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Do you have any more information on this photo? It looks like the canoe is a tandem paddled backward and the paddler has no pfd. Look at how hard he his pressing his knees to the boat. No straps or knee cups. Is this just the one big falls or is there more downstream?

Having read all 97+ incidents of bear attacks which were “successfully” repelled by pistols, I was frightened by the incidence and description of maulings, some of which were quite detailed. This leads me to ask readers, “and you guys are scared of gators?” ;) Seriously, I had always taken at...

That kind of crowding happens at the end of a particularly dry dry season. That is probably a dug deep canal.

At the very end, one can see an otter and a beaver.

Excellent work! And saving the earth from another piece of trash.

I agree with a Mora. I like the opinels but that lock is fussy and gets clogged with junk if you really use it a lot. A Swiss Army knife - I've had one for 50 years or more, but you can't really get those blades sharp. And the biggest cause of knife injuries is a dull blade. Moras are...

While pursuing another passion of mine, I spent a week at the Ashokan Center in the Catskill Mountains. To my great surprise, suspended above the dining hall was the actual original birch bark canoe described and discussed in John McPhee's book The Survival of the Bark Canoe. It was too long...

All the trees in Irma’s path were blown over or had all their branches torn off. There is a deficit of shade. Even under a tarp, the temperatures are scathingly hot. The python population has exploded and being on a chickee will not help. They slide right up those poles. I will not camp there...

And I once met a fellow graduate student while backpacking in the back country of Yellowstone. Neither of us knew of the other’s plans. This would have been 50 years ago.

I am so sorry to hear this. Take care and may things go well for your partner.

This actually happened to an experienced woman hiker, I think it was in the Adirondacks. She did as recommended and the bear started eating her, first one shoulder and then the other. She had a radio with her and after the second shoulder decided to move a bit - breaking protocol - and radioed...

I stash my food in a manner similar to Paddling Pitt, except I don’t leave the food anywhere near the canoe. I saw a video some years ago of a black bear entertaining himself chewing up and stomping on a canoe while the canoeists were yelling and begging him to go away. I do not carry fresh...

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The best trip I ever took there was no information about except topo maps, which I went over and over and over again. Now I research thoroughly because now there is, generally, information available and probably even a YouTube video. ;)

This assignment was too hard. I love all sorts of trees. All the ones mentioned and more. But once someone had a favorite tree that was fruit-bearing, then I have to go with the mango tree. Heavenly, nutritious fruit. Old growth mango trees produce shade and are lovely to look at: Note the...

When I was looking at the stats more regularly, it was alcohol intake that seemed to be responsible for many of the deaths. That and not wearing a life jacket. People being swept into rapids and over falls they had no intention of running. The reporter stating the lake turned on the paddlers...

What a great trip to read about. The report stands the test of time. You can be proud of all you've done to introduce the young people to canoe travel and wilderness. I'm delighted to hear some teachers will be continuing the program. Good work, mem!

I never see ticks where I live now, so I have forgotten how it was to live further north. And you all have now reminded me. I am going camping in the Catskills next week. :oops: I guess I need to take some tick measures

Conover expresses some of the ineffable feeling I experience that comes of wilderness journeys of any type. Even those of us who travel for a month or two at a time are in a sense tourists and not truly at home or integrated into the natural world. Reluctantly I need more and more of the...