Cliff Jacobson
WHAT? A NEW SURVIVOR SHOW!
I recently got a call from a casting director in California. She was casting for a new TV show, similar to “Survivor”. The idea was to...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Jul 4, 2019
- 4 min
SOME ADVICE FOR TRIP LEADERS
A bright summer morning on any river. A crowd of canoers prepare for a downstream float. It's 9:30 a.m. and confusion abounds. ...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Jul 2, 2019
- 2 min
New Book: Justin Cody's Race to Survival!
Wilderness users are an aging group. The U.S. Forest Service recently reported that the average age of those who go to the Boundary...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Jun 23, 2019
- 7 min
TWENTY TIPS FOR CANOEING THE BOUNDARY WATERS
Much as I love canoeing wild, fast rivers, I can't escape the lure of the Boundary Waters. And every year, since 1971 (when I moved from...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Jun 5, 2019
- 4 min
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW!
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...
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Cliff Jacobson
- May 9, 2019
- 7 min
JUSTIN CODY'S RACE TO SURVIVAL!
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...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Apr 12, 2019
- 4 min
LESSONS FROM CANOEING THE ARCTIC
INUKSHUK Wilberforce Falls, Hood River, Nunavut, Canada My first Arctic canoe trip was on the Hood River, Nunavut (formerly, Northwest...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Mar 18, 2019
- 5 min
Montana Madness
Larry Rice (L), Cliff Jacobson (R). Northstar Phoenix canoes (IXP layup) Some of the "smaller" waves on the Yellowstone River Each...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Feb 4, 2019
- 3 min
A MIRROR INTO THE PAST
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...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Jan 6, 2019
- 3 min
FEAR AND CONFIDENCE
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...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Dec 9, 2018
- 2 min
WESTERN WATER
Eastern and midwestern waterways are generally clear and inviting. Not so in the far west. Desert rivers like the Colorado, Green and...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Nov 3, 2018
- 5 min
SELECTIVE ENVIRONMENTALISM
Kopka River, Ontario Adirondacks, New York At the outset, I should make it clear that I am an environmentalist. I taught environmental...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Oct 10, 2018
- 6 min
TEN TOP CAMPING ITEMS!
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...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Sep 21, 2018
- 4 min
BOBBY
Point Lake, Nunavut, Canada. Start of our trip down the Hood River Muskox! Cliff Jacobson and Sue Harings. Hood River I first heard...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Aug 22, 2018
- 7 min
CANOEING AMONG DANGEROUS BEARS
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...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Aug 1, 2018
- 4 min
REVIEW: WEATHERWOOL®ANORAK
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...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Jul 13, 2018
- 5 min
OLD IDEAS DIE HARD--REALLY HARD!
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...
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Cliff Jacobson
- Jun 18, 2018
- 4 min
KNOWING WHEN IT'S TIME TO QUIT
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...
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Cliff Jacobson
- May 30, 2018
- 4 min
CANOEING INTO OLD AGE
San Juan River, Utah: Cliff Jacobson, Bell Yellowstone solo canoe Tumplines are magical, more so when going uphill as they hold the...
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Cliff Jacobson
- May 9, 2018
- 2 min
DRYING HAMBURGER AND BEANS
Hamburger and beans form the basis of dozens of outdoors meals. Examples include spaghetti, lasagna, beef and been burritos and chili....
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