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@ArK047 5 күн бұрын
So interesting that you can flag a train, even if it takes much of the day.
@KayakToTheSea 4 күн бұрын
@ArK047 For full transparency, we did buy tickets for the train prior to the trip. The train knew we were going to be there. But it is an anxious game waiting for them to get there and hoping they didn't forget you.
@ArK047 4 күн бұрын
@@KayakToTheSea How accurately did you have to give your pickup location? Was it right on a particular mile marker and you wait by the sign? I've seen those train stations that are just signposts and wondered how they work.
@KayakToTheSea 4 күн бұрын
@ArK047 IT was a mile marker. The map we had called out the mile marker for the portage trail and we were able to corroborate it with other sources. The train drops canoes off all over the place so they probably have a good list of the mile markers somewhere.
@ArK047 4 күн бұрын
@@KayakToTheSea Interesting, thanks.
@StevesRoadTripChronicles 5 күн бұрын
Great adventure! Can’t believe you don’t have a lot more viewers/subscribers! I’m jealous of this kind of trek, I’d love to do this - except without the mosquitos! 😂
@KayakToTheSea 5 күн бұрын
@StevesRoadTripChronicles Thanksnfor watching. I think I am at the mercy of the algorithm. But the more people share with their friends the better.
@pavtek6740 13 күн бұрын
Thanks for the intro to this great group out of Norway. You mentioned correct paddle fit, for your body, for your boat at the end. Do you have any of your videos or others you can recommend to best determine Greenland paddle fit? I use a Gear lab Kalleq and love it but you have me interested in trying a very good traditional wooden paddle now. Thanks for any guidance.
@KayakToTheSea 5 күн бұрын
@pavtek6740 I know there are some videos out there on this topic but nothing too in depth. The main thing is trying a lot of sizes and seeing what fits. But this is a good idea for a video.
@JaneIrwin-i9n 17 күн бұрын
Tim, I absolutely adore your videos. Thank you for posting such lovely trip reports! I always look forward to them. <3
@tonyneal9776 21 күн бұрын
Very Nice! New sub.
@KayakToTheSea 21 күн бұрын
@@tonyneal9776 Thanks for coming along on the adventure!
@leoburns9674 23 күн бұрын
What a phenomenal video one of the best I have seen on the subject… headed out to the water tomorrow morning to put this in play (really well done thanks!)
@KayakToTheSea 23 күн бұрын
@leoburns9674 Thanks! Good luck in your practice. Are there any subjects you would like a short video like this on? I am always looking for inspiration for a good topic.
@leoburns9674 23 күн бұрын
@@KayakToTheSea … landing on a hard beach (think our Georgian Bay Ontario… “granite”)…. With a loaded sea kayak. How to get landed and gear removed 😊
@KayakToTheSea 23 күн бұрын
@leoburns9674 Thanks, I am headed off on trip soon where I might have to do this so I'll be sure to film it.
@HowVeryOdd 24 күн бұрын
That looked like such a peaceful area, im glad you had some breathing space to get that tape applied. Never tried a loon call before, but its now my mission to learn haha
@kellipospiech5812 Ай бұрын
How long is this paddle?
@billybert3506 Ай бұрын
I have been able to get Loons within feet of my canoe with a Loon-call on my Ocarina. 🙋🏻♂️ The hand version has never been accomplished. 🙈 🙏⚓️☀️🛶🏕️
@jonathonrulseh9503 Ай бұрын
Mike is a legend! Did you ask him about solo crossing's to Isle Royale?
@KayakToTheSea Ай бұрын
Absolute legend! Our conversation ranged far and wide. We talked a lot about Isle Royale, Greenland, sandstone formations, underwater canyons, all sorts of things. A wildly unexpected and wonderful morning paddle.
@ywsfuj Ай бұрын
Just back from a practice session, and watch this video again. Very helpful.
@richardbailey5095 Ай бұрын
Ah, nothing like a good portage fest. You two did very well. I get a bit grumpy and a little stupid when I'm low on calories.
@peetsnort Ай бұрын
To be honest I thought these paddles were just show off.trendy like were cool and you're not.I paddled with fiberglass ones on my surf ski in the 70s. I must say I'm impressed
@KayakToTheSea Ай бұрын
Haha, there is always room for some friendly ribbing between friends but I am glad we are (mostly) out of the dark days of pure ridicule and dismissal between people who like to use different types of paddles.
