@TeamEnerdG-A we have typically not moved boat crew members to other boats, unless the crews need to do better at portaging the stuff from their canoe by themselves. For example, if a boat crew as a group cant carry a heavy food bag, but two people in another boat can, we will move one if those two to the boat that needs help. That way every boat can manage their own stuff as a boat crew. The only other consideration is if their is some severe personality conflict. Or an adult needs to keep an eye on someone for medical reasons. But generally leaving everyine where they are allows everyone to be organized for portages and that makes portages go smoother.

@scottgephart9749 have a blessed trip! Enjoy your time. It is an amazing place

Awesome. Thanks for sharing!

I always take 4 batteries on trail every day. Then I take a 2 port battery charger and a 20,000 mAh battery brick to charge the batteries in camp every night. Make sure the batteries stay warm at night including the battery brick. Make sure you bring a floating handle or something if you plan on using it in the canoe. Mentally work through what will happen if you roll the canoe when using the camera. Have a great trip

I forgot to mention, 1 carry one 20,000 mAh bank for every 5 days on trail.

Northern Tier provides a life jacket to all participants. Its included in the fee. You also may bring your own provided that it meets the NT rules and is USCG approved.

A combination of pieces from small rig and ram. I belive a padded smallrig big clamp. And then from there through various pieces and ball heads and arms to a gopro metal mount that clamped the gopro inside the clamp where it could absolutely not fall out of the mount. If was sporty, i also had a small piece of cord and a carabiner to wrap around the thwart as a backup. Hope that helps

In the Portage Plan video, the food bag is discussed. Also watch the how to load your canoe video.

@Thefriendlyscoutmaster Got it, thank you. I have that one, among many of your other NT-related videos saved to a playlist to watch in the coming days... I just haven't gotten to it yet. I appreciate all of your content as it seems to be some of the most comprehensive material that's available on youtube.

Walmart I think. They cam also be found online. And probably at a sports equipment type store. Mine uses 8 D cell batteries.

Which three bags? Typically there would be a whale bag for personal gear, a food bag, and another bag like the Kitchen or Kettle or the Interpreters bag. If you watch the portaging videos, those should help explain all this.

@@Thefriendlyscoutmaster The first bag is connected to the forward most thwart. The next bag is connected to the stern side of the yoke. Does the 3rd bag attach to the bow side of the yoke, in front of the "navigueser"?"

@darylmeese9621 the first bag is attached to the thwart located right behind the bow seat. The second bag is attached to the bow side of the middle thwart where the yoke is. The third bag is attached to the stern side of the middle thwart, riding right in front of the naviguesser. So, if there are three bags in the boat, two bags are forward of the you and aft of the bow seat. And the third bag is aft of the yoke and in front of the Naviguesser. Hope that helps

Yes. In the 35L dry bag. Have a great trip

Grumper in the woods.

@@timothyknight7881 yeah i figured that out lol

You provide your own lock. For Ely, the lockers are inside a locked room. If you need more security, then contact NT.

@@Thefriendlyscoutmaster Sounds good, thanks!

Your crew will need one map holder per canoe. It is recommended by NT and myself that you have your own set of maps independent of the Interpreter. This would mean 3 map cases, and 3 sets of maps. Two of each would be the minimum number. The NRS Mapcessory Size Medium is perfect. You will also need a carabiner for each map case to clip it to yourself. Watch the videos on navigation, crew gear packing list, and the on the water clothes and equipment. There is more info in there. Have a great trip!

The NRS map cases don't attach easily to the canoe thwart for use during paddling. The Cooke Custom Sewing Pathfinder Thwart Bag or something like it is much better suited to this. It stays attached to the thwart during portaging. The NRS map cases are really intended for kayaks.

Hi! This may be a decision based upon how small the bags are when inside there compression stuff sacks. The rated temperature should be just fine, assuming you can sleep in that bag and stay comfortable when it is between 35 and 40 degrees outside. I have a video titled "Packing is a Volume Problem". This video will explain about how large your sleeping bag should be when stuffed. Ideally your sleeping bag will fit inside your 35L dry bag. It can be packed seperatley if needed. But it would then need to be inside it's own compression dry bag. I took a down bag as it compressed down small, and I already owned it. I put the down bag inside it s own waterproof compression stuff sack, which then went inside my 35L dry bag, for double protection. I would recommend you take the synthetic sleeping bag if it meets the compressed size requirements. Whale bags are large, but they fill up fast with everyone's stuff. Hope that helps you out!

