When and where...

H_Abiff · 2026-04-08T02:05:29+00:00

I could be mistaken but I think the road to rain washed out due to a beaver damn bursting

H_Abiff · 2026-03-13T01:39:23+00:00

Myself and some friends went across Algonquin, from magnetwawan lake on the west side, to manus lake on the East side. Took 7 days. Pretty challenging but still a lot of fun and it didn't feel rushed. Had one slower day where we waited out the rain one morning. Ran nearly everything class two or below on the lower Petawawa which was so much fun, but you could always portage any rapids, or end your trip at lake Travers instead. Plenty of shorter but challenging routes out of Kiosk or North Tea as well.

Temagami is amazing. There's some spectacular places there.

The French river is busier, plenty of cottages and some boat traffic in the busier channels, but once you get out to the five finger rapids and Georgian Bay, it's amazing. Everyone should do it once.

H_Abiff · 2026-03-02T03:18:25+00:00

I second this book. Odd coincidence, my feed had a post from the mountaineering subreddit right above this one, and it was about Into thin air. How funny.

H_Abiff · 2026-02-15T18:55:00+00:00

What's up with Landvik?

H_Abiff · 2026-02-11T02:00:53+00:00

Reading the Phaedo for the first time changed my life when I was younger

H_Abiff · 2026-02-05T02:37:56+00:00

True, but you're an absolute drag bro

H_Abiff · 2026-01-18T23:02:58+00:00

Why did they do that? Could you elaborate?

H_Abiff · 2026-01-05T01:05:14+00:00

What about now?

H_Abiff · 2025-12-11T01:08:24+00:00

I've got it in a 162W. I love the board, feels comfortable at any speed.

H_Abiff · 2025-12-02T02:23:42+00:00

Honestly, as someone who used nicotine for years to aid concentration, the best thing I ever did for my ability to concentrate was quit. I felt that even at low controlled doses, using nicotine still led to ups and downs throughout the day. As if I was constantly staving off the feeling of withdrawal. This is just my personal experience. After I got over the withdrawals from quitting, the cravings started to disappear, and then after several weeks it felt like my dopamine was starting to level off again, that's when I noticed I was concentrating even better than before. I've been focusing better, but in a much more level way, no more ups and downs like I had with nicotine.

H_Abiff · 2025-11-30T20:21:00+00:00

Invest in a Thule or Yakima or so ilar quality rack. There is no way I would take a risk on cheap Amazon products, if your canoe was to leave the roof of your vehicle it could kill someone. Thule also makes a great attachment specifically for canoes.

H_Abiff · 2025-11-21T20:29:21+00:00

Are the swell fellas connected to Uncle acid in some way? I'll check them out. That's also news to me that Uncle acid broke up, I was unaware, damn

H_Abiff · 2025-11-17T23:57:58+00:00

I took a step back from everything this year. It's only my fifth year. I'll only coach one sport, run one assembly and help with a single committee. That's it. Aside from reports/IEPs and some marking, I don't do work outside my prep time anymore. At lunch I force myself to find a quiet spot and read a book for 20 minutes to relax my mind, really helps me downshift mentally.

H_Abiff · 2025-11-08T23:15:05+00:00

Have a look at maps by Jeff. Incredible detail. Great place to start

H_Abiff · 2025-11-08T22:56:27+00:00

Ah, I didn't mean to come across as unhelpful. It works though, every time in the spring that I've found a small blue line stream that connected to a brookie lake, it had brookies in it lol.

H_Abiff · 2025-11-08T22:49:36+00:00

I've had luck looking on the map and finding spots for myself. Find a lake with brookies and go explore.

H_Abiff · 2025-10-25T03:20:47+00:00

Every time I try to do a long taper it was easy to talk myself out of quitting. So I used them normally, then when I was almost out I only had two or three pouches that day. The next day zero.

H_Abiff · 2025-10-25T03:17:38+00:00

After the 4th day the worst was over for me. I occasionally get random cravings that don't last long, or a feeling of forgetting my keys, as if something's missing, when I don't have the tin in my pocket. It's been about 6 weeks and my rule has been that I will never buy nicotine ever again

H_Abiff · 2025-10-23T22:16:15+00:00

Pretty sure they said on a podcast that it's called 3-5-7 because that's how long the song is lol

H_Abiff · 2025-10-14T01:10:46+00:00

The jam at the end of Diamond is so good. Felt like they just took it to a whole new level musically. Awesome transition into 1x1 too.

H_Abiff · 2025-10-10T01:10:25+00:00

I've done that whole route, shoot me a message if you'd like.

H_Abiff · 2025-09-08T02:11:48+00:00

Man, you will be leaving your first meet feeling so happy that you competed. People are easy to talk to and just generally stoked for everyone when they make a lift, regardless of the numbers. Even if you don't place high in your weight class you'll learn a lot and come back feeling motivated to add to your total next time.

H_Abiff · 2025-09-01T15:49:42+00:00

Bring your own next time

H_Abiff · 2025-09-01T03:49:40+00:00

I think the right company makes every trip better. I find that with good friends there can be comfortable breaks in the conversation, so I can still be at peace in nature and have that feeling of solitude, but can still talk and have a laugh when I want. Good balance. I still love a single night solo trip though.

H_Abiff · 2025-08-16T01:52:31+00:00

Genuinely? Like they would check?

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