i'm another in the middle, at a ripe age of 37 ;-) i've lived on the east coast, and travelled the ocean on boats and ships up to an aircraft carrier [an when you're in hurricane hugo in the north atlantic, you still bob like a cork]. now i've lived most of my life in colorado, so i paddle lots of rivers, and a few large lakes, and some small ones. i'm an ACA certified canoe instructor, and that's really my true love, but my over-all specialty is "human powered travel" having riden a bicycle around the eastern us & canada, also xc skiing, snow shoeing, besides backpacking here in the rockies. i just started "sea kayaking" a few years ago, having purchased a plastic aquaterra spectrum from my dad. a year ago i bought a prijon yukon expedition, to play with in rough water. we also bought another sea kayak then for one of our daughters... we have four, one in college, two at home with my wife and i, and the fourth lives 30 miles away, with her mom. so two out of the four paddle, and now have their own boats [i gave the spectrum to jessica last year] i just bought a glass sea kayak from my dad, a seda viking. perfect for the easy river tours out here, plus i have a glass/kevlar solo touring canoe, and we have a 17'8" tandem downriver touring canoe, and a good old gruman aluminum to lend friends!! 10 years ago i was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, and now only paddle the canoe occasionally, but the kayaks go out 70-80 times a year a year for exercise!! i average 300+ miles a year, anything from lakes to clas III rivers. my cars average 30,000+ miles a year just from paddling trips!! i paddle mostly in the plastic boats, since i can "drop" them when i'm on my own, but i'd die if i dropped my kevlar canoe ;-) water sports are some of the last i'll enjoy, so i do, and i support a few clubs websites for fun too!! 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/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 *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 08 1999 - 17:47:14 PST
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