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The Voyagers Challenge is something like a marathon. My starting point was Crain Lake which is about 50 miles east of International Falls MN. The finish is 210 miles east mostly down the Canadian US border and ending at Lake Superior. To qualify as a finisher you must finish on the eighth day...

It took me over 24 hours to get dirt out of my eye on a solo this year. Wished someone was there. Finally figured out that a platypus water filter bag makes a good eye flush.

I found a protected 18650 battery holder. This uses the less expensive unprotected flattop 18650 batteries. I bought one to see if it works and it does. It will shut off power to your detector when any cell gets lower 2.4 volts. This will keep you from destroying your batteries by over...

The loss of a loved one changed my life. I do wilderness trips to keep from thinking of the one I have lost.

It will work without the spacer that extends the pads. I put them there so the canoe would be higher so the thwart is not in my vision path. Small solo canoes don’t leave a lot of space in there for your head. Without the spacers I would have about 1 inch of clearance between my head and the...

I have simplified and lightened the way the yoke clamps to the gunnel. The clamping block now won’t slip off the gunnel because of a matching wedge it rests on.

Maybe the answer to your not liking installing that portage yoke is the ease and time to install the portage yoke. My portage yoke takes about 10 seconds to install and 3 seconds to remove...

I should go check my hood ties. I use para cord and it has been on my car for >10 years. I make a continuous loop through a hole in the cowling that is long enough to hang out when I want to use it. It naturally rotates a little every time it is put away so the ware points are always moving.

+13 here. Being retired give me the time to play. Life has a habit of throwing people my age a few curve balls. I have got my health. I lost my life partner 2 years ago. Seeing her killed still haunts me. I find relief in physical exercise. I go canoeing often. I spent 50 some days last...

Beautiful pictures. When I look at them I can’t help but think how tough the portages must be.

I live near Chicago and Ice is off the local streams. Day before yesterday I paddled 8 miles up and 8 miles back down a local river. Looked at the forecast for the next couple of weeks and only one night is to go below freezing. It is time to plant some shrubs.

Thanks for the information. Went for a paddle today so will be busy with summer stuff but next winter I may need to buy some and experiment.

Thanks Stripperguy. Your answer begs more questions. 1 How hot do you need to get it to form it? 2 Can it be bent into shape then heated or does it need to be hot before bending?

Tell me about this divinycell stuff. I am considering making something that has curves in 2 planes. Would a 3” X 3” piece 1/8 inch divinycell conform to a 6” diameter ball?

Just because something has a cigarette lighter outlet does not mean it puts out 12 volts. Look at the specks for the GZN7 and you will see it has a open circuit voltage of 8 or 9 volts. That is to say at any voltage at or above 9 volts it will not put out any power. Don’t know what voltage the...

I have a bungee with about 6 wraps around the bar running from tower to tower. It helps.

Love the PFD pocket

Last summer my bow paddler fell asleep and almost rolled into the water. He was 12 years old. He then got on his knees and put his face on the front of the canoe and went back to sleep.

Several years ago at the start of a canoe trip with along carry from the car to the water the first guy down the path picked up a bottle of pills. It was an unopened stool softener. We had a laugh about the pore person who lost it. A couple of days later I found it in my pack but it did not...

Use your own nose and compare double ziplock bags to jerky bags using moth balls. The jerky bags will let less odor out. Let them set for an hour or two to let the odor work its way through.