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Cliff Jacobson
Oct 4, 20218 min read
BIRTH OF A LEGEND: The Story of the Old Town Tripper Canoe!
by Cliff Jacobson Despite newer designs, the Tripper excels as well in tough rapids. Some canoes are blistering fast but don't turn worth...
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Cliff Jacobson
Sep 3, 20216 min read
TURBO SKY HORSE
by Cliff Jacobson DeHaviland Twin Otter on floats With a payload of 3,000 pounds, full instrumentation and extended range capability, the...
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Cliff Jacobson
Aug 7, 20217 min read
NINE ADVENTUROUS--BUT NOT DEATH-DEFYING CANOE TRIPS!
Cliff Jacobson Rio Grande River, Texas/Mexico border. Scenes like this are commonplace along the RioG. That's my canoe in the...
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Cliff Jacobson
Jul 23, 20212 min read
CLIFF ROAST--A SPECIAL 90 MINUTE RADIO/VIDEO-STREAMING PROGRAM HONORING Cliff Jacobson
I was recently honored ("roasted") on The July 21, 2021 CAMPING SHOW (W4CY Internet radio) hosted by CW Goetz. I was very honored and...
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Cliff Jacobson
Jul 4, 20215 min read
DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' TRIP GUIDE!
by Cliff Jacobson I turned 80 in September. No matter, I continue to think—and largely feel—like I’m 29…well, maybe 39. The heart...
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Cliff Jacobson
Jun 12, 20214 min read
TOUGHEST LOOP IN THE BWCA
by Cliff Jacobson Final portage on the Frost River that leads into Little Saganaga Lake. Correction: not a portage; it's a rock-jumble...
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Cliff Jacobson
May 15, 20214 min read
IS CANOEING BETTER NOW THAN IN THE 1980’S?
by Cliff Jacobson Cliff: Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 1980. 17' Grumman aluminum canoe. A recent article in an on-line magazine listed...
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Cliff Jacobson
Apr 26, 20212 min read
CARBON-FIBER PADDLE CARE
By Cliff Jacobson Cliff: RioGrande River, Texas. Bell Wildfire carbon/Kevlar solo canoe and Zaveral carbon straight-shaft paddle. Once...
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Cliff Jacobson
Apr 10, 20215 min read
WHY BENT PADDLES ARE BEST FOR CRUISING CANOES
FreeStyle expert Jim Mandle, Buffalo River, Arkansas. Bell Wildfire solo canoe; Zaveral 12-degree carbon-fiber paddle. I resisted...
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Cliff Jacobson
Mar 15, 20216 min read
MARCH MADNESS/STUPIDITY ON THE BUFFALO RIVER!
by Cliff Jacobson Typical late March scenery along the Buffalo River The national wild and scenic Buffalo River in Arkansas is one of the...
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Cliff Jacobson
Feb 20, 20219 min read
DUMB AND DANGEROUS THINGS...PART 2
Grizzly. Camp along the Fond du Lac River, Saskatchewan 13. NOT FOLLOWING THE TRIP LEADER'S EQUIPMENT LIST Good trip leaders provide a...
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Cliff Jacobson
Jan 27, 20216 min read
TWENTY-FOUR DUMB AND/OR DANGEROUS THINGS THAT CAMPERS AND PADDLERS DO!
Boundary Waters Canoe Area. These canoes were on land but not tied up. A big wind blew them into the water and over a falls. They were...
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Cliff Jacobson
Dec 31, 20206 min read
FOURTEEN SILLY CAMPING THINGS
Survival Bracelet! Compass, cord, light, kitchen sink! One of the joys of being a writer is that I get to try a lot of new stuff. Some...
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Cliff Jacobson
Dec 6, 20205 min read
COULD YOUR CANOE SURVIVE THESE RAPIDS?
Steel River, Ontario. Mad River Explorer (Kevlar) canoe Kettle River, MN. Alumacraft aluminum canoe My first remote country canoe trip...
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Cliff Jacobson
Nov 9, 20205 min read
A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE!
Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 1972 BWCA 1972 Many years ago, I outfitted and guided three wealthy Chicago men--the least affluent of which...
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Cliff Jacobson
Oct 11, 20202 min read
COLOR CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!
Mouth of the North Knife River, Hudson Bay. Green River, Utah Blending with nature is part of what wilderness camping is all about—and...
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Cliff Jacobson
Sep 4, 20207 min read
MY SON IS TRYING TO KILL ME!
Upper Wedding-Cake Falls Land of the Lost West of Lake Nipigon, in the rocky shield country of Ontario, there flows a spectacular river...
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Cliff Jacobson
Aug 20, 202013 min read
THIS MESSAGE WILL MAKE YOU SMILE
THIS LETTER IS FROM ROXANNE EGGERT. She was a student in my Ninth Grade Environmental Science Class many years ago. It really made me...
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Cliff Jacobson
Jul 31, 20205 min read
CANOEING MISTAKES THAT CAN KILL YOU!
NOT SCOUTING A FAMILIAR RAPID Round the bend you see the dancing horsetails of a familiar rapid. Pangs of conscience tell you to check...
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Cliff Jacobson
Jul 2, 20207 min read
GOOD COP, BAD COPS, GREAT LAWYER!
An abbreviated version of this article was originally published in the 2010 Canoe & Kayak Magazine's Dealer-marketing Guide (long gone). ...
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