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Sold lots of solos--miss most of them at times. Turtle

Fortunately I live in NY and wilderness trip in the adks. I had a pretty normal trip schedule last year and, except for dealing with the additional crowding, I have many trips planed there this year,

It may not be the same thing, but if i go on a long strenuous snowshoe first time out the front of my hip area and low back hurts so bad after i can hardly walk for a day or so. If i ease into shoeing it doesn't happen. I must use muscles shoeing that I use doing nothing else. i have tried gym...

i shuffle along like on crosscountry skis with molehair on

Snowshoes any wider than my 10X60s are hard for me to walk in easily. I have a pair of military surplus 12X46 Michigan's made of magnesium with stainless cable lacing. i just get going well and after a while start banging the shoes on my shins.

Yep, I liked the sliding seat in my swift Osprey

I actually moved one sandpiper seat foreword for a guy that kept dumping and was going to buy a new more stable boat-he then kept the one he had.

Bummer sweeper, i get your problem. All the many new solo canoes i have bought have a seat too low for me-I have raised them all. i think they make them low so their canoe seem stable to newbys.

Sweeper, I raise all my solo seats to give plenty of room for my size 12s..With the front of the seat app 5" back of center, water put inside most solo canoes shoes perfect front rear balance. gives me the best control and is way easier on my back. I still don't have an answer to my original...

Cool! people don't appreciate traditional snowshoes. My go to deep snowshoes are a pair of ww2 surplus 10X56 Alaska style shoes. the problem is i end up breaking trail for others on the tiny modern snowshoes because of their poor flotation!

My distance vision is fair, but when paddling I wear prescription amber polarized sun glasses. I see far off things way better .

I guess it depends what you want to use it for. I have brought high quality bonos on canoe trips and rarely used them. i use my 6x mono for --whats that? or is there a carry or campsite on the other side of the lake and is it occupied?

I find that more than 6x is shaky when using it afloat. I take a small lite Audibon brand 6x monocular. its not waterproof and I keep in a small plastic bag in my chest pocket. Real cheep 30$??.

if there is a drain on the bottom of the tank, you should open it momentarily every time you turn it on to drain condensation.

Most Air compressors usually have blow off valves set for a critical pressure to prevent this. Most are a screw in brass fitting with a metal ring. You should pull the ring periodically to make sure it isn't stuck or blocked. glad your ok.

When I was a high adventure boy scout leader, we used to take the boys to a remote place and told them to yell as loud and long as they could. 10 min later they realized that they were essentially mute and saw the reason for always carrying a whistle.

The seat in the old wood solo canoe on an near post is way back. The seat on a wenona sandpiper was way back. Some mohawk solos i think.i have seen others, but cant remember what they were. By old school I mean not advanced hulls like bell colden, swift, hemlock ect.

Many, especially old school solo canoes have their seats mounted quite far back. All my modern solos have the seat front app 4" back from center balancing the load. Why did they mount them so far back? I have moved several solo seats mounted like this foreword to improve handling and stability...

was this built as a dedicated solo? I didn't know some were that old.

I got some big real cheap waterproof military coated nylon bags from sportsmans guide