On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Dave Kruger wrote: [snip] >>This was a "just for fun" crossing we attempted purposely in the fog, to >>test ourselves, so it probably does not count. What experiences have >>others had? I'd like to know. >> >>-- >>Dave Kruger >>Astoria, OR >>sea kayaker, sometimes lost in fog i can't relate a crossing... but one of my first ever solo river trips in my sea kayak, was in november a couple years ago, and i launched 2 hours before sunset. it started snowing, and the air got really cold, but the water was very warm. about a half hour into the paddle, the fog started forming, and i paddled another hour down river in the fog. very erie!! at a couple points the visibility was only a few yards 8-) i knew i couldn't play at any of the play spots [if i even saw them] and just kept heading down river... obviously i lived ;-) but it was scarey some times, and fun most of the time. i keep trying to do it again, but just haven't managed!! 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: I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. -- Mae West --- Yield to Temptation ... it may not pass your way again. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love" *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 10 1998 - 06:53:10 PDT
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