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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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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 with

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

Trip OverviewThis is the story of a solo canoe trip into the Barren Lands of Northern Canada that I did in the summer of 2024.Here’s

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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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Will It Burn: Pringle Chips and Steel Wool?

Any good campfire requires tinder, a fine and easy-to-light material that can then be used to light kindling which in turn is used to light

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Why Lighting a Fire with Gasoline Usually Doesn’t Work (nd How to Do It Safely)

Lighting a fire with gasoline or other flammable liquids like kerosene or white gas can be incredibly dangerous since the explosive fumes extend out well

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Does Expired Bear Spray Still Work?

A few years ago I pulled off the highway onto a deserted logging road and pulled out an old container of bear spray. I wanted

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