CLIFF JACOBSON

A properly equipped family canoe. EVERYONE is wearing a life jacket! Hardly a year goes by when there isn’t a drowning on some lake or...

This month, I'm breaking with "blog tradition" to share with you Chapter One of my teen book, Justin Cody's Race to Survival! 10,000...

INUKSHUK Wilberforce Falls, Hood River, Nunavut, Canada My first Arctic canoe trip was on the Hood River, Nunavut (formerly, Northwest...

Larry Rice (L), Cliff Jacobson (R). Northstar Phoenix canoes (IXP layup) Some of the "smaller" waves on the Yellowstone River Each...

Cliff, age 39 Cliff, age 39 In October,1980 I took my family on a canoe trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of Minnesota. Autumn is...

Bob O'Hara: One of North America's most experienced Arctic paddlers Since 1969, Bob O’Hara has spent every summer canoeing in the Far...

Eastern and midwestern waterways are generally clear and inviting. Not so in the far west. Desert rivers like the Colorado, Green and...

Kopka River, Ontario Adirondacks, New York At the outset, I should make it clear that I am an environmentalist. I taught environmental...

Newcomers to camping are often put off by the all the things they “think they need” to have a good time. Frankly, you can get by with...

Point Lake, Nunavut, Canada. Start of our trip down the Hood River Muskox! Cliff Jacobson and Sue Harings. Hood River I first heard...

Mention guns and canoe trips in the same breath and some folks are apt to go ballistic. Still, if you're traveling among dangerous bears...

The WeatherWool anorak: It's at home in the woods or at a fine restaurant! Check this if you think that wool isn't high-tech! I’ve loved...

IF IT RAINS HARD ENOUGH AND LONG ENOUGH, WATER WILL GET INTO YOUR TENT! FLOODED TENT: NOTE HOW THE INTERIOR GROUND-SHEET KEEPS WATER AWAY...

Stuff happens as we age, and it’s not all good. Darrell Foss, 75, one of my closest friends, has Alzheimer’s disease. Darrell has lived...

San Juan River, Utah: Cliff Jacobson, Bell Yellowstone solo canoe Tumplines are magical, more so when going uphill as they hold the...

Hamburger and beans form the basis of dozens of outdoors meals. Examples include spaghetti, lasagna, beef and been burritos and chili....

Everyone who canoes the Boundary Waters knows that the maximum group size is nine people and four watercraft. The rule further states...

The subject of canoeing footwear has been largely beat to death by canoeing writers, including me. There’s no agreement as to what works...

What knives are best for camping?

Camping out has changed considerably since the good old days of pine bough beds, bonfires and fresh-cut trail shelters. Camps stoves...