Can I nominate Jackie? Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Philip T. wrote: > How 'bout Victoria Jason of Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak fame? Inspiring at lot of levels, including the fact that she did not take up kayaking until later in life. I guess the only problem I have with Ms. Jason being in the hall of fame is that she did it with relatively poor preparation and isn't the model of a responsible paddler. For example, no PFD until well into the voyage (third year I think). She followed a dream and survived because she's basically a smart and capable woman (certainly smarter and more capable than her first year companion, Don Starkell). She learned as she went along and ultimately succeeded. But I don't think we should judge her just on the final results. Her book is entertaining reading and I envy her in many ways. I have a sort of infatuation with the Arctic and wish I could do similar (no doubt attributable to the 0.00001% Inuit blood in me [12 generations back]). My two cents. Mike PS this is my second "negative" post in a while. I hope folks don't get the wrong idea about me. *************************************************************************** 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 2/15/99 10:57:49 AM EST, mikedaly_at_interlog.com writes: << For example, no PFD until well into the voyage (third year I think). >> Oh Oh no PFD! Think of all those thousand of paddlers for the past four thousand year. This is my tenth smart A## "negative" post this year. Your right! *************************************************************************** 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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