Love the appreciation for the lake I grew up on. My family owns the small family camp at the north side of the lake and my distant relatives own the lodge, best place on earth!!!!
Clearly you have experience and love a good challenge. But Lake Wanapitei without displacement bags and thigh straps (let alone having your gear fastened to your boat that floats too) is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. Glad you made it out alive. That lake can whip up waves big enough to crush vessels worthy of the Great Lakes....in minutes. Silly bastards!
This was 8 years ago now. We have become quite seasoned in open water since, having paddled the oceans and Great Lakes, most notably Superior where the conditions presented here are childs play in comparison. We do not need displacement bags in these canoes as they use permanently installed tanks instead. Your floatation is a bit less vs an air bag, but is quite adequate. All our Nova Craft whitewater boats use tanks vs bags. I've dumped enough in them to be satisfied of their use. As for thigh straps, I find better use in pushy whitewater over CIII, but good grippy knee pads are what you want for sure. If you're paddling in swells that would have you slide off you knee pads, the pitch is far to great and you're in for a bad time anyways. We use a spray deck now on all our bigger waters, it also keeps you nice and snug in the canoe. That's the best tool for open or moving water.
Love the appreciation for the lake I grew up on. My family owns the small family camp at the north side of the lake and my distant relatives own the lodge, best place on earth!!!!
Looks like a very challenging trip Brad but it seems you guys had some great fun and enjoyed the well earned scenery and solitude.
going up to the area in September 2016. nice vid. was nice to get a sneak peak!
What a challenging trip, good job completing it!
Great video Brad.
great stuff...just wish you had more footage of that early section...
Wonder why is partner was so quiet at the end !!
Lord Yeh haha, stopped at a Chip Truck post trip for fries and an ice cold cola. No longer silent! 😁
wow - video too short! nice trip
Nice route - I was on some of the Chiniguchi Route in 2013
It's a great route! Love that area, been multiple times!
What was Shed Lake like off of Chiniguchi? @@ExploreTheBackcountry
@@dougpacanoemanburns4294 I actually haven't been in there. We went up the Middle Tracks and also just straight NE through Dewdney.
Great area a lot of lost trails. Real backwoods area we live 30 mins north up the 11 beautiful place.
Krystal Morrow oh yeah?! Lucky!! Really is a great area to explore. We'll certainly return in the future!!
nice thanks
Good shit, Could've told you that was a bad idea. love that area though.
Certainly was a great trip though. Wasn't expecting anything less!
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Clearly you have experience and love a good challenge. But Lake Wanapitei without displacement bags and thigh straps (let alone having your gear fastened to your boat that floats too) is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. Glad you made it out alive. That lake can whip up waves big enough to crush vessels worthy of the Great Lakes....in minutes. Silly bastards!
This was 8 years ago now.
We have become quite seasoned in open water since, having paddled the oceans and Great Lakes, most notably Superior where the conditions presented here are childs play in comparison. We do not need displacement bags in these canoes as they use permanently installed tanks instead. Your floatation is a bit less vs an air bag, but is quite adequate. All our Nova Craft whitewater boats use tanks vs bags. I've dumped enough in them to be satisfied of their use. As for thigh straps, I find better use in pushy whitewater over CIII, but good grippy knee pads are what you want for sure. If you're paddling in swells that would have you slide off you knee pads, the pitch is far to great and you're in for a bad time anyways. We use a spray deck now on all our bigger waters, it also keeps you nice and snug in the canoe. That's the best tool for open or moving water.