Kevin Callan

I hit the jack pot the other day while shopping for my annual gigantic jar of peanut butter at my local Cosco store. A mere $29.95 for Adventure Medical Kit’s trauma pack, made by the Tender Corporation...

The best part of planning a trip is organizing the food. Problem is, if you mess up than the trip is guaranteed to fail. But if its done correctly the trip will not only be a success, you’ll be the top camper in the group for...

My Dual Credit students from Port Perry just headed off on a survival bushwack today. I’m their college instructor, and Dual Credit is a program created to get high school students enthused about going into post secondary....

No one seems to want to want to talk about this, but a poop properly disposed of behind camp can make or break the group dynamics during any trip. To start, before the spot is chosen and the trousers are dropped, a proper camp...

I won this year’s Aluminum Chef Competition at Canoecopia. Not sure how I pulled it off. It’s been running for five years now and I’ve always come in dead last. The two other chefs are amazing - Marty Koch the camp cook and...

A few years back the gang at Nova Craft Canoe designed and built my all-time favourite Canadian flag canoe. It was built to help celebrate the Canadian Canoe Museum's National Canoe Day. Since then its been on major television,...

Last Saturday I was in Ottawa for the Outdoor Adventure Show and was interviewed by CBC Radio's Michael Bhardwaj's for his morning show - In Town and Out. Michael had me talking about new high tech. camp gadgets and traditional...

It was going all so well - too well. It was the first day of March Break, one of the busiest times to be at the Toronto airport, but I managed to get through the ticket agency and security in record time. I didn’t even get strip...

Cliff Jacobson and I are presenting together in the next few weeks at the Quiet Water Symposium in Michigan, Canoecopia in Madison and Mid-West Mountaineering Spring Expo in Minneapolis. Cliff is a canoe guru and best-selling...

No matter what you're doing outdoors, knowing these knots is necessary.