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In the Adirondacks or any NY state land, you ae supposed to leave the standing dead wood alone. The woodpeckers and others make use of it. "Down" and dead only are legal for firewood.

Oh let me tell you about that one. During our 5 separate Yukon River races we saw many animals on the edge of the River. Many Moose, black bears and also Grizzlies, an uncountable number of bald eagles, and even a wolf or two, including a coal black one and even a herd of moutain sheep on a...

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Same on the Yukon, no tall sturdy trees within sight at a reasonable distance from the water’s edge. We were forced to use a huge 120L lockable Yeti cooler as our only option for a certified bear resistant container for the first year when an excessive amount of food was required to be carried...

I have raced the Adirondack 90 miler race route many times (27 so far) plus other travels, so I am very familiar with that entire route from Old Forge to Saranac Lake. A few years ago, I got the bright idea of taking a solo diagonal cross Adirondack trip, heading northeast from my home to my...

When I was in the Yukon, both the race officials and the local residents (First Nation natives) told us to be more afraid of moose than of any bears. We later saw numbers of both along the river. "When a bear takes an interest in you, unless a cub is involved with a momma, it most likely only...

For the BSA guide trek leader guide training program I help to instruct, it is held in a very familiar Adirondack canoe wilderness area that ai have been to at leat 40 times over the years. Not much changes since motors were bannned there a numbe of years ago, so I do little prep before I go...

If it was set up for racing, if it was like the ones I have raced, the seats are mounted to slide side to side on smooth carbon tubes which have to be frequently cleaned of any grit and lubricated with bicycle chain lube. I raced in one of two Saranacs that were the very first C4s ever to be...

Side-side sliding seats? Carbon tubes?

do you expect to sell the Saranac at any time? I have raced that boat (not owned by me) several times on the 90, and the Yukon races.

My single most favorite tree is a huge white pine located in the Five Ponds Wilderness area of the Adirondacks that has been named "The Old Man". It takes a bit of a canoe paddle of a few miles followed by a hike of a couple of miles to an obscure location to find it. I often use it as a land...

Poplar trees. They are a dirty tree, with weak branches that easily break and smaller twigs that constantly drop everywhere. Sucker shoots come up all over my lawn. The wood, having no density, weighing almost nothing when dry, is practically useless as a fuel in my wood stove, certainly not...

As a frequent canoe race primary bow paddler, the worst thing to do is to overtalk the stern paddler and miss a "hut" call. I have to occasionally talk to relay conditions ahead, but will try to wait until just after a hut and get out all of what I need to say before the next hut. Usually, the...

Black Spruce, the most common large tree seen in mass along the Yukon River and northen environs. "Heart of the northern river". Easy to identify due to the distinctive "crow's nest" at the very tip. I like the song written and sung by Ian Tamlyn, but enjoy the rendition and video by Rodney...

You do know there's an obvious cure for that condition.

So I did get the Swift cruiser 15.8. it's an ok solo boat, but not as good or as fast as I had hoped. a descent size and performance for loading up and tripping. it took Bill Swift only a month to build it to my race specs and personally deliver it to my home in north-central NY State on his...

you have a choice when you purchase Permethrin. You can buy a .5% 18oz Sawyer spray can from Walmart (and elsewhere) for about $11+tax, or you can go to Tractor Supply and go the the animal insecticide section and buy a 10% 8 oz Gordons bottle and a cheap plastic empty spray bottle for about...

My old original Grumman has the standard aluminum keel, of course, which is there only to fasten each half of the aluminum hull shells together. When I paddled that canoe (rare to never now), the keel often caught on rocks or logs in a most disagreeable manner. None of my other much higher...

On the final day of field anual training/testing of BSA high adventure trek leader guide training/certification, after landing our canoes at a campsite and returning from a somewhat strenuous navigation exercise hike to an observation peak and a system of ice caves, I will usually conduct an...

During Boy Scout High adventure guide training, we have students swim in calm water and we throw them a PFD to try to don it in the water. Few are very effectiive at getting it properly on and fastened. Now we tell then to think about trying it in rough conditions fast current, big waves from...