@UWI-Anna Ай бұрын
Excellent review! What country is the paddle made from?
@KayakToTheSea Ай бұрын
Gram Kajak is a Danish company but I don't know the manufacturing path of the paddle itself.
@grolaTda 2 ай бұрын
Muy buena explicación!!! gracias
@SuperChriscunningham 2 ай бұрын
$648.00 dollars wow
@KayakToTheSea 2 ай бұрын
Price is definitely a roadblock with carbon paddles. And kayak equipment in general, it is a tough sport to get outfitted in just due to the cost of equipment.
@wesleyminnie1535 2 ай бұрын
Hey, great trip man, what maps did you use? and what satellite device did you have? Did you use map and compass or a gps device?
@KayakToTheSea 2 ай бұрын
We used "The Adventure Map" series for Missinaibi. It was waterproof and large with decent detail even though we did find some errors in the some portage routes. We were all map and compass, it's our style. It is a pretty easy place to navigate as long as you are paying attention. For safety and messaging we used Danielle's Garmin In-Reach Mini. Works great and fits in a pfd pocket.
@karinrush5836 2 ай бұрын
Great video Tim. Thanks for sharing
@jimbobgypson3006 2 ай бұрын
I’m now caught up and eagerly awaiting the remaining installments. And hoping a few comments helps the algorithm send a few dollars your way. 😉
@KayakToTheSea 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the support. I just need to build up more people watching to get my views up. It would be a bit of a dream to do random adventures and get paid for them.
@jimbobgypson3006 2 ай бұрын
Loved the outtake with the bow line still attached. Glad you have the confidence to show your mistakes. We all have done similar things!
@KayakToTheSea 2 ай бұрын
Exactly! We all do silly things now and then. Just need to laugh at ourselves every now and then and move on.
@billybert3506 3 ай бұрын
Nice portage tattoo there fella.
@KayakToTheSea 2 ай бұрын
The crane got pretty dirty on that one exploratory mission.
@billybert3506 2 ай бұрын
@@KayakToTheSea , Years ago I was a camp counselor for a well known canoe focused camp in Northern WI. I was asked to scout a handful of new lakes which would then create a new portage route. Beautiful waterbodies, a few solid carries, but I can feel the sensations of all that you experienced that day. Looking back, I am grateful for it.
@KayakToTheSea 2 ай бұрын
This day in particular was a roller coaster of emotions. Big peaks, a few low valleys, then back up. Thus is life on a canoe trip.
@sking3571 3 ай бұрын
Awesome! You two make it look easy but I know it is not... Fun yes!
@KayakToTheSea 3 ай бұрын
This was a roller coaster of a day, challenging, and fun, and I edited out most of the cursing and frustration on the portage.
@hntrains2 3 ай бұрын
A nice, clean video. Catching enthusiasm, too. The manufacturer speaks about the replaceable tip as if it were some kind of great innovation; do you feel that is the case? It looks like vulnerability, rather. Also, how could they get it so wrong with the previous tip? The "innovative metal-free carbon spring joint design" is what every other manufacturer seems to have offered for ages. At the same time, if this builder boasts about how the system is metal-free, why do they use (metal) screws in the paddle? Last, but not least: how long can such a paddle be? Is there such a thing as an optimum length (based on type, length, width... of kayak, paddling style, etc.)?
@KayakToTheSea 3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Lots of things here: I personally have never replaced a tip but it is a part of the paddle that is prone to taking damage so I see the logic. I think it is also that making a tip that is that thin and sharp and all one piece is a manufacturing challenge so doing the separate piece keeps the design and manufacturing process simpler. I can't speak much with the metal free part but you do have a point that the screw is metal. But I think they go metal due to the size. Plastic doesn't hold up at the size it needs to be. And the last thing, a paddle does have an 'ideal' length based on the paddle. This is based on your body, the kayak you are using, and personal comfort and style. This is usually somewhere in the range of your 'wingspan+cubit (fingertip to elbow)'. Carbon paddles have an ongoing problem of only coming in a few sizes. Most carbon paddles tend to be a bit short for me but I am a giant so my experience is not everyone's.
@hntrains2 3 ай бұрын
@@KayakToTheSea, thank you for the extensive answer! Good points about the tip and the screw. I have seen the paddle in "How to fit FIVE people in a ONE MAN KAYAK [Inuit Style]" (uploaded by one Marco Andre); it is extremely long - the kind I think I would enjoy handling (in spite of the formula - which does make sense itself).
