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Something we are not doing.

We all make mistakes. Its important to have equipment and skill set to get out of trouble

Think about joining our club. There are a lot of members and outings.

Yes you need to talk to your parter in a good 2 way communication. You can hear we are always discussing options and then one of us suggest a direction and generally 99% of the time, we are in agreement.

Typically Iori and I use a 70 liter MEC Dry bag (like a Sealline bag). We bring what we need. Others use a 130 liter Sealline bag and bring lots of stuff.

One thing I always do is tie off all the boats. You can not loose a boat. I have short cords tied to my tent that I can tie to rocks or sticks (piled with rocks) to secure my tent. The day my tent turned into a tumbleweed was during an early morning pack up and I wanted to dry the bottom of the tent. It decided to roll around a bit damaging the fly.

Thanks buddy!

Most of the rapids are so completely washed out at this level that there is nothing to them except a long wave train. Split Rock Rapids is generally the same at every flow. Volume just makes the features bigger. This is kind of the appeal of the Snake Rapids section; each one can be so different under different conditions, that it is always interesting and challenging no matter what.

The flow was 125 m3/sec. At this level Palmer Rapids has all the rocks on the left covered. At 20-40 m3/sec you would be forced to the right hand side of the river. One of the great things is every weekend the water is at a different level and each rapid slightly different

It is noted! I have talked to Gary about how he waves his head all over the place. It does not make for good canoeing form either.

@wildernesscanoeassociation Darn that Gary! Thanks for posting the video. They aren't many videos about winter paddling, and very few good videos on local paddling.

It is from practicing to roll. Of course the situation arose because of paddling lazy and passive all day.

@@eberlymj It was a dandy save, Matt!

Keep doing your pushups and chin-ups, and you will master the roll!

Sure, thanks for that.

I have not seen one in person.

You already reached the eddy at Rifle Chute, so you are an old hand at this.

I could point to a few things specifically, but generally Kevin's books are reliable. At the same time, especially in Lost Canoe Routes, conditions change and where there is not a lot of traffic, nobody is specifically responsible, so that there are no guarantees.

Absolutely. He certainly wouldn't recover the cost of a fly-in to the Yukon either, making a CZcams video out of the trip.

Thanks 👍

Smokes are performance enhancing donchaknow.

Then it is the lighter that failed. In the cold though I don't think a spark will be enough. In the winter the fuel needs to be warmed first, thus the candle.

It really is!

I also have an Evergreen Prospector. Is yours Royalex? Evergreen did not put numbers on any of the canoes as far as I know. So I don't know what you mean exactly by Prospector 16, since I think there was only one model. Otherwise, yes, it is exactly 16 feet long and an excellent canoe. The Prospector is a little small. Maybe there is enough displacement that it could carry that much weight, but it does not have a lot of space.

@wildernesscanoeassociation It is a 16 foot Evergreen Prospector. Have owned it for quite some time. It does have a brass tag with a serial number on it. I purchased it at MEC in Edmonton. Funny story with that. Purchased it one week and the week after I drove back to Edmonton. Walked in the store. It was still hanging from the ceiling. Told them that's mine. They took it down, and I walked out of the store. Didn't even ask for the receipt. Hahaha 😀. I think it was $1500 at that time. Used it a lot in those days. Got to get back at it. I did enjoy those days. Also, I do not recall what it's made of? Not Royalex. Some other name. It's tough as nails though.

@@wildernesscanoeassociation Kevlar. Weighs 50 lbs.

That's nice! My Royalex one with outfitting weighs 74lb.

@wildernesscanoeassociation Yes. Pretty easy to carry. When I was younger, it was an easier lift over my head. Lol. Once I have it there it's pretty balanced.

It is a fine line. Kevin teaches a lot of students some other skills, but is not a qualified canoe instructor.

Oh yes, it was pretty lucky.

I think you have enough experience that you would not need to read this book, but it is an especially good example.

Hey it's no problemo. It is fun to make videos!

This year's course is 1 and 2 June 2024. Please send us an email and I can give you the contact information.

@@wildernesscanoeassociation amazing I'll get right on it!

I don't suppose there are any rentals around, but it surely would be fun to paddle the streets!

Thanks. The footage in this one only spans five years!

You missed something: they do have a stainless steel version ... the Trangia Duossal line is stainless inside food contact surfaces, aluminum outside for better heat distribution.

Is the video accurate enough? 'cause I don't actually know.

@@wildernesscanoeassociation No. It's much lower than the video. Fast and deep at the bottom, wave train a little further up, obstacles further up again... Lots of eddies on River right but parking on River left.

Cool! Nice to meet you today.

Thanks go to Dawne and David Robinson.

It is fine right now. In the video it was around 9cms which is pretty much the lowest it can be run.

We were very lucky, in that it rained substantially the day before the trip.

Oh thank you for helping, we owe you a debt. This was definitely the most documented thing we have done, with the best production.

Exact!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Notice how I did not explain where we camped.

Thanks for visiting

They started from the Streetsville Memorial Park on Church Street, and went down to Port Credit. But the video does not show any of the top actually, and begins at Erindale Park. We will make a better video with a lot more explanation in the future, and are still accumulating footage.

It is the biggest feature. The Credit just isn't very challenging for kayaks.

It is our pleasure. I agree that the quiet calm of the wilderness is kind of ruined by bringing along a blast furnace. These stoves are more gentle and consistent with the environment.