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Here's a little insight from Cliff Jacobsen's Canoeing Wild Rivers. He references the Bill Mason sling and includes a couple diagrams...

a piece of line, a butterfly knot tied in the middle and then attached to the boat. This is a solution ... sure - not the only one in...

I’d stay where I’m at in Northern lower MI or move a little more north. Even though others have mentioned it gets busy, they’re not...

What if you took in what everybody is saying, but incorporated a smaller faced blade? I know that the larger blade can grab too much...

This a perfect example of what makes this site so great!

Glue in wood wedges. Jim

I love old hand tools, I use my old planes quite a bit

We (or at least, I do) talk a bit about working with wood. Since my focus is on wood/canvas canoes I enjoy using and owning the tools...

I think there’s a lot of good that come from these videos we all watch, especially on YouTube. I think we all have taken something or...

As for my "content"...... I was into photography as early as age 10. That was effecting my wilderness experience long before the...

I do think social media has had an effect on my wilderness experience, but I'm not sure whether it's a net negative or positive. The...

I don’t know if anybody has an Eddie Baurer warehouse store near them but there’s usually good deals there. More than just the EB brand...

Yesterday I stopped by a local consignment store and found a pair of wind pants for $8. They're baggy and unzip nearly to the knee so...

I like lined pants. They have mostly replaced my wool ones. My favorite wool pants were a medium weight US military surplus pair. They...

I am a big believer in wool with a thin synthetic or merino wool base layer, at least down to 0°f. That's for outdoor activity - not...