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nooneuno

02/11/2019 08:19PM

Besides canoe, paddle, food, bag or tent what is the single most important to you, one you always bring, always, one item and one only.........

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Zulu

02/11/2019 08:25PM

Camera.

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walllee

02/11/2019 08:35PM

Depth finder

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Savage Voyageur

02/11/2019 08:37PM

Canoe cushion like Crazy Creek. Works in the canoe, by the fire, or down by the lake.

"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD

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yogi59weedr

02/11/2019 09:16PM

1 tackle box...
Psst... it has 50 lures in it...

Ah retired @ 50

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airmorse

02/11/2019 09:18PM

Rain gear

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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Arcola

02/11/2019 10:01PM

My PFD.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

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Jackfish

Moderator

02/11/2019 10:34PM

airmorse: "Rain gear"

What airmorse said.

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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boonie

02/11/2019 10:54PM

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mjmkjun

02/12/2019 02:56AM

Chair (hi-back 4 support)

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton

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nctry

02/12/2019 05:31AM

Lighter

Nctry

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bwcasolo

02/12/2019 05:39AM

compass.

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shawhh

02/12/2019 06:12AM

two items, but they go together: Map and Compass.

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drnatus

02/12/2019 06:41AM

gravity water filter

Never criticize someone until you walk a mile in their shoes....by then you'll be a mile away and they will be shoeless!

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Spartan2

02/12/2019 07:36AM

Well. . .assuming I have my PFD, camera, TP, and rain gear (all mentioned above), then sunscreen.

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A1t2o

02/12/2019 08:13AM

My brandy or wine for sipping while looking at the view.

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TomT

02/12/2019 08:14AM

Chapstick

"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw

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Duckman

02/12/2019 08:21AM

I bring a wool blanket. Usually just use the sleeping bag as extra padding.

And just to add to the nostalgia, the specific wool blanket I bring was a gift from my dad when I was a kid that he got with Marlboro points!

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dbpmw3

02/12/2019 08:26AM

Savage Voyageur: "Canoe cushion like Crazy Creek. Works in the canoe, by the fire, or down by the lake. "

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BearBurrito

02/12/2019 08:56AM

drnatus: "gravity water filter"

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning

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hobbydog

02/12/2019 09:14AM

I never used to do bring booze but on the last few trips I bring just a couple of singles. One for the halfway point and one for the last night. Great medicine.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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BlueSkiesWI

02/12/2019 09:31AM

A sunny disposition

Of all the roads you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

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paddlinjoe

02/12/2019 09:42AM

Leatherman Skeletool

paddlinjoe

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riverrunner

02/12/2019 09:49AM

airmorse: "Rain gear"

Yes

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missmolly

02/12/2019 10:09AM

fishing gear

I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.

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ozarkpaddler

02/12/2019 10:14AM

Camera

"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain

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THEGrandRapids

02/12/2019 10:16AM

Sunglasses without a doubt.

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TomT

02/12/2019 10:20AM

THEGrandRapids: "Sunglasses without a doubt. "

2 Pairs!

"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw

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anthonyp007

02/12/2019 10:46AM

Definitely duct tape. That magical stuff has gotten me out of many jams. I actually started bringing Gorilla tape a few years ago, works even a little better when it comes to adhesion to canoes, paddles, packs, etc.

Tony

Tony

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sns

02/12/2019 10:49AM

Permit

"I don't care what you believe. I care what you can prove." -Philosopher & Mathematician JJJ

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gravelroad

02/12/2019 11:52AM

As noted, map and compass. Ain't nobody no how finding their way from Sag to Kawnipi without these.

So sayeth the voice of experience (despite holding them in my hands at the time):

"If this isn't the &*^% portage, I'm going to forego dinner tonght!"

"Uh oh ..."

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Jackfish

Moderator

02/12/2019 11:55AM

BlueSkiesWI: "A sunny disposition"

With a moniker like "BlueSkiesWI", how can you have anything but? Perfect! :)

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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Outdoorsfan69

02/12/2019 02:35PM

Fishing pole/reel.

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Duboly

02/12/2019 04:17PM

Ear plugs

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Stumpy

02/12/2019 04:51PM

tongs

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly

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anthonyp007

02/12/2019 06:59PM

Stumpy: "tongs"

Oooh, you got me thinking of shore lunch. I can smell it now...

Tony

Tony

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GraniteCliffs

02/12/2019 07:09PM

My 46 year old teapot. Love that thing. Hundreds of trips with me.

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bordertrail

02/12/2019 08:20PM

Canoe seat, I get a sore back without it, Sleeping pad.

Happy Paddling

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nooneuno

02/12/2019 09:40PM

Duboly: "Girlfriend"

I think this is an interesting idea for an important item, my wife disagrees she said a shovel, so we'll leave it at that.......

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WhiteWolf

02/13/2019 02:49AM

I get it that this pertains to physical things - but so is a mind - a proper thinking mental attitude.

The two loudest sounds known to man: a gun that goes bang when it is supposed to go click and a gun that goes click when it is supposed to go bang.

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Minnesotian

02/13/2019 01:53PM

Sunglasses. And at least one backup pair. All polarized.

"It is more important to live for the possibilities that lie ahead than to die in despair over what has been lost." -Barry Lopez

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BobDobbs

02/15/2019 08:21AM

leather gloves

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SourisMan

02/17/2019 07:20AM

hobbydog: "I never used to do bring booze but on the last few trips I bring just a couple of singles. One for the halfway point and one for the last night. Great medicine.

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I don't want to sound like I'm the hall monitor but, that's glass right?

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THEGrandRapids

02/17/2019 01:12PM

SourisMan: "
hobbydog: "I never used to do bring booze but on the last few trips I bring just a couple of singles. One for the halfway point and one for the last night. Great medicine.

"

I don't want to sound like I'm the hall monitor but, that's glass right?"

Aren't all shooters plastic?

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SourisMan

02/17/2019 06:13PM

THEGrandRapids: "
SourisMan: "
hobbydog: "I never used to do bring booze but on the last few trips I bring just a couple of singles. One for the halfway point and one for the last night. Great medicine.

"

I don't want to sound like I'm the hall monitor but, that's glass right?"

Aren't all shooters plastic? "

Maybe so. I might be showing my age. They were glass at one time. They probably don't have cork stoppers anyore as well, right?

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scat

02/18/2019 01:02PM

Partners. Not a fan of solo trips. I mean, what’s the point of making memories to yourself. Definitely enjoy going with other people so much more.

Good, fun, canoe tripping partners. Number one. The rest is just checking something off a list.

cheers, scat

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