Hello folks,
I've been hit after all and I'm now owner of a SmartPhone ... Hmmmm
These things always need a power connection to be charged ...
It's just that not every tree trunk or under every second stone has a charging option ...
So an solution has to be found. Powebank!
Yes, but it's empty...
Hello everyone,
I have built myself a new canoe seat in ash wood.
The “old” one was just good enough for the experimental time until the new one was ready. It was just a makeshift solution.
But now I have a solid and beautiful new canoe seat in ash with the beautiful wickerwork.
just have a...
Four friends, seven days, 100 km of paddling on a lake tour in Germany's most beautiful paddle region.
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canoeing in the “Müritz National Park"
The ice and water masses of the Weichsel glacial period once sculpted channels, basins and valleys into the landscape, leaving...
After I finished the basic canoeing course in Switzerland, I met up with a friend for a day at Lake Constance to enjoy a nice relaxing day.
Best weather in absolute calm and mirror-smooth conditions and crystal clear water, it wasn't particularly difficult.
Here are some impressions of the day...
Last weekend I had a basic canoeing course. I traveled all the way from home to Switzerland to spend a weekend learning the basics of canoeing.
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With a group of 6 people including two ACA instructors, it was a very intensive weekend.
The first day we practiced the basic paddle...
Anticipation is the greatest joy. ;)
As I'm planning a multi-day canoe trip with friends in May, I'm already preparing the right maps. This approach has proved very successful on my last tours and I'm going to introduce it as my "standard".
Sure - of course I also have one of these map bags...
As we always have a lot of candles burning during the "dark season", we also have a lot of leftover candle wax.
It's a shame to throw it all away!
So I collect the leftover wax and recycle it.
The same goes for the empty cat food tins and the cardboard boxes sent by Amazon, eBay and so on.
All...
thermacell gas refill adapter mod
After seeing the video on YouTube, I thought - I'll do that too.
It just worked and I no longer have to keep buying new and overpriced gas cartridges for my Thermacell mosquito repellent.
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regards
Michael
Hello folks,
Now I have one too! - one of those wonderful things called "drysuit" ... (NRS GORE-TEX Pro Navigator drysuit)
Now my questions:
What is the best thing to wear under a drysuit in winter?
Is there anything to be said against wearing merino underwear in two layers under the drysuit...
I just found this. What a wonderful "documentary" ...
This short film tells the tale of the men who drove big freighter canoes into the wilderness in the days when the fur trade was Canada's biggest business. The film recreates scenes of the early 19th century with a soundtrack by an all-male...
last ride for this year ... ... may be
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Last time they lay out clothes to dry, hang up and the last time this year to wash, dry and lay Wilma.
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when everything is dry, it is well stowed and then put away.
This year I have paddled about 350km so far and I...
here is a little report from a canoe trip here in Germany.
Unfortunately we don't have this huge space and the sheer endless choice of lakes like you have in the USA or Canada ...
nevertheless, we also drive Canadian boats.
Our last multi-day tour was a total of 108 km long tripp and spread...
A new seat was needed.
After I had finally made my first multi-day paddle tour with a friend, I painfully realized that the seat was not usable for me.
So I built a new one.
The new seat will be installed more to the middle of the boat so that the boat is also better trimmed at the same time...
I saw the video here on YouTube and thought to myself: I need something like that!
So I took some screenshots from the video and then I rebuilt the cart.
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after welding the frame it look like this - but how to fix the Wheel axle?! mhmmm .... screw-clamps!
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here it is ...
last year in November I bought an Old Town Discovery in excellent condition.
Canoe Oldtown Discovery 146
Build in: 1997
Length: 4,40 m
Width: approx. 90 cm
Weight: approx. 30 kg (rather more)
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and sure - it had to be washed first after the transfer.
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that's me - Michael from Germany
my name is Michael, I'm a bit older and I'm from Germany. For more than 12 years I am active in the bushcraft scene and now I have discovered paddling in an open canoe ...
So I bought an OldTown"canoe last year and am currently in the process of equipping and...