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From: Dickson, Dana A. <dana.dickson_at_unisys.com>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise V1 #401
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 13:22:35 -0600
I am a 45, soon to be 46 year old relatively new paddler.  Old farts keep
getting older, so IMHO I'm not there yet.  I seem to be part of the
Minnesota contingent as well.  I started out in canoes when I was a kid.  I
enjoyed canoeing but found solo canoeing in an alumacraft to be a nightmare.
The wood and canvas tubs at Boy Scout camp were not great inspiration to
soloing either.  The first I hear of kayaking was from a friend who in 1975
crashed a tandem into the shore of Lake Superior while attempting to escape
a squall.  I grew up spending my summers on the North Shore of Lake Superior
and did not canoe on the big lake until I was in college.  Mom had a thing
about no kids on the water, it seemed to have worked, none of us drowned,
despite all the temptations.

I did not start paddling until 1996.  As a consequence of the effects of age
and gravity, I developed plantar faschitis and needed to find a activity
that would keep me active and off my feet.  I took a couple of short courses
from the local park system and a two day course with an ACA instructor. At
any rate, kayaking was what I always thought solo canoeing should be and I
was hooked.

I'm married and working on getting my wife to paddle with me.  But things
take time.

I have made a Greenland storm paddle following Chuck Holst's directions.  I
have a blank cut out for a full size Greenland paddle and I have a fantasy
about building an East Greenland skin and frame boat.

Other interests include: biking, xc-skiing, photography, fishing, hunting
and obedience training.  The dog is getting better, I'm told I'm hopeless.

In real life I'm an Industrial Hygienist, that is I work with the health
side of safety in the workplace.
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