@KayakToTheSea 3 ай бұрын
@hntrains2 Paddles vary all across the arctic as do their watercraft. The general formula based on wingspan is based on common West Greenland styles and it is a system with their qajaq. Some of the Northern Canada shapes are wild and incredibly long. Lots to research and experiment with.
@GoOutsideTimmy 3 ай бұрын
Great videos! My daughter and I are really enjoying following your trip
@KayakToTheSea 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for following along!
@stevearchtoe7039 3 ай бұрын
My dad did this trip in 77. Had to shelter at the Johnson wax compound bc wind on the lake was too bad. From Wisconsin.
@michaelwolhardt166 4 ай бұрын
Great video!
@KayakToTheSea 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@user-nd5co8lq4t 4 ай бұрын
so all the good things about the greenland paddle have nothing to do with greenland paddle. it can be on any kind of paddle.
@KayakToTheSea 4 ай бұрын
Every paddle has different traits and characteristics, regardless of Greenland/Euro/canoe/otherwise. A lot of the things I look for in a paddle, comfort, grip, good feel in the water, quiet blades, are common between disciplines for me. The different disciplines are a lot more similar than a lot of people like to make it seem.
@richardbailey5095 4 ай бұрын
I wondered if you would be doing the Little Miss' loop. I'm looking forward to following this series as I haven't done that loop. Stopped at the falls to look around on day four from Hawk Lake to Mattice. The big lake was very nice to us - dead calm at Fairy Point. A pleasure after the 'fun' we had on Manitowik & Dog lakes
@sking3571 4 ай бұрын
You two are GRRRReat… love it
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
Excellent series. I picked up on various things that I have been looking for over for a while now. Launching and Landing, Camera placement for optimum paddling perspective (I have a GP Fusion for you if you'd like), and that there is no limit to how much wild harvest fruit goes into a pancake. Great Time!
@KayakToTheSea 4 ай бұрын
The fusion is what I use, works well but takes an age to stitch. Thanks for watching!
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
Yes, I recognized the camera shape in one of your clips. Mine has inly been used just barely twice. My CAD system computer couldn't even stitch the image without sounding like I was on a rocket launch to outer-space.
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
Ein Prosit 🍻
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
I am sorry your paddle crashed to the ground, but that look of personal disappointment, disgust, and nobody to blame. 🙊 Great Greenland Paddle review.
@KayakToTheSea 4 ай бұрын
It's a common look...
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
This makes walking through a fast food drive-through lane like a nothing burger. Cool *<(:-)
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
Good to know the Canadian Weather voice provides some comfort, while I have always wondered why the U.S. Weather Channel can make a sunny calm day sound like the last day of existence. *<(:-) . . . . vlog series suggestion / request. Tim, with your tone, general presence, and editing style, you would do a great job with providing some sea kayak skills or suggestions. The very first episode of your that I found had you mentioning your appreciation for what I call "tupperware boats." I have two mint condition Current Design Solstice GTS. One built the last year of West Coast production and the second was the first year in Winona, MN. My more amateur skillset has only had my use of launch and such from sand beaches or boat ramps. I would love to learn about fiberglass or skin boat launches from less friendly shorelines. An acceptable reply can be for you to tell me to sign up for one of your courses, nudge nudge, say no more. . . . But what comes with that are the chances of a bunch of strangers annoying the bejesus outta you. Anyhow ;-)
@KayakToTheSea 4 ай бұрын
I would love to have you in a class. I teach at a handful of events a year around the Great Lakes and further afield and usually post links to them on my Facebook page if you are interested. I also have a few technique videos on qajaq/kayak rolling techniques and some outlines for more videos to come. Take a look!
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
Thanks Tim. I did just sign up to the Uncommon Adventures eNewsletter. I appreciate the Lake Superior series you shared here, and hope you found some humor with a few of my comments. 🙏⚓️☀️ 🛶🏕️✨
@KayakToTheSea 4 ай бұрын
@@billybert3506 I coach sometimes with Michael and Lisa from UA, maybe we'll cross paths.
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
I found/followed your FB page.
