Re: [Paddlewise] (Blue Water Passage by Kayak

At 08:48 AM 11/20/98 -0500, Steve Cramer wrote:

>
>Steph Dutton did a solo trip down the west coast of North America. I
>can't remember if it was Alaska to Baja or only Washington to
>California. Does anyone know of a book or article about this trip?
>
>We saw Steph at the East Coast Symposium last spring. Excellent speaker.
>
>Steve
>--
 
Steve, you're right, Steph is a very good speaker, and quite a heroic
paddler of awesome skills combined with daredevil risktaking.  Cool head, too.

But the original post included:
"This list would exclude long river or coastal trips, however heroic. --
Let's say ocean crossings and long salt-water island-hopping passages."

Not to take away from his accomplishments, but I believe both Steph's B.C.
to B.C. (British Columbia to Baja California) and his wintertime Oregon
coast traversal have been done by hopping from point to point along the
coast, rather than bluewater (open ocean)crossings.  He has published a few
articles in Sea Kayaker magazine over the past 3-4 years.  I have found all
of those instructive, for example his method of launching through LARGE
surf by paddling into an oncoming breaker, then timing a roll while using a
breathing tube into the cockpit.
	If Steph has a book published I would sure like to know about it.
	Cheers,
	John Somers

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