Poling The Big Machias | Jack Mountain Bushcraft Journal 23

[drjamyma]

Poling The Big Machias... like a boss

[JMBushcraft]

We shot this during a break on a day trip. Everyone was on shore and asked if I could demonstrate going up the rip as we'd spent the day snubbing. There were six people watching so I wasn't concerned about not wearing a pfd for this, but I was wearing one the rest of the day.

[juwright1949]

Just curious, why no PFD? I tell all of my Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts that they don't have to wear one if they can prove to me they can float when they are unconscious. Get pitched out of the canoe, hit your head on rock and you are in trouble. I ABSOLUTELY love all of the videos, great job.

[spence0324]

His shirt wasnt wet on the poling up... Nice job though.

[JMBushcraft]

@spence0324 Good eye, it wasn't wet on the way up. There was about a ten minute gap between poling up and snubbing down, during which I went in the river.