Arctic wrote on Aug 7^th, 2010 at 1:19am:


Amen brother !
In fact, I've even used mine as a bridge, several times.

Although heavy, a Grumman (or Old Town Tripper) is probably the ideal bushwhack canoe.  I can't tell you how many hours I have spent crashing through the trackless bush under a Grumman, while glancing at my compass (all in northern Ontario and western Quebec).  The nice thing is you can drag them through gnarly swamps and pound on their hulls to round up your widely scattered trip mates!

intrepid_camper wrote on Aug 5^th, 2010 at 1:01am:

My grumman weighs 78 pounds...add the portage yoke, paddles shoved in the thawrts, and life vests snapped around the seats, and I'm up in the 80s.

They also made lightweight Grummans (thinner gauge aluminum). Those weighed in at around 65 pounds, before yoke etc..

So Stumpy,  What exactly DOES the Grumman weigh.  56 pounds?  That's not much more than a full sized Kevlar is it??

Stumpy wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2010 at 2:02pm:

Carbon fiber only?

I was just kidding, but I'm sure I'll still be lugging the Grumman.

Stumpy,
By 2015 someone may have dragged you kicking and screaming into the 21st century and you MIGHT have given up aluminum. 

Too late to change rules... Some only have kevlars.

In 2015, no Kevlars allowed !

They ARE unstopable...and it WOULD be fun to join them!  Unfortunately  my legs aren't long enough to keep up in the long grass and floating bogs they seem to favor for routes !  I hope we get to hear a report from them too.

One member said the 'deep-in-the-woods litany' goes something like this:
Guy in front: "Where do I go?"
Guy in back: "Forward."
GIF:             "What direction!?"
GIB:            "Ahead!  Just keep moving!"