4-Day Canoe Trip on an Icy Raging River 

If there was ever a video that deserved a thumbs up, its this one. You really captured the camaraderie between the three of you and the joy you all experienced. Having those two there must have been a huge mental boost after that first day. Wow John, write a book pal. Would be a best seller no joke. Brilliant video yet again.

Epic trip and video!! It's so awesome watching my favorite RU-vid canoe trippers tripping together, it's like getting to watch all my favorite guitarists jam together on stage for a song. Hope you do lots more of this!

That was an amazing experience, with some great teachers ❤️ just finished watching Xanders take on the trip 😆 he's such a card, great energy. Once again you have done an amazing job capturing the beautiful scenery and excitement of the journey! CHEERS 🍻

Seeing you boys together, excited in the beginning put a smile on my face. And what a ride down the river that was. Glad it was a safe trip, thanks for bringing us along

THANKS Jon. That is like the best kind of "TV"; of seeing you guys working together and having fun up north, to be priviledged to watch. Thank-you for sharing.

On behalf of myself and 206K of my closest friends, we are very glad that you didn't bail on this trip. The three of you make a great team. Looking forward to the coming of Spring and more bouncy water adventures!

What a fantastic adventure! That looked like so much fun, and also terrifying.

Getting outside your comfort zone is great to do in qualified company. Looks like you were having fun at the end. Great video. 👍

Emotional energy is the word. Adrenaline the whole time. Others to bounce it around, after the trip it continues. Proud of You definitely growing out of comfort zone!!

Awesome trip. So much growth happens outside of the comfort zone. Good on ya for getting out there!

You guys are doing it right. Staying together, scoping out the swifter water. It’s nice to hear the honesty and sincerity about this trip. I already watched Xander’s channel. It’s nice seeing it from your point of view.

The stars are so beautiful in the night sky. Thank you for the great video. 👍 👍 👍

Facing our fear is always one of the hardest things we do in life. Proud of you Jon 👍

Hey Jon, just LOVE to watch you and your style of filming … you are so informative, real ,refreshing, while at the same time being poetic … ty for how it makes me feel when you post a video ✌🏼

My dad and I did the Tat 30 years ago in low conditions (neither of us had any whitewater experience). Many of the swifts we waded. I think I remember that falls. Dad caught brookies at the base and saw a lynx on an old forestry road nearby. Im a bit foggy on the details, but I do remember eating pike each night, the brook trout, and the lynx. Good times with pop. Thanks for bringing me back in time on this one! Always enjoy your work

Great video. I see you were out for an early spring swim. Dumping can be your new way of catching some fish. Glad to see you were alright and ran more rapids. Enjoyed seeing the boys all together enjoying some fun!

Whoa Man! That looked hectic!! As a guy with very limited canoeing experience it was an awesome trip and fun to live through your "lesser" experience and with a couple awesome experienced bros. lol, 8:56 Hi Xander!! Can't believe you dumped on the first set but that's just part of what great adventures are made of. Thanks for taking us along. My heart rate picked up on some of those rapids as I could imagine yours was exhilarated so nice call on the dual screen through those shots Bro and perfectly timed slo mo's. 31:23 amazing shot for a guy with no camera crew. If this wasn't done with the drone, this shot was A LOT of work and the bird call is icing on the cake, much respect appreciation.

Whoa! Epic John. Way to conquer your fears. Much respect!

Here’s to a safe and wonderful canoe season!

Super trip!!! So glad we got to go along!!

Super fun trip! Would love to see you do more of this over the summer. You only get to learn something once and it would be a fun experience to see you try to develop a new skillset as a challenge this year. We don't normally get to see you struggle with much so it's fun to see an aspect of canoeing you're not totally familiar with. Excited to see the hot tent retired for the season and the canoe back in action.

Wow, great job at navigating the rapids! I was on the edge of my seat through most of them! I have never paddled whitewater, it attracts me but at the same time scares the crap out of me. lol Too bad on the canoe damage and the leaky dry pack. People would laugh at me when I used to canoe trip because my sleeping bag and clothes were always in dry bags inside the dry bag. lol My worst fear, sleeping cold or should I say, trying to sleep cold. lol Wonderful adventure, you three seem to be great travelling companions. Thanks for sharing. :) :)

Jon in a tent? What is this new devilry? Great video man, always appreciated.

Thanks for this Jon!!! The Lost Lakes channel continues to feed my adventurous soul from the comfort of my couch!🙃

Nice to see a healthy respect for the river. Miss the white water thrill myself, so living vicariously.

For someone who has clocked up 1000's of paddle hours yet your so humbled about the whole white water and impacting the other guys. Your always so real with your audience. Another amazing video mate!

Well done Jon. Thanks for sharing.

Another good video. Thanks for taking us along. Looking forward to an Erin and John adventure.

Once again I find myself changing my evening plans. I simply can’t not watch when I get these notifications. Stunning photography again. Unless there are some whitewater experiences you haven’t filmed and uploaded, this seemed to be the most challenging route you’ve taken so far. Nicely done. No surprise that the number of Lost Lakes subscribers continues to grow steadily.

Great adventure. Nice to see the three of you working so well together.

Brad! Nice to see you paddling with Jon! I've followed both of your channels

I love the scenery you capture. Where I live, I don't get the luxury of getting to see all those beautiful stars! The world is an amazing place and I love seeing it through your videos. They're very humbling, as you yourself, are humble. I'd love to go on one of your winter camping trips with you. That would be a dream come true.

"At least your dry suit worked" and "Rocks and Canoes are bad!" you guys are hysterical. I can't wait to see more of the 3 of you on trips together. Your channel keeps growing everytime you post a new video, the youtube gods are loving you lately! Keep on the awesome work and can't wait for the next video.

