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My first canoe was a lighweight hull Grumman that I bough in Columbus OH when I was in th AF there many years ago. After moving to NY (no stickers required), I carefully scraped the registration numbers off. But the awdul outline still remains visible. I don't use that canoe enough to worry...

While there certainly are a goodly number of younger folk, from their teens to the 30's, I have long noted that canoe races draw more than the expected fair share of older paddlers for an athletic event. One often seen older gentleman, Glenn, just retired in his mid 80's, due to a bum leg and...

I spent 30 years as a permanent staff instructor for the Adirondack Region BSA High Adventure guide training program, one segment of annual BSA National Camping School (NCS), so called the “Adirondack Voyageur guide program”. Eight days of training, about half in classroom, half in the field...

Correct, Alan. it can beccome very scary in a heartbeat on that downward heal slope.

I almost forgot Logan bread, originally developed to assist the first climb of Mt Logan, AK, Canada's highest peak. i make my own high density version, bake thinly, and a good while longer than most recipes call for at a lower temperature to make it a bit dryer so it keeps a long time. Find...

If you live any where neare a usuable airfield and runway, civilian or (especially) military, it and its environs are a target for a capable enemy. Particulary including several miles off the end of the standard use takeoff runway in the miitary nuke weapon carrying case. Same for government...

Reminds me of a famous Mark Twain quote: "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way...

I have paddled various "war canoes" (nowadays called "voyageur canoes") outfitted with 6 or 7 paddler seats while racing in the Adirondack 90 miler, the Gerneral Clinton, and the Yukon 440 and 1000 milers beginning in the 1990's. It did not take long to realize we had to install roller side...

There are tons of recipes for jerky, depending on what flavor enhancer you may like. Watch out for salt content if that is important to you (I use low sodium soy sauce if soy is in the recipe). I also have made a lot of fruit rolls using various kinds of pureed fruit. l ike to soak banana slices...

Try a couple of quality different dealer paddles if possible (could lead to an additional sale). Don't just go straight and do turns, but also sideslip and draw. Vary your speed to see how comfortable it is. Simulate a strong headwind by sprinting for a fair distance, then relax with easy...

Tell me about it. Did some XC skiing and time on my Paddlesports Paddler, here in easternLake Ontario Lake Effect country. Oh, yeah, not to forget multiple times of above the waist deep roof shoveling. Montague, NY, experienced extreme snowfall during the 2025-2026 winter season, with an...

Since the beginning of the Adirondack 90-mile canoe race, for the first 35 years (before the Northern Forest Canoe Trail acquired the race), PFDs had to be carried, and encouraged to be worn, but were not required to be worn unless weather and race officials so dictated. With up to 275 boats in...

Working out on a stationary paddling machine with no scenery passing by can be incredibly boring. My first machine was a waterrower, which I used with the handle held vertrically off to one side so it roughly simulated a short canoe paddle. I liked the realistic feel of the catch and the sound...

All during the summer, if I am not paddling, I am cutting trees for firewood, splitting (with a machine), moving and stacking as much as 12 face cords each both for home and for my lake cabin. Where much of it is stacked reequires hauling wood chunks on a sled to the door and temmporarily...

Yes, a headlamp or other light, but if you have ever tried to change dead batteries on a long night trip, after that you will always carry a spare lamp source or for to provide light for changing the batteries in the other light. I find that rechargeables do not last long enough for a marathon...