Richard Culpeper wrote: > > > > > > I haven't broken my paddle yet but I have sure made a mess of the blade > > edges. I need a paddle designed for crossing ice too thin & soft to walk > > on but too hard for a paddle to penetrate. I also need ski wax on the > > bottom of my boat for ice crossings. > > > > -- Here in the Northern Chesapeake Bay area, I use a pair of cut-off ski poles (18ish inches). They help me in the silt when I mis-judge an outgoing tide and work perfectly for helping my flat bottomed CLC Mill Creek accross the occasional ice we get on our feeder creeks - which thousands of incoming Canada geese this weekend are reminding me is not far away :-) David Gulick > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Oct 11 1998 - 06:32:43 PDT
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