This is all starting to sound suspiciously similiar to the late lamented publication that was the paragon of paddling profundity "The New Guru Review". Please no arguments about what class of lever the paddle is. I know that it is cold up north, but there must be something else to do other than pound the keyboard. Thank goodness I am living where we can paddle all year long. John Bartos Houston, Texas > snip> > > snip > >Professor Klohr believes that the paddles had to serve double duty as >initiation rite objects for young Inuit paddlers reaching manhood. Anyone >who has swung a full length Inuit paddle in an Igloo will get the picture. >As logical as this may appear I believe there is a more practical reason. >The short paddle and upright sweeping stroke that has such remarkable >similarity to the modern sprint racing stroke was produced much more power >than the wide low Greenland stroke. Without this power, the paddler would >not have been able to keep ahead of a fast swimming Baptist Missionary >attempting to climb back aboard the kayak. snip >For those interested in the scientific explanations for the stroke and >paddle's effectiveness, I believe my able assistant has done some important >research on that very topic. > >Dr. Peregrine Inverbon, Ph.d., DD, LL.d, Ph.G >Transcribed by his humble servant John Winters > *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Feb 14 1999 - 17:59:51 PST
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