Hi! First, I am not personally familiar with either of these specifically. Mine was a Sea to Summit 35L Lightweight Dry Bag. Which is very close to the Sea to Summit Big River Dry Bag. The differences being the Big River bag, as would appear looking at it on the internet, the Big River bag is a heavier duty material and has a strap along the side to lash down the dry bag. Two thoughts, your 35L dry bag will be inside a whale bag, and not likely to get punctured, although it could technically happen. And second, you wont need the strap down the side. Of the two options you mentioned, I would choose the Big Rover Dry bag 35 L. You wont need the compression straps. To make the dry bag smaller, just squeeze out some air before you roll it over to seal the dry bag closed.

@@Thefriendlyscoutmaster Thank you!

Extrasport Eagle Fishing Life Jacket. I don't know if this exact model is available. It wasn't expensive when I bought it. It is a Coast guard approved PFD made for kayak fishing. So it worked great having a mesh back and all those pockets.

As long as it of synthetic insulation that doesn't loose it's insulative properties when wet. So it is "warm" when wet. The lowest overnight low temp will probably will be in the 40s. It can snow in the earlier months. So whatever will keep you warm, but is also highly compressible, works.

An REI Big Haul 90. The 120 would also work.

Thank you for sharing your technique. There are a few iterations of how to successfully place a canoe on your shoulders. The technique I've elected to show actually doesn't use that much strength or energy as well, relying on momentum and timing (technique). The technique I've elected to share also accounts for folks with narrow shoulders and short arms. Which is important to remember when handling canoes with wide gunwales. Additionally, your hands are also not likely to slip while holding onto the yoke down by the gun wale. Rather than trying to cradle a wet and possibly slick canoe. The last thing either of us want is to place someone in an awkward and potentially harmful situation. If their left hand, cradling the canoe, were to slip anywhere in the process of lifting the canoe, that would not be good for them or the canoe. Presenting training is always a balance of many factors. What's going to work, most of the time, for all kinds of different people, who are all built differently, and all bring different strengths and weakness to the given situation. Thank you again.

@mikeholdgrafer3565 do I understand your technique correctly that my offside arm would have to reach all the way across the canoe and hold the offside gunwhale at the yoke? If yes, what canoes are you using this technique on? Both of the canoes I own are 36" wide at the yoke and I think I would have to hunch my back to reach that offside gunwhale and rely mostly on my back muscles while lifting the canoe onto my head with your technique. This sounds like a recipe for a back injury. Just trying to understand why I would want to use your technique instead of the technique shown in this video.

