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October Club Meeting - Packrafts and Canoes for Wilderness Camping - Tues, October 28, 2025 at 7:00

Posted by Erik on 10/26/2025, 8:05 am

Join us at our October meeting as we explore two different types of wilderness camping – packrafts and canoes.

Aaron Roby will discuss packrafting, which combines hiking and paddling to access remote waterways. The packraft is an ultralight, inflatable boat paddled with a double-bladed paddle. Though not as efficient on the water as canoe or kayak, the packraft enables new kinds of backcountry exploration where a traditional boat would be impractical. Aaron will highlight the packraft's pros and cons using examples from a recent trip in the upper St. Regis area of the Adirondacks.

Erik Eckilson will discuss more traditional canoe camping, and a recent week-long trip to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in Maine. The Allagash is a 92.5-mile state park along the Allagash River in the North Maine Woods. It is a beautiful and remote area that is one of the original "Wild and Scenic" rivers.

The meeting will be held on Zoom videoconference;

Topic: RICKA October Members Meeting
Time: Oct 28, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83171717745?pwd=oE4Tbk6668vKbqBjArFMb0Ar2ujcKu.1
Meeting ID: 831 7171 7745
Passcode: 008544

Re: October Club Meeting - Packrafts and Canoes for Wilderness Camping - Tues, October 28, 2025 at 7:00

Posted by Aaron Rouby on 10/27/2025, 10:12 pm, in reply to "October Club Meeting - Packrafts and Canoes for Wilderness Camping - Tues, October 28, 2025 at 7:00"

Most of my presentation will be an informational slide deck with bullet points of topics to discuss, a few pictures, and a few short videos clips.

If you are interested in seeing a short documentary video of a two-night, wilderness trip in the St. Regis area of the ADKs using a packraft, this is my mini-adventure, which took place during the RICKA annual trip this past August.

Presentation slides

Posted by Aaron Rouby on 10/29/2025, 10:03 am, in reply to "Re: October Club Meeting - Packrafts and Canoes for Wilderness Camping - Tues, October 28, 2025 at 7:00"

If anyone missed the meeting and would like some info about packrafting, here is the slide deck I made.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_5FzYIKr8isOD7Uw1OadwnfZ4c86u2JlEPxnGkTPAoo/edit?usp=drivesdk

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