I ran across these thoughts today and thought I would share them with you. These are not to put down kayaks or kayaking as the kayak was not in great popularity in the United States in 1878. The Perfect Canoe Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1878 ...canoeing, the most perfect of all possible out-of-door sports... The canoeist cruises not only on the Sound and the sand-girt bays of the Atlantic coast, but on the wild and rapid rivers of the remotest wilderness. His paddle is the key that unlocks the secrets of mountain streams, and admits him to Hesperidean gardens of which other men can only dream. To have lived and loved was considered by a German poet to he a very satisfactory thing, but the man who can say, "I have lived and paddled," has alone known perfect happiness. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> and admits him to Hesperidean Gardens Doesn't Derek Hutchinson paddle there? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 02:56 01-01-99 EST, Johnlebl_at_aol.com wrote: > >I ran across these thoughts today and thought I would share them with you. >These are not to put down kayaks or kayaking as the kayak was not in great >popularity in the United States in 1878. cool john, no need to apologize... we canoeists are used to being the brunt of cruel jokes on this list <grin> [humor alert] but the name is _paddle_wise_ not _sea_kayak_wise_ ;-) ;-) but those darned ckayakers, well, rudders and skegs and all that complicated stuff ;-) ducking and running fast... mark >The Perfect Canoe Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1878 > >...canoeing, the most perfect of all possible out-of-door sports... > >The canoeist cruises not only on the Sound and the sand-girt >bays of the Atlantic coast, but on the wild and rapid rivers of >the remotest wilderness. His paddle is the key that unlocks >the secrets of mountain streams, and admits him to Hesperidean >gardens of which other men can only dream. To have lived and >loved was considered by a German poet to he a very satisfactory >thing, but the man who can say, "I have lived and paddled," has >alone known perfect happiness. #------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/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page #-Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy, CEO Sun Microsystems "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Grr! Not all ckayakers use rudders or skegs >:-< No moving parts are allowed on my boat not encoded in my DNA!! Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 1/6/1999 3:22:21 PM EST, wagen_at_u.washington.edu writes: << Grr! Not all ckayakers use rudders or skegs >:-< No moving parts are allowed on my boat not encoded in my DNA!! Mike >> Not all motorist on the roads use the steering wheel either as evidenced by the ones I see in the ditch. <grin> I just couldn't help saying that Mike! <grin>. 1999 sure is starting off fun! Thanks, John *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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