Camping

T-shirt slogans wanted

I just received an email from an outdoor clothing company - Outdoor Research - asking for unique T-shirt slogans. They asked a bunch of outdoor people and they've received lots of entries. But I noticed that there were no canoe-related...

Survivorman has new book (and moves on from TV show)

I just purchased Les Stroud's new book "Survive: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere - Alive?" Oddly enough, I purchased it at Cosco for my Mother-in-Law. She's a huge fan of Stroud's TV show...

Made friends with a lunatic at the Cottage Life Show

I shared a hotel room with David Masters from Lunatic Adventures while presenting at the Cottage Life Show this past weekend, and I gotta say the guy inspired me. Dave's a past student of mine from Sir Sandford Fleming College...

explore writer, David Leach, wins big at the Banff Mountain Book Festival

David Leach, a writer and friend of explore magazine, just won big at the Banff Mountain Book Festival. Cool stuff. The festival received 113 entries from nine countries. David's book Fatal Tide: When the Race of a...

Hunting cow-birds and riding ATVs in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park - what next?

I'd be embarrassed to be a hunter today. It seems the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters are pushing to make changes to the hunting regulations in the new provincial park by expanding the species to be hunted to include snapping...

Helping to film Canada's past

I have such an amazing life! I just got back from a job that entailed helping a film crew from BBC, and bush craft expert, Ray Mears, complete a TV series on Canada's exploration of our northern wilderness. The crew...

Paddling with Ray Mears this week

I'm off for a week of paddling with bush craft expert Ray Mears. It's very exciting for two reasons: for starters, this is the perfect time to paddle (no bugs and no crowds) and second, Ray Mears...

Chiniguichi part 4 - Matagamasi to Donald

We spent two full days hanging around Matagamasi before moving on to Donald Lake and I have to say that the idea of "hanging around" took a bit of getting used to for me. So many of my trips before...

Navigable Waterway Act issue still a major worry with paddlers

When the issue of the the Navigable Waterway Act came out a while back I really thought things would sort themselves out by now. I even told some major media sources who had contacted me about it that...

Chiniguichi Trip part 3 - Maskinonge to Matagami

Day 4 It wasn't easy leaving our perfect site on Maskinonge. We even considered at one point camping the entire week there. But we also new there were even better places to camp further to the north. So, we left our...

Chiniguichi trip part 2 - Carafel to Muskinonge Lake

Day 2 Our second day out was much easier then the first. After a leisurely morning of flap-jacks and bacon, we drifted up to the northeast corner of Carafel Lake and took the marshy creek out to Maskinonge Lake.

I'm Confused - maybe it's the plastic bottles I'm drinking out of????

Now I'm really confused about this plastic drinking bottle thing. Read what the Toronto Star had to say about it today:"Bisphenol tied to lower brain function Plastic-bottle chemical may alter neurological links required for learning and memory, study finds" Noor...