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Mostly solo. At work I have to use (and improve) my "interpersonal" skills every day. That's why I enjoy solotripping. Years ago my preferred tripping partner quit paddling due to health issues. I never found anybody to "replace" him. Sometimes my daughter joins me, but she has a lot of other...

Day paddle, Lake of Thoune Greetings from Switzerland André

Lance, yes it has a ceiling but no ground cloth. Greetings from Switzerland André

Took a Eureka VCS tarp with bugscreen on a family trip in NW-Ontario. It was the first wilderness canoeing experience for my partner and our daughter, that was the reason we brought it. The bugs were abundand, the weather pretty wet, the shelter provided comfort. We had to spend one night under...

Woodland Caribou Provincial Park

Air pad with some kind of layer inside. I'd say the synmat is an air mattress, the dlx9 is down filled, as far as I know.

Exped SynMat 3-D ist the one I use most of the time. It's kind of a hybrid air matress with Texpedloft as isolating layer. R-value 4.8. All Exped mats come with a snozzel bag -> you don't have to use your lungs to blow it up, very handy.

Yes we do have that. If you have to be airlifted out by helicopter and you are donater/member of "rega" (Swiss Air-Rescue) for example, you'll get an invoice but they don't force you to pay it. That doesn't change the fact that you are responsible for the cost of a rescue. I agree that a lot of...

It's probably hard to compare, but here in Switzerland everyone who needs to be rescued receives an invoice. It doesn't matter how well prepared he was, or whether he got into an emergency out of his own fault. The rescued person is responsible for the cost of a rescue. So far I've always...

The weather doesn't always cooperate. Strong headwind with gusts up to 30 mp/h on the way back. Lake of Thoune Greetings from Switzerland, André

Almost looks like this little guy fell in love with the lure. Tree frog, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park.

It seems that most people eat well on their canoe trips. Otherwise this thread would be longer. Usually I eat well on trips but there's this one memorable meal. It happened on the Albany River in Ontario. We were running low on food and there were still 3 - 5 days to paddle until the...

Day paddle on the Lake of Thoune, Switzerland Paddling up a small channel of the Kander creek Greetings from Switzerland André

Hello stripperguy, Interesting questions! Public land? Oh this is very complex; there's a law that says that all wooded areas in Switzerland are accessible to everyone regardless of who owns them. I made my camp on land that's owned by a company (gravel plant), it's a wooded area, but it's also...

Thank you Jon. Well, I don't know your age, I guess there was no 'google' when your mother did that.

mmccrea, Mike I guess? Yes you hit it right, I'm a big fan of Eric Claptons mastery of the blues guitar, he is one of my heroes. Playing the guitar myself but my skills are far away from what he does. I really enjoy your posts, you made me chuckle or even laughing out loud a lot of times...

Hello folks I'm overwhelmed by your friendly welcome! Yes I really live in a beautiful part of the world. Unfortunately, I keep forgetting that because it's normal for me. @yellowcanoe: If you were to basecamp there for a week you shure would have a lot of visitors. That place is very used...

@alsg: Thanks for your reply. Ha ha, google translater helps a lot... @Robin: Thanks for your warm welcome, back then and now. Your powers of recall are astonishing! Yes NW Ontario is quite far away from home for many of us. But I think it's worth the travel. Savant River? There's a faint...

Hello all, Long time lurker here. I'm impressed by the wealth of experience and knowledge one can find on this forum. Signed in years ago but I never dared to post anything because my lack of confidence in writing English. Despite that fact Glenn Mac Grady encouraged me to participate actively...