How to pack a canoe for camping
Survivorman | Masterclass | Canoe Camping 4 | Packing the Canoe
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well it's been a few weeks since I first
showed you how to tie the canoe onto the
roof of a vehicle and in that time it's
rained a lot the water is up nice and
high which is great for canoeing but
what's happened is now that the Sun is
out the leaves are out on the trees and
of course the bugs are back but that's
alright because it's prime time for
canoeing
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all right now this is the benefit of
having a Kevlar Canal they're so
incredibly light it's nothing for me to
just slip it over sponges protect the
roof of the for it's really easy for me
just to pick it up like this down on my
shoulders that's another story when
you've got a big ABS canoe up there or
cedar strip or even an aluminum ok now
putting this baby down is no different
than gonna put it back up I'm still
gonna put my hand around to the bottom
of the canoe here and I just roll it
onto my left arm this particular
location here for launching a canoe is
about as good as it gets
it's really easy nice and flat grass
sand there's a huge variety of what you
might face when you get to the end of a
portage trail or any kind of canoe
landing so first things first this is
really simple Kevlar can be nice and
light it's on grass I can slide it maybe
half of it in the water and the other
half sort of up on land and then we get
the gear it's real simple just to get in
the water and get wet that way I can
walk over to the canoe I don't have to
reach my back way over now the problem
with that is a lot of times the water
can be treacherous it could be rocky it
can be slippery a lot of times if I'm
going on an extensive canoe trip I'll
actually wear five wader boots those up
those are my favorite because I can get
in the water beside the canoe and load
it up nice and confidently get back in
the canoe and off I'd go but for today
since it's all sandy let's go barefoot
this is a lot more enjoyable that's why
I can safely slide the canoe into the
water without damaging your bottom line
you put the packs into the food the way
I want to without hurting my back now
the way you load a canoe you don't put
it on the front you don't put it all in
the back you want to have it evenly
spaced out for weight you got to think
about your own body in the canoe or
someone else's body in the canoe and
then you want all of the weight to be
evenly distributed that's key at that
point you should have a good stable
craft all right I just swallowed a black
fly I'm pretty comfortable in a canoe
but just the same every day of my life
with I step into a canoe step into the
center step on either side obviously
that's how you dump the canoe with all
your gear right there at the port
Icelandic another little tip is to take
your paddle and if you put your paddle
down on the canoe like this you can use
it as something to lean on and I'm in
there's a lot of different ways to
paddle a canoe that's a whole other
ballgame for now I'm heading out where
we go
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