I came "onboard" Paddlewise in March, just late enough not to fully twig that it was made up in large part, by and for refugees and veterans of the Great Sponson Wars. For me, the main attraction was, and is, that Paddlewise is sea kayak specific. In some of my early private correspondence with John Winters, I informed him there had been this really ugly debate on RBP around SeeThings. When I happened to go back and read some of the signatures on the RBP postings, I blushingly realised that telling John there had been a debate about SeeThings was approximately like informing one of Winston Churchill's "few" that there had been, you know, this like totally crucial air war called, I think, the Battle of Britain. Anyway, even if the republic of Paddlewise was born in rebellion and adversity, and for initially slightly negative reasons, it certainly seems to me that today we exist and flourish for very positive ones. I really enjoy being able to access a vast range of experience and perspectives on any sea kayaking topic. Just recently I've vowed to better my weather forecasting skills, and learned more of the hidden history of the Inuit, for example. So thanks my fellow Paddlewisers. Thanks especially to Jackie, for gently "riding herd" on the free-wheeling discussion, and all your hard behind-the-scenes work. Happy Holidays, Philip T. "The opinions expressed in this posting are not necessarily those of my employer, or indeed, of any sentient being." **************************************** Mountain Equipment Co-op 1655 West 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6J 1K1 Tel: 640-732-1989 Fax: 604-731-6483 email: pid_at_mec.ca Visit our website at: http://www.mec.ca ***************************************** *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Dec 21 1998 - 09:31:14 PST
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