A few years ago, probably fifteen now, when my back started bothering me a bit and my knees got cranky about squatting by the fire for a long time, I looked for a very lightweight, sturdy stool.  We found the one that did the job and it has gone on every trip since.  I really like it, especially for cooking.  But I use it for other sitting times, too.  That isn't to say that I don't sit on a rock or a log, but at age 67 I rarely sit on the ground anymore.

Then two years ago Neil went on a fishing trip with Ramsey Dowgiallo of "Wilderness Journey", and he discovered that Ramsey actually takes a CHAIR along!  Neil thought I would like a chair with a back, so we bought the chair (in the photo) at Pamida in Ely and took it on our 2011 canoe trip for the first time.  It is quite lightweight, and fairly comfortable, although a bit cumbersome to get out of.  I think he sits in it about as much as I do.   ;)

If anyone had told me 40 years ago that we would take a chair up there I would have laughed myself silly.  But now we pretty much consider it part of the equipment, and the chair has replaced our second stool, which was sort of like my first one.

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