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After you have paddled in the official 90 miler a few times (this year is my 30th), you may be tempted to do the totally unofficial "Cannonball-90", as we call it. The goal is to complete the old traditional 90-mile route all within a single calendar day. I like to start in Old Forge at the...

My used recently acquired, just newly refurbished Savage River Saranac model C4 racing canoe. It will be in this year's Adiorndack 90 mile canoe classic.

Here is the Final result, just received a two part epoxy clear coat from a well-known canoe sales and repair shop in my area. I am very happy with the quality of the finish. Unless I actually paddling, it will be kept well protected away from the sun in my garage

When I raced and camped on the Yukon River, both the race directors and the local First Nation residents we talked to said to be more afraid of moose than of bears. Unless cubs are threatened, in most cases a bear only wants to take your food. But an agitated moose wants to take your life.

12 August 2026 Partial Solar Eclipse at maximum coverage (~14%) from the edge of the western adirondacks (through an 8" Newtonian reflector telescope).

While the radiant of the shower appears to originate from a singular point in Perseus, that is only the radiant, an area in the sky defined by motion of the earth in our orbit intersected with the general direction of the debris from the original source comet's orbit around the sun. A meteor may...

Gene's health was not good the last time I saw him. He retired from racing the 90 miler 3 years ago.

I do not know Jeremy or know what marathon races he participates in. But every fresh water race I have ever seen or raced has prohibited rudders on canoes.

#25 is on a small peninsula with an open to the lake "frog pond" on the north side. Years ago (1970's ), Several times I would paddle the family in our Grumman to our favorite #25 for a few days with wife and 2 kids and a dog to catch frogs, son would terrorize his younger sister and I would...

I believe we were told that during the shorter 440 mile race, Whitehorse to Dawson City, that there were special permissions for us. We had to have headlamps available, as well as a flashing strobe, but dd not have to have either oprating during the "night". We were more likely to see the Yukon...

Good thing you didn't capsize and fall in the water head first. :cautious:

Your "Bob Senior" would be our "MR. Finkelstein", an equally incompetent scoutmaster doing everything wrong, both as an outdoorsman and as a leader of youth on a wilderness trek. He would be role played in another training scenario either independently or along with a Bobby scenario. I have...

When I taught annual BSA high adventure guide leadership training, another instructor and I would often do oddball role playing scenarios for training. I often played "Bobby", the worst behaving incompetent young scout you could ever imagine. Commonly at a favored campsite, upon returning to...

Coming off the lower dam portage, those stumps can be tricky to negotiate even in daylight hours, especially at racing speed. But during the official race or nearing the end of the Cannonball, at least it is during daylight. During the Yukon River races we are required to carry a flashing...

Try it in heavy fog sometime. My team and I (or just I solo) like to paddle the unofficial Adirondack "cannonball", which is the entire old traditional 90 mile route to be completed all within the same calendar day (as opposed to the official 3- day staged 90 mile race). To do so I like to...