Outdoor Writer & Consultant – Wilderness Guide – Custom Canoe Expeditions into the far north
Outdoor Writer & Consultant – Wilderness Guide – Custom Canoe Expeditions into the far north
My Bell Yellowstone Solo Canoe. It has been EVERYWHERE! When I was much younger, I made an annual trip down the Snake River in Minnesota. The upper Snake–beginning at the now practically defunct town of Woodland–is beautiful and remote. The upper section is characterized by thick woods and intermittent rapids. In the mix there are […]
Yes! The fishing (and everything else!) is AWESOME in Northern Canada. North Knife River, Manitoba You’ve made many successful trips into the Boundary Waters. You’ve never gotten lost – maybe just confused for awhile; you’ve weathered storms, made fire in the rain, never capsized or been threateningly cold. After each trip, you’ve come home […]
I recently chatted with Joe Friedrichs, the author of Her Island. It’s the story of Janice Matichuk, Quetico’s longest serving park Ranger. I knew Janice very well. She was talented, wonderful, and amazing. Joe did a superb job capturing her life story in this book. If you haven’t read it, you should. It will make […]
I recently returned from a trip in the Boundary Waters, and as usual, it was a good time. But one of the things that gnawed at me, was the trash I found on one of the campsites. The fire grate was choked with the green branches of living spruce trees. Parts of branches were barely […]
Canoe camp in the Werneke mountains, along the Snake River, Yukon, Canada Some years ago, after a dangerous storm with winds to 50 miles an hour, a teenager and I went out to fetch water on a popular lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Everywhere, wind and rain had wreaked havoc upon the land. […]
Rio Lacnja River, Chiapas, Mexico. 16-foot SOAR inflatable canoe. Yes, they capsized! Cr. Larry Rice Dear Fearful: Rest easy; the fear (let’s call it “concern”) you express is perfectly normal. And healthy. It shows that beneath your tough outward appearance there’s a warmly beating heart. Rest assured that you are not alone! Every wilderness canoeist […]
Bad stuff sometimes happens on canoe trips — and it’s not always on the river! Location: about 20 miles southeast of LaRonge Saskatchewan, enroute to the Cree River. Most mechanics rely on systematical trial and error to solve problems. They figure that if they replace enough parts, they’ll eventually find the difficulty. At the other […]
This month, I’m breaking with “blog tradition” to share with you Chapter One of my teen book, Justin Cody’s Race to Survival! 10,000 Lakes Publishing, 2019 (10KLP.com). The hard copy is shipping now. Details are in my shop. A high-adventure novel plus a wilderness skills “how-to” book, Race to Survival teaches as it entertains. 43,000 […]
Yes, we can, Justin! Thanks to the recording talent of Saige Spinney – a professional voice-over artist – your story, Justin Cody’s Race to Survival, a high adventure tale and a wilderness skills book all in one, is now available in audio form. It’s written for teens, but adults love it too! Just click HERE […]
The following life-threatening experience took place on the Turtle River in northern Ontario.* The Turtle is not a particularly difficult canoe route. The rapids are short and well-defined, and the portages are generally good. The major obstacle is a number of large sprawling lakes which you must navigate and which demand attention if the wind […]