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
Back in My Day, there wasn't a trail to Upper Falls and barely a trail to begin with to the main falls. I never tell of my favorite gems, but I will always offer to show someone. Glad you had someone to share the Keweenaw Shoreline with. I am curious to know what direction the current was flowing on your paddle to Manitou Island?
@KayakToTheSea 4 ай бұрын
On the day going out it was flowing north. On the way back it was slack, or maybe a bit out of the north but negligible. I always keep my favorite moments for myself too.
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
In a pinch, a kayak blade adds for good morning entertainment for flipping a pancake. My favorite ice cream in a cone is Ice Cream. Yep, that's it. *<(:-)
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
If you want to be in style, you need to accept discomforts. Yes on dorky hat, I have a straw hat for summer sun. Yours resembles a Tilley.
@billybert3506 4 ай бұрын
Nice rip, Eh! 🤠
@KayakToTheSea 4 ай бұрын
Oh ja, eh!?
@coryandersen1857 4 ай бұрын
Can't wait to see what comes next!
@richardbailey5095 4 ай бұрын
I'm looking forward to seeing what you all do. It took us 4 days & 3 portages to get to park campground from Hawk Junction a few years ago. Maybe another 9 days to Mattice. A stunning piece of the world.
@Mr8863matthew 4 ай бұрын
That area is beauty isn't it? I've spent a bunch of time up there camping.
@bradvoogel 5 ай бұрын
As usual, great review. What I love most about wooden paddles is the feedback, the spring and the float on the recovery…. They bounce out of the water.
@KayakToTheSea 5 ай бұрын
They definitely give you a connection to the water in a different way. And once they get a bit beaten up a quick layer of oil and they look good as new.
@mangoman62 6 ай бұрын
Am wondering what radio you carry.
@KayakToTheSea 6 ай бұрын
It is a Standard Horizon HX300. I've had it for a number of years and still going strong. I had to repair the antenna once as the shroud slipped off but that is it. It is waterproof and usb charging so I can keep it topped up as I go.
@mangoman62 6 ай бұрын
@@KayakToTheSea Thanks for the reply. Am soloing Isle Royale this summer and need to replace my cobra.
@KayakToTheSea 5 ай бұрын
@@mangoman62 I have had good luck with this radio and it suits my needs pretty well. It helps it has mostly been on salt water. Some people have really bad luck with radios and go through them like chewing gum.
@courtlandbates2683 6 ай бұрын
I once had a kayak, or should I say she once had me.
@Norwegianwoodpaddles 6 ай бұрын
Very happy that you liked the paddle :) Happy paddling!
@BluMonday88 6 ай бұрын
FYI, the Coast Gaurd don't use 10 codes (i.e 10 4). They use standard military (NATO) radio phraseology.
@KayakToTheSea 6 ай бұрын
Thanks. I realized that afterwards too. In the excitement I reverted to the radio jargon I learned as a kid instead of the stuff I learned for the water.
@ZaphodTube 8 ай бұрын
Ipik or Gram 9200? Would you like to share your thoughts? (will buy my first gp and don‘t want to upgrade later on… started with inuksuk, then thoight about kalleq, now ipik - so then the gram isn‘t too expensive anymore 😂)
@KayakToTheSea 8 ай бұрын
That is a really tough question. I've handed both paddles to try out at a few events and different people prefer them differently. I feel the Ipik is a more user friendly and forgiving, easier to pick up and use, super planted in the water. The 9200D is more subtle, given to more nuance, a bit more comfortable in the hands, the one I have tended to gravitate towards more. But even with both of them available, if I am not playing in dynamic water or teaching I still go for a wooden paddle for comfort and a correct fit.
@ZaphodTube 8 ай бұрын
thank you so much. Thanks for taking the time and sharing your opinion!
@carlscarbro4127 8 ай бұрын
Do you use a euro paddle? If so what do you use it for?
@KayakToTheSea 8 ай бұрын
I use a euro every now and then to mix it up and practice. I use it mainly in whitewater and for coaching some sea-kayaking classes. It is good to practice all skills and disciplines. Diversified portfolio.
@johnsullivan2833 9 ай бұрын
Great Sunday morning seeing a terrific view of the North Lake Huron shores
@LetsGoPaddling 9 ай бұрын
Kalleq is my first Greenland paddle. I'm still learning to use it properly but I can already say it's a fantastic piece of gear. Also, my use is quite unconventional because I paddle inflatable kayaks with it - slightly shorter and wider but Kalleq does its job!