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What's everyone wearing for winter pants and at what temps? I've always worn regular pants with medium weight thermals underneath. This does fine for the most part but below 10 F, especially when the wind is blowing (common), this leaves my legs chilly. I sometimes wear snow boarding pants...

I've always thought the lower canyons of the Rio Grande looked interesting. It looks like a beautiful area and is quite remote with not much traffic. I think the drive to the pickup at the end is pretty long and rough so I don't know how friendly it is to run your own shuttle. If I ever do it...

As far as I know @memaquay spent this past weekend in the bush with wolves, bears, beers, moose, and Torontonians. That's quite the gauntlet to run and I hope he got out safely. I'm sure the moose did. Alan

Nothing too special for me. A few tent stakes, a fillet knife, and a paddle. I left the paddle where I found it since I didn't need it and it was a very remote area. It might come in handy for someone else down the line. Actually, I think I left the fillet knife as well. Again, I didn't need...

Some people like to know as much as they can about a route in terms of route planning and camp sites. Some people like to know as much as they can about the history of the route. Some people just seem to show up and take it as it comes. Where do you fall and why? Alan

I thought it might be worthwhile to start a separate post on my composite build rather than burying it in the thread with the stripper build. While I have built a couple composite canoes in the past there is a lot of new ground for me to tread here and I thought others might find it entertaining...

I've kicked the idea of building a freighter/square stern for a few years and now that I'm actually building again the thought has cropped back up. I'm curious if anyone has built or used a shorter freighter model (around 16') and what they thought of it. My uses would not be traditional. It...

I woke up this morning and realized it was time to build another canoe. It's probably been 6 years since my last one. At the time I was designing and building canoes like crazy. I'd actually just completed a new design and had transferred it to a thumb drive for printing the next day when...

It's been virtually non-existent here. Early cold and snow at Halloween had the lakes freeze but a nice November opened them up again. A couple weeks of seasonable weather at the beginning of December made them hard again but now the last couple weeks have been very warm and most of the lakes...

Just curious what everyone prefers for winter footwear (please list the conditions and activities you use them in as well). I've personally moved away from all sorts of footwear with water proof/resistant linings and use plain leather. I use my Redwing work boots with steel toe for all my...

Let me start by saying I don't really know or care much about AI. But obviously Chat GPT has been talked about a lot lately and I've been pleasantly surprised at some of the things I've seen come out of it. I decided to sign up for a free account just for some funsies. And what better way to...

I'm not into the racing scene anymore but the trend seems to be towards longer races (50+ miles) that regularly take at least a full day, if not more. I raced the South Dakota Kayak Challenge (75 miles) a couple times, which was always into a stiff headwind, and while I had fun I never really...

I wear "long john" bottoms every day from November to March. I need to buy some more and am having trouble finding what I want and was hoping for some recommendations. I've tried multiple brands over the and years and more often than not what I find available is not what I prefer. I'm looking...

I go through a fair number of matches with two wood stoves in my house providing full time heat. It seems, that at least in the US, Diamond is the only game in town when it comes to wood matches. And over the years the quality has gone down the toilet on both the strike on the box as well as the...

I like the thought of wool but can't justify the price. Like most here I'm not a winter camper nor am I spending the day outside at -40. My winter activity is maybe a couple hours walking or cutting wood down to -10f. I don't really need specialty clothing but that doesn't mean I don't want...

Feel free to expand on your preference in the comments. Alan

A little off topic but I built a small 10x12 cabin this year and will be wanting some wood heat in it this winter. I'm thinking one of those little stoves you guys and gals use for winter camping might be nice. Weight obviously isn't a big concern but would like something that won't burn the...

It's always sad to see a hobby go. I've had a number of them throughout my life and have come to recognize the pattern. I get interested in something, get very involved with it (sometimes for months and other times for years) and then slowly become disinterested. I'm afraid that's happening...

They're even giving Hitler fits: https://www.captiongenerator.com/2000422/Hitler-cant-hike-?fbclid=IwAR2YtOKVjIMkmLmxaz4D294P8zdAh3qRpvusYHZOfpRLcB2Wm8Py4SOk01U#.X4wvF3Qs39p.twitter Alan

It's been almost exactly one year since the doctor gave me the go ahead to start using my back again. First thing I did was take all the canoes out of the shed and then tear it down to start on the new shop. Figured they'd be back inside after a few months. As usual things took longer than...