🌀 Safety & First Aid… Skin ’tastic Thinking: First Aid 1 May 201421 Oct 2026 Small wounds, changing plans, and a correction to an old expedition account. Medical guidance reviewed October 21, 2026. This revision withdraws the earlier advice to use liquid bandage on a…
Florida Kayaking 🎲 1000 bornes card game 7 Apr 20149 Mar 2023 This past campout Sean introduced me to an old card game 1000 Bornes. This game has existed since 1954 and goes by many names, and there is even a Cars…
Gear Reviews ⚙️ The amazing Tarp 1 Apr 201421 Aug 2026 Shelter is one of the ten essentials that every outdoor enthusiast should have. And a tarp is an easy multi use item for a day hiker, backpacker, trail runner, day…
Kayak Instruction 🏫 Finding your way in the dark Lecture 24 Mar 201420 Aug 2026 Last Thursday night I was unable to navigate my way through the dark to teach with Sean at Osprey Bay Outdoors for our annual third Thursday of the month kayak…
Gear Reviews ⚙️ Mountain Hardwear Skyledge 3 12 Mar 201421 Aug 2026 One of my oldest pieces of gear is my 1997 Mountain Hardwear “Skylight” tent. I love that tent, it has been my best companion on epic backpacking, and kayaking adventures;…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… 🏫 Fire warmth plus a whole lot more Lecture 25 Feb 201421 Aug 2026 Last Thursday Sean and I took on Fire "warmth plus a whole lot more”. During the night discussion at Osprey Bay Outdoors we deviled into the beauty, mystery, necessity, and…
Gear Reviews ⚙️ Klymit Inertia O Zone review 20 Feb 201410 Mar 2023 Last weekend my son and I spent four days at Disney Fort Wilderness. From 7am to the conclusion of the fireworks, we ran the gauntlet of every known activity. It…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… 🏫 I’m Exposed Heat gain and Loss Lecture Campout 20 Jan 201421 Aug 2026 We cannot control the weather; however we can prepare for exposure to prolong our fun outside. Some small inexpensive items help prevent exposure from moving beyond slight discomfort into a…
Florida Kayaking 🔦 Luci mpowerd 10 Dec 201321 Mar 2023 I have been on a quest to shrink several things in my life. Yes my waist line has increased. But this post is about shrinking environmental waste. Having a five…
Backcountry Kitchen… 🏫 Cooking while kayak camping – Lecture 26 Nov 201321 Aug 2026 There is one thing we control outside. We cannot control the weather, nor guarantee our friends will have fun outside. The food is where we have ultimate dominion. At the…
Kayak Instruction 🏫 Camping from your kayak – Lecture 18 Oct 201320 Aug 2026 Sean and I had our first of several Thursday night Lectures at Osprey Bay Outdoors. Our guest had never camped and they enjoyed listening to how easy it is to…
Events & Lectures 🎉 2013 Calusa Blueways Paddling Festival 23 Sep 201320 Aug 2026 Its official November 1 - 3, 2013 Sean Fitzgibbon and Jeff Fabiszewski are guest speakers at the 2013 Calusa Blueways Paddling Festival. The teaching line up is: Cutting Through the…
Community & Adaptive Programs Perspective of an outdoor Dad 11 May 201321 Aug 2026 It is common to be at the crossroads of going on an intense athletic adventure or choosing to be at home with the family. I have known many active fathers…
Florida Kayaking epic icy whitewater portage 6 May 201315 Jul 2015 On December 31, 2012 New Years Eve, an epic whitewater kayak adventure down the Youghiogheny River became real. A few hours into the trip I broke my paddle. The day…
Florida Kayaking epic icy whitewater relived 1 May 201315 Jul 2015 Darren and I had been planning a kayak trip along a short stretch of the Ohiopyle. We liked the looks of the Ferncliff Penisula section "The Loop" of the Youghiogheny…