LITTLE NORTH: Ep. III The River | 450km Canoe Expedition (Adventure Documentary) 

Thanks Matt!! We've been pushing our whitewater abilities slowly but surely. The heart is still through the chest when you come across some of these sets....

Thanks so much! We'll have the video from our next big adventure out this winter/spring! Cheers!

Thanks William. I've gotta agree with ya, she is the best!! Thanks for watching!

Catching some mad air!!! Thanks for watching!

@@ExploreTheBackcountry really great adventure! I was wondering: is that the tuffstuff or the tuffstuff expedition you’ve got there? Wondering buying a tuffstuff setupp myself. Greetings from Norway

Ha, yes. The more rapids I run, the more I realize I get pretty excited post-run. Leah is the best bow paddler and canoeist could ask for! Glad you enjoyed Trisha!

All you can really do out there! Was such a great trip. We really love the ones that challenge us.

Perks of the bow seat: You don't miss not having access to a shower!

@@ExploreTheBackcountry 😆

Haha! I love it. Thanks Deb!

Thanks so much henry. Glad you enjoyed it!

I forgot to give some much needed love to this comment!! Thanks a lot buddy!!! We'll see you out there on the water!

Ahaha! Right on!!! Your Leah is out there. Probably bombing a rapid right now though.... so get out there! Thanks man!

Glad you enjoyed it! Definitely lots of Type II fun on that trip, but so many good memories and experiences!

Thanks so much! I'd be lying if I said it was easy! A lot of it is just mental fortitude. I always struggle along with the writing; typically, the last part of my editing process. So I'm so glad to hear it resonated with you!

Thanks as always Derek!

Thank you Derek!!

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching. A trip like this will always give you some pause for thought.

That's the best way to do it! It's meant to just flow into each section, Reflector ovens are the best! Won't trip without one. Just so versatile.

Awesome!! Well we got married a year back. Did our most remote and least travelled adventure to date this past summer. Stay tuned.....

Thanks!!!

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

That she is!! Getting airborne!!

Thanks! Was such an amazing trip. We'll definitely be back to the region at some point!

Thanks Matthew!!

Thanks Luke!

Hopefully you received that canoe! May it take you to some amazing areas! Time spent in a canoe is time well spent! Happy paddling my friend.

Thanks! glad you enjoyed it!

We love it in the NW. Definitely be retuning to paddle more there. I feel it's the most underrated part of Ontario to discover.

Thanks! Now that took years and quite a few tips along the way to get there. Just gotta get out there and push the comfort zone a little each time.

Those falls blew us away! You could hear their roar up to 5km away and the horizon just disappeared from view as we approached it. Just an amazing sight to behold! Crazy how powerful water is! Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

Hahaha, I love it. I just about laughed out loud there! I think I've talked Leah into a few big sets now. Every one of them were worth it!

Thanks!!

Ha, yeah the lack of bugs were super nice. We went on our big expedition over July this past summer and man.... the bugs. Some of our team had their ears swollen shut....

Thanks! Cheers!

Thanks! Hopefully you can make it back to the great white north at some point in the near future! Lots to discover!

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching!

Thank you so much!! Leah certainly got some air on that run. Just another part of the roller coaster of emotions you experience on a trip of this magnitude.

Thanks!!

Thanks! The north of the UK looks like it contains some interesting place to paddle. I've often wondered what some of the area north of Inverness would be like. Just something different.

Thanks! I'd like to think so too!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Was quite the experience!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Jim. A few times there we thought we wouldn't remain right side up..... That's half the fun! Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.

We wished for a resupply too. You could continue to paddle the Berens river all the way out to Lake Winnipeg. A few more weeks of fun. Next time....

We love it up there. The scenery on this trip was so varied.

Thanks Steven! Can't ask for a better teammate than Leah!

Leah rocks that bow! So glad you've been enjoying the videos!

Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome! Thanks for subscribing! New stuff on the way. We'll have a big trip like this one up sometime in the spring too

Ah paddling, it's a healthy addiction! Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you so much 😀

Thanks Jeff

Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you enjoyed it!

One of the best we've been on! Until this past summer.....

Thanks for watching Robert!

Thanks Walt! glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks!!!

Thanks a lot!! Glad you enjoyed it! I'm trying to channel some of this movie magic for this years big production that was north of 52. Bit overwhelmed by the sheer amount of footage though....

Awesome! Thank you! That's a really good way to do it! I find myself doing the same on other's big adventures!

Yeah, I got bogged down in the headwaters and should have fished more in the lake section. The weather did not seem to be in my favour every time I tried to get my line in the water... We caught a bit more on this years big trip though.

She nearly got ejected! We should have brought the thigh straps for this trip.... Thanks as always Paul!

Kayaks would likely be much harder. On a trip like this you have many different waterbodies and obstacles to cut through. A 16ft prospector canoe is one of the best all around hull designs for paddling large windy lakes efficiently, dragging through creeks and punching through rapids. Primary advantages to a canoe are cargo capacity and ease of portaging. A canoe with a properly positioned yoke is perfectly balanced to portage. This is exceptionally advantageous when doing something like a bushwhack portage. Simply hop out of the canoe, roll on you shoulders and go. You are also in and out of the boat a lot so an open cockpit makes it easy to quickly hop in and out through shallow streams or at portages. The addition of a deck creates a hybrid system while saving the added weight of having a closed singular hull design. Kayaks were developed for large open bodies of water, with new variety of hulls in the last century being developed for anything from flatwater cruising to rapid running. However, these hulls tend to differ quite dramatically depending upon use and sacrifice factors such as speed for maneuverability in whitewater or lakes. The hull deign of the canoe means you have a greater versatility in use with the singular design as it performs well in a variety of conditions. In terms of speed, Canoes and kayaks are both displacement hulls; their top speed is a function of their length. The longer the boat, the faster it will go. It takes a good tandem crew to efficiently move the canoe . The learning curve for kayaks is gentle at the start but it gets steeper as you learn. With canoes, it's just the opposite, but it takes equal discipline to master either craft

Oh yeah! 6 months to edit the full 2.5hrs! Over 700Gb of footage to edit, storyboard, colour correct, audio correct, make maps and overlays and write a script. Phew..... Tons of work but worth it to relive the trip!

@@ExploreTheBackcountry I understand and super appreciate your reply, Keep the trips coming.

Thanks!

We made a bunch of hot chocolate on this past years big trip. It is so satisfying when you're chilly after a long day of paddling!

TuffStuff Expedition. It's been through the wringer haha. I did some spot patches last year, but a full hull gelcoat repair this year. The weave is still strong as heck and the canoe is ready for another 5k of punishment.

@@ExploreTheBackcountry Thanks for the reply. I have no doubts about the durability, I know you are a hard core user! I was just curious which one a guy like you has selected, since you do also hard core portages where extra weight also counts :D

Also, I liked your repair job. What was the product you used?

We took on a bit for sure. The deck certainly helps with the save, but water is still gushing in when you're tipped that far to the side. An open boat could have recovered, but it would have probably filled up. It's called Amazing Goop Marine Adhesive. It forms a gelatinous type barrier. It can withstand the punishment of rapids yet can be easily peeled off when you're ready to recoat with gelcoat.