Glad I scheduled some time for YK, but 2 days is enough time to see most of it. The local book store had a wall of nothing but arctic and canoe tripping stuff I'd not seen before.

ST, I bought a back up battery. Probably should get an extra memory card too. OTB's were perfect. Used a 2mm NRS wetsock and a NRS Hydroskin liner. There was still some ice floating down the river with us. Solid footing. Slightly tight kneeling in the bow and getting the boots under the seat. But still OK enough to feel safe if I needed to do a wet exit.

Check out outfitters; Black Feather, Wanapitei, and Nahanni River Adventures. I got a list of rivers from the other trippers I need to do. Mountain, Bonnet Plume, Nahanni, etc.

First couple days on the Baillie we were running ~25 sets a day, CII & a couple CIII. All scouted from the boats on the fly, except one CIV. You could see the river falling away. 8 kph with just the current. Decked  canoes, a couple Old Town Discos, knee pads, but no thigh straps. Decks worked great. You could pull the skirt up or down like a wind breaker as the weather changed.