Hello all, I'm 40 now, not young anymore, not old yet. Retired from a 20 year career teaching part time adult Ed. Still have my day job. I've paddled most of my life. My first boat was a canvas Old Town Canoe my Dad bought for $10 from behind a guys garage. It took me and my brother most of a summer to make it float again. I have pretty much always owned some sort of boat since. Currently I own a few:-) My main tripping kayak is a Valley Aquila, my main tripping canoe is a Kevlar Encounter. I went from canoeing central Iowa streams to white water kayaking for a few years where I learned most of my kayaking survival skills, then settled into long boats about 8-9 years ago. Mostly I paddle Lake Superior with an occasional trip to salt water, and I still paddle a lot of Iowa water. I still love to canoe of course, mostly up north. I consider myself a decent paddler with good skills. I also think I've learned a lot from the discussions on this list. Rob *************************************************************************** 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 - 18:47:24 PST
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