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Legendary canoeing guide, conservationist in the 1800s, and one of the first proponents of the popular "ultralight" camping style, George Washington Sears (who used the pen name "Nessmuk") was a true American mountain man. Using a 9 foot long, 10 1/2 pound canoe, he successfully completed a 266 mile journey through the central Adirondacks. His clas

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Nessmuk was the pen name of George Washington Sears (December 2, 1821-May 1, 1890). He was a sportswriter for Forest and Stream magazine in the 1880s and an early conservationist. His stories popularized self-guided canoe camping tours of the Adirondack lakes in open, lightweight solo canoes and what is today called ultralight camping. He died on Mount Nessmuk, Pennsylvania.