Field Journal
Paddling, practical skills, expedition stories, and lessons brought home from the water.
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🎦 The Summit A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009) is a beautiful film. It is a movie that showcases why adventures go beyond the possible and make the…
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Skin ’tastic Thinking: First Aid
A corrected expedition account and practical introduction to wound care limits, coastal exposure, and knowing when a skin injury changes the paddling plan.
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🎲 1000 bornes card game
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…
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⚙️ The amazing Tarp
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…
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🏫 Finding your way in the dark Lecture
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…
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⚙️ Mountain Hardwear Skyledge 3
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…
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🏫 Fire warmth plus a whole lot more Lecture
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,…
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⚙️ Klymit Inertia O Zone review
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…
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🏫 I’m Exposed Heat gain and Loss Lecture Campout
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…
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🔦 Luci mpowerd
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…
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🏫 Cooking while kayak camping – Lecture
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. …
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🏫 Camping from your kayak – Lecture
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…
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🎉 2013 Calusa Blueways Paddling Festival
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…
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Perspective of an outdoor Dad
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…
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epic icy whitewater portage
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. …