@@mccluskeyp Sorry for the delay in responding. The technique I (poorly) described is the same as shown in the Friendly Scoutmaster video except for one deviation; the placement of the hands, particularly the forearm closest to the person lifting the canoe. After you form a shelf with your legs (easier when wet footing), you should be able to reach across the canoe, with it tilted towards you, to grab the far gunwhale, on any canoe. Many people grab the yoke. The forearm of the arm closest than wraps around the closest gunwhale. Today, many people simply grab the yoke near the closest gunwhale. Throughout the summer I've been a part of several discussions about arm/hand placement, up through the recent weekn when the Sommers Alumni Association celebrated the 100th anniversary of Northern Tier. The consensus of these discussions is that when canoes were heavier, the forearm wrap was taught because it used one fulcrum, the shoulder. Wood canvas canoes, although lighter in early summer, reach and often exceed 100 lbs. due to absorption of water from wet footing. Grumman, which pioneered aluminum canoes using aero-grade aluminum, built heavier canoes early on before using lighter gauge canoes. Alumacrafts were also lighter, but still heavy to lift. I first was taught to flip a canoe in 1973 and guided from 1977-1982, long before Kevlar. The heavier canoes dictated the forearm wrap technique. As Kevlar and other lightweight composites were used to make canoes, the weight dramatically lessened. Thus, the technique to flip a canoe has morphed and we see both hands on the yoke when flipping the canoe. The overall technique remains the same but the hand placement has changed for some. I've listed a number of links below, showing the same general technique but also showing the different hand/forearm placement. Both techniques work. The Northern Tier produced video shows a long-time staff member flipping an aluminum canoe. At the time this video was produced (12 years ago), the standard trip package included aluminum canoes with an upgrade to Kevlar. We changed years ago to make Kevlar the standard package. We've seen the lifting technique modify also with the change to Kevlar. I hope this helps. Best wishes on your paddling adventures. How to Flip a Canoe - You Tube (Northern Tier produced video) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLt5krJ23Li1n6M.html How To Wet-Foot Portage - KZfaq kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n8h1o89kv9ORgZ8.html How to Carry a Canoe - Solo - KZfaq kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ppqIldeD29vSk2w.html How to Solo Lift and Portage a Canoe - KZfaq kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otqcecSFmtzYloU.html 3 Ways to Portage a Canoe | Boundary Waters - KZfaq kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbd7h7WAkridhZ8.html Preventing Back Injuries When Lifting a Canoe - KZfaq kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hciKhdKV0baWZ3k.html Canoe Lifts - KZfaq kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jMCXn8-XlZ-spKs.html Portaging 101: How to Solo Lift a Canoe - KZfaq kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z95kodOYxtzXqKc.html

It's a large. I think it is about 60 liters in size. Find or borrow a used one. You can use a frame if you would like. The whale bags don't have frames. But I think you will find having a frame for this purpose to be way more comfortable.

Hi! Thank you for the feedback! You will likely have three canoes. Two canoes with two people. And one canoe with three, which would include the Interpreter. The Captain in the back of the canoes with with two participants will have to navigate as well as paddle. The Interpreter will likely ride as Naviguesser in the third canoe with three people. Make sure to also watch the Portage Plan and Portage Plan Options videos to think through how you might portage everything in one trip. You may only be issued two whale bags. Sometimes you can put food in the whale bags. This is a good conversation with your Interpreter.

Well... they do. They meet all of the NT requirements. And are the most common boot used at NT. And the side benefit, is these boots can be used in environments and places beyond NT. Have you seen the video on boot options?

WOW! I hope that turned into a great success story!

If at all physically possible, it is extremely valuable for the efficiency of your crew for those who are designated as carrying the canoes, to be able to lift, carry, and set down the canoes safely, all by themselves. This video shows you how to do that.

Greetings, Thank you so much for all the effort you put into making the videos. I watched almost all of them in preparation for our recent trip to Northern tier. We had a wonderful trip covering 102 miles, 38 portages and 24 Lake. I found your videos 0:05 very helpful. If you don’t mind, I would like to offer a recommendation I was unaware of the differences between, the Canada (Quetico) portage trails and the boundary water portage trails. It appears to me that the majority if not all of your portage trails look like they are in the boundary waters. I found the portage trails in Canada to be very difficult to find, and some being extremely hard to navigate in comparison to what I saw in your videos. Maybe you could stress to the viewers the vast difference between the two types of trails. And maybe you do cover this somewhere and I just did not notice it. Best of luck on continuing your videos. 👍

They are. But you likely wont see them as you should be tucked in your tent to avoid the mosquitos.

@@Thefriendlyscoutmaster gotcha, I am going this summer with some buddies to do the OACO trek. Very excited.

Glad it was helpful!

There just weren't any spiders in that tent. I'm sorry you had that experience.

Aerosol products have been known to cause issues, such as the can failing, the can becoming pierced, and then exploding, the tip breaking off causing the contents to either not be available or leaking into your bag.

Glad to help

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you!

These are excellent suggestions! My big reason for doing all of this was to help out fellow Scouters. Especially those who have never been before. There isnt hardly any information out there to give anyone new an idea of what to expect or how to do anything. At least maybe this will help out.

Have a great trip! Its hard to have every little pic. Some folks seem to prefer a 5L. But a 5L or 10L will work.

Who extorts money in the wilderness?

@@disgruntledpedant2755 😂

Johnny Tree Fingers:)