On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Edward F Luty wrote: >> >>I'm a newbie to this list as well as paddling , haven't even gotten a >>paddle wet yet :( >> I am enjoying the list though and plan on searching out some >>local shops for kayaking lessons next month. >> My question is this: How often is the average paddler on this >>list able to get onto the water? Once a week, a couple of times a month, >>every day(for those fortunate to live on or near the water)? >> I was just wondering...... >> Thanks >> during the "season" [april-sept] at least once a week, usually 3-4 times, during the off season, i shoot for once a week, and get weathered out 50-75% of the time, so once - twice a month, max. usually almost everyday in june, especially now that i live near a river that flows year round, and has good high water in june --- my paddle time drops from 3.5 hours to 90 minutes during high water!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 27 1998 - 07:16:50 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:29:54 PDT