Video: Carry a Canoe on Your Shoulders

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By T. Edward Nickens | Published Aug 6, 2015 7:25 PM EDT

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It’s not as hard as it looks, and it is super-impressive: Hoisting a canoe, solo, atop your shoulders for a walk to the pond or the end of the portage trail. It takes more technique than strength, and practice definitely makes perfect.

T. Edward Nickens

T. Edward Nickens has covered sporting, conservation, and outdoors culture topics for more than 35 years. His work has appeared in Field & Stream for more than two decades, and includes features, his regular column, “The Total Outdoorsman,” five Field & Stream books, and the anthology The Last Wild Road.

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