The Happy Camper
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Paul Kirtley is a professional bushcraft instructor in the UK. He’s a good friend who I’ve canoe tripped with in the past. He’s a skilled paddler, experienced wilderness guide, ethical outdoorsman and he’s the only person I know who could...
The early spring and the lack of the usual cold-hot-cold temperatures across most of Canada this time around has created a perfect storm for biting insects—especially the pesky mosquito. Sales of repellents, bug screens and pretty much and other product...
I had the privilege of interviewing David Pelly for one of my latest pandemic lockdown whisky fireside chats. He’s a well-known writer and modern-day explorer in the Arctic, publishing a dozen books and hundreds of magazine articles on the North’s...
Anxiety is building amongst the seasoned campers. It’s estimated that the swarm of new Covid campers will quadruple in 2021. Once the weather warms, and the pandemic lockdowns are lifted, there will be hordes of newbies pitching camp and wandering...
I’m continuing to do more of my Whisky Fireside Chats on my KCHappyCamper YouTube channel during Ontario’s third Covid lockdown. It’s helping to keep me sane and allowing me to get to know more about some incredibly popular outdoor writers...
When six 18-year-old camp counselors from Algonquin’s Camp Ahmek found themselves out of a job last summer due to Covid, they decided to squeeze the life out of the lemons they were handed and make the best darn lemonade possible.
I am feeling for all the youth camps across the country right now. They’re holding on and trying to keep afloat during this pandemic. Heck, they’ve always had it tough even before all these shutdowns happened. Some might not make...
Tori is the owner of Paddle Like A Girl program, which is a workshop that teaches women to go off on their own canoe trips. Her goal is to instill confidence in the participants to start planning and executing their...
It’s time! At the first sign of warm weather this week, I dragged my canoe collection out of storage to clean them up and get them ready for the warm season. It’s an all-day process since I own a dozen...
I got an email from the casting producer of the History Channel’s ALONE show asking if I would be interested in being considered for Season 9. I thought it over, looking at the pros and cons of being part of...
It’s that time of year again. Lake ice is melting, birds are singing and social media is alive with a frenzy of cool outdoor contests for us to enter.
The newest contest, and a very unique one at that,
Covid seems to have attracted more people to the outdoors to pitch a tent or park an RV. Provincial parks' reservation numbers have quadrupled across Canada, crashing computer systems and creating a poisonous environment on social media. It seems the...
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