Recent content by yknpdlr

What are the chances? No matter whether I am driving my car, or riding my bicycle on a narrow rural road, not much wider than single lane. Havent seen another vehicle traveling in either direction for miles. Juat as I approach a narrow bridge, thee's an oncoming vehicle, likely a big truck, all...

Six months, the last time I checked, but I have been a LNT member & trainer continuously for many years.

canoe racing seats are typically front dropped by about 15 degrees.

Many years ago I had to go to a training program lasting a month in California. i packed up my bicycle and had it shipped out with me. While riding on a semi-rural road a car overtook me and the next thing I knew a full beer can hit me sqarely in my left kidney. I kept on riding but squinting...

A fellow Yukon River team racer is a hospital worker. He managed to get ahold of a 1" thick bed size gel pad that was being discarded by the hospital. He cut it into smaller seat size pads for the seven bench seats in our Yukon voyageur canoe. It was extremely comfortable to sit upon for our...

One reason why I got into Subarus was their VIP pricing program. If you are a member of any one of several outdoor focused organizations, they offer a significant discount, as much as $3000 from stjcker, including options. At one time it was 2% below "invoice", whatever that was. It is...

What is wrong with another Subaru? My wife and I have owned a total of six Ssubarus since 2000 and have been happy with all. I currently have a Wilderness Forester. The only thinng I do not like, compared to others is the dang bulky oversize key fob and in general a push button start. But I...

Old Time scouters I have known would simply pour a can of peaches, pineapple or similar can of fruit along with all of the canned juice into a greased Dutch oven. then simply dump a dry biscuit or cake mix on top and place in hot coals with some on top to cook it. The flour soaks up the juice...

I always bring a bunch of plain flour tortillas when guiding sccuts. Sometimes I got lucky during berry season. Having an army of berry pickers with me, I would make a berry pie with sugar, flour and butter using layered tortillas as crust in a fry-baker covered pan with campfire coals on...

Bannock biscuits, of course, to be made by cooking in a fry pan with a touch from a bottle of liquid squeeze margarine (travels well). I premix and prepackage all ingredients in my own recipe (including the shortening) at home and only need to add water to make the dough by hand at camp. I have...

"Fresh" baked muffins in various flavors are always stacked near the entry of the local (the only) grocery market in my town (TOPS). $7.99 for a 4 pack is a little steep for the belly bombs, but I often fall for them when they go on sale for $4.99, sometimes at buy one, get on free. I like to...

i have no idea what was just said. During the power paddle phase, there is at least a moderate amount of torso and upper body rotation as shoulders follow the paddle until the end of clean power and the paddle then cleanly exits the water for in air recovery to the next catch. A torso rotation...

When paddling single stroke single side in my lighter canoes (22 pound PB Shadow, or 19 pound SR Blackwater), I notice during the recovery process of unwinding from torso rotation, it creates a torque that partially compensates in a small but noticeable amount to correct yaw drift. Combine that...

Many remote Adirondack ponds will have an old beater leaky canoe (or rowboat), well hidden somewhere not far from shore. Usuallly there is no paddle found with it, but there may one be hidden someplace else far away if you are lucky to find. There is also no PFD available, which technicallly...

As I have heard AF fighter pilots often say.... "a MIG at your 6 is better than no MIG at all"