), we tend to focus more on local closer to...

Campsites on Grass pond: Site 29,with old logging trail to the abandoned jeep road and map/compass bushwhack up the ridgeline to the summit of GPM. Site 30, at a small bay with a trail past the privy to the jeep trail below the trailless bushwhack (90 degress mag) to the rock face exposure...

You have stumbled upon what was once a private resort called Robinwood Park. The last time I was there you could still see what was once a paved tennis court and remains of many structures including the main lodge plot with an old dock down a slope into the water and a separate road to a sandy...

i believe what you thought was the "Grass Pond" photo was acctually a photo into Tomar Pond with Tomar mountain. Not much of interest in that bay, Grass Pond is on the opposite (Northwest) side of Lows, much more scenic as Jm indicated. Before the Bog Riiver Flow was dammed and flooded to form...

When my wife was pit crewing my Yukon River races, shw had the opportunity to sit with First Nation residents while waiting for us to pass. Most have never learned to swim, unlesss they attended school in Whitehorse which has a large athletic complex with a pool. The silt in the river...

ten years ago. It was fun. Grand daughter is now 25, she just raced in the Adirondack 90 Mile Canoe Classic race with me two weekends ago. the last time she was in a canoe was when she was 8 and paddled a 12 mile race with me which we won. Finished the 90 second in our class :)

i wonder what brand of PFD they are wearing?

it was a quiet day,while hiking along Loch Ness in Scotland with my grandkids. And then suddenly, there it was! I see it in the distance, getting closer now. Hey kids, come here, look quick

Not a video but a couple of stills taken from a safety boat as I am in the bow of a voyageur canoe on the Yukon River race at the Five Finger Rapids. Only one "safe" line to hit with 3' hjgh standing waves have me taking a wash over the bow onto me in one shot, Then I am paddling in air in...

Certainly have that experience. During the Yukon River races, after more than 24 hours of continuous paddling through the night, pareidolia is quite common. One of my voyageur canoe paddling partners often sees plates of food rising up from the turbulent surface water. During the Yukon 1000...

Along with REI and EMS, in my early gear needy days I shopped LLBean for gear, but when each of those franchises opened stores in my state, mainly far from me, causing state sales tax to automatically be collected, I backed way off from mail order and distant store visits. My wife still shops...

That is possible. The former Hamilton County Sheriff owns the single private camp on the island peninsula and may be grandfathered in. During the more than the 35 years I have annually visited Lows as a BSA high adventure trek guide canoe and camping instructor, plus many separate personal...

it is leaf peeper season, after all. That is when those who live outside of pretty tree country will travel north to spend dolllars and time with those of us who actually live with the experience all the time. A bit early for the most color, but the peak is soon, and will severely fade by the...