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Two Easy Dinners for Canoeing, Hiking and Camping

All my expeditions over the past few years (my 1000-Mile Solo, the Seal River, the Nahanni, the Lost in the Barrens Expedition) have been fuelled

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Lost in the Barrens 2024, Solo Canoe Trip

In the summer of 2024 I undertook a difficult solo canoe expedition that went deep into the Canadian tundra down the Thlewiaza River, from Nueltin

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Why Did Stephan Kesting Do His Solo Trip?

It was a warm June day, and I was in the hospital. The gurney rumbled through the holding area on its way to the operating

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How to Build the Perfect Yoke for Portaging Your Canoe, Step by Step

Bill Mason said it best, “Portaging is like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer, it feels so good when you stop.” Stumbling across a portage

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The Perfect Repair Kit for Wilderness Canoe Trips

On a longer canoe trip it’s not a question of whether your equipment is going to break but rather when it’s going to break. That’s why it’s not unusual

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Lost in the Barrens, a Solo Canoe Trip on a Remote Arctic River

Trip Overview This is the story of a solo canoe trip into the Barren Lands of Northern Canada that I did in the summer of

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Plastic Welding a Cracked Whitewater Boat

I recently broke my favourite whitewater boat – an Esquif L’Edge Lite – paddling the Capilano River. The river was already at a low level

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What’s Better Against an Aggressive Bear, Bear Spray or a Gun?

I was working as a guide in the Yukon the summer some French tourists went hiking in Kluane National Park, saw a grizzly bear, and

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How to Physically Prepare for a Long Paddling Trip

I’m getting ready for a big Arctic solo canoe expedition this summer, so I was thrilled to talk to my friend Rob Sainsbury (@so_aero on

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Lessons from Low Water Paddling

One of the best things you can do to prepare for wilderness paddling trips is to go playboating, aka fooling around on local rivers in

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