Hey Jon.... such a fantastic trip... And what a collaboration! So glad to see you and your buddies enjoying the challenges.

BRAD is the Man, love their channel. Glad you challenged yourself feels good to do new stuff with support.

Wow this looked thrilling! Great use of the alternate camera shots... gives us a good feel.

What positive energy coming from you three. Being honest with your feelings and thoughts bring about bonding and understanding. That’s what real men are made of. Thank you for sharing this with us, it truly was a high energy experience.

Great trip! It's comforting to see someone like you with a lot of experience to be a bit sceptical of whitewater, me and a couple of guys was out a few weeks back with our cheap kayaks during the spring flood here in Sweden, it was above my level of competence, above the level of our equipement and definitely above my comfort level..but, we made it.. Again, it looked like a great trip! All the best.

Awesome adventure!

One of your best videos! Its been great to see you evolve as a canoeist and a filmographer :)

Exceptional.. kept me on edge of my seat! Love the drone shots, split screen rapids and voice over narrative. Glad you have some like minded dudes to have fun with!

What a great trip. The best trips are with good friends. Great learning experience to. Loved the video. Stay safe. God bless.

The best part is we get to see em 3 times. "conquering fear"🔥🙌

I learned a valuable lesson tonight, never skip a trip for a Leaf game, even game 7. Fortunately this vid helped ease the pain a bit. Cheers.

Great adventure and nice to see the learning curve!

Love the growth of the channel 🙌 if we don't get uncomfortable and scared we dont have growth I'm finding that in my recovery

Baptism by fire, or should I say, ice cold water. Great job John. Overcoming your fears is the best way forward. You couldn't have been in better company. Love your channel.

Awesome! Good on you for expanding your experiences.

I love watching this adventure from different perspectives!

The shots of the regrowth are amazing

The victory screech at 15:00 killed me haha you guys made it through safe and sound and have to celebrate !

Fantastic adventure! Looks like so much fun!

Good job pushing yourself. This clearly was good peer pressure. You’ve surrounded yourself with good people which always equals a good time.

I loved Xander birthing out of his dry suit lol and blowing a kiss in the background when john was talking food ha ha ha I giggled for ages on that one! What a hoot! Great adventure!I could feel the tension in the rapids, I admire you doing things that scare you. Greetings from Aus

Very exciting !

Amazing trip leaving the comfort zone looks good on you.

So cool! I love when you talk about breaking out of comfort zones so you can build you skills. Makes me wanna go further on my next trip!

Thank you for sharing your adventure! A very exciting video! Cheers!

Cheers for having so much fun!! Very impressive on all the canoe handling, and way to get back on that horse!

Enjoyable watching you boys out and having some fun and adventures. Building wonderful memories for your old age years.

Hello John that was awesome adventure I'm glad you okay when you fall to the water, The view was incredible thank you for sharing the video.

Great to see you guys together.

Great trip and content! Great to see the three of you working together. Awesome stuff.

I loved this!! And I have HUGE admiration for the three of you. Both in your courage to overcome your fears and the wellness of Xander and Brad to teach. And the sheer humbleness needed from all in being the student and teacher. Great video!!!

Seeing that Maple leaf sweater opened up fresh wounds..

What an amazing trip with good friends !!!!

Very Cool Update in every way.! Well done on all counts to you all for sharing to bring us along. Thank You .!

Absolutely AWESOME!!! Man, am jealous of y'all.

Insane! I fish adjacent to white water often and I get that queezy feeling when the current grabs my kayak and spins me around. I appreciate the feels of being at the mercy of the rapids. Cheers Jon!

Good job at it, a real confidence booster. Enjoyed the go along.

Watching your adventures really makes me want to take one of my own. Loved your videos!

Great video Jon. Looked like a lot of fun. What a great environment to learn in. 🍻

Wow, this was a great trip, thanks for bringing us along with you....

This trio is awesome! Nice work, Jon. And Brad is a whitewater machine!!!

That was a sweet trip!!

Excellent!!

I like that you always remain humble even though you're obviously a very accomplished outdoorsman Well done as always!

Its good to see you John.

Man that looked like alot fun! Epic adventure guy's! Seeing three canoe buddies just enjoying life! That's what it's all about!

Most people do not want to express what is outside of their comfort zone. Thus video shows how beneficial it is to do so.

Remember these days: a vocation you love and peers who both support and push you to be better tomorrow than you were yesterday. The time of your life.

So awesome!! Good for you!!

Beauty eh? No bugs too! TY. Blessings one and all.

One of the better “crossover” videos out there. Sometimes when RU-vidrs get together, it’s a damn disaster.

Jon, I loved this Video and admire your being so brave! Great message about fear. It was good to see you three guys together. Thanks 😊

Favorite lost lakes adventure thus far hands down. This is what guys are supposed to do thanks for sharing john.

Great, great video.

What a combo you guys make. Fantastic weather looked like fun. Good for you. Lovely video 📹.

Nice Trip, Thanks.

what a great trip with good friends

Conquering your fear with good friends! So impressive you guys and again thanks for the trip 💜

always inspiring thanks 4 sharing

Great to see you having fun John! Another super video.

Awesome job man! Looks like a great time with great dudes!

Glad you pushed yourself outside of your comfort zone, since you love canoeing so much maybe you’ll get hooked.

Very cool to watch👌

So glad to see you guys. like your video so much.

Great video, thanks for the laughs.

Great vid! Kept me on the edge of my seat. Great tip from Brad!

Great adventure, always look forward to your adventures!!! Looked like fun fun fun!!!