Essential Wilderness

The Tha-Anne River first started flowing through my imagination in August 2019.

Energy balls have been a staple of my expeditions for the last 7 years; relatively easy to make, calorie-dense, and still delicious even after a month of eating them 2 or 3 times a day.

After years of refining the recipe I think it’s time to publicly share ‘Power Oatmeal’.

On a longer canoe trip it’s not a question of whether your equipment is going to break but rather when it’s going to break.

Put three canoeists in a room to discuss footwear and you’ll get four different opinions.

I think most people reading this will agree that being out in nature is usually deeply calming.

Spray decks are fitted covers made of waterproof cloth that stretch across the deck of your canoe to to prevent accidents and ensure safer and more enjoyable paddling.

Many years ago, I was out on a lake with my girlfriend in her parents’ motorboat.

CIRCUMNAVIGATE (cir·cum·nav·i·gate ˌsər-kəm-ˈna-və-ˌgāt) “To go completely around especially by water” The Canadian Shield is a land of undulating rock, endless lakes, a stark beauty that is difficult to find elsewhere.

All my expeditions over the past few years (my 1000-Mile Solo, the Seal River, the Nahanni, the Lost in the Barrens Expedition) have been fuelled by two basic dinners.