Man! I'm sick of this weather! Have not paddled for over a month! Here is the data for Astoria, OR, for yesterday, February 24: > ...PRECIPITATION... > > YESTERDAY............. 1.34 > TOTAL FOR THE MONTH... 15.27 > NORMAL MONTH TO DATE.. 6.59 > TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.... 29.13 TOTAL SINCE OCT 1... 72.12 > NORMAL YEAR TO DATE... 16.59 NORMAL FROM OCT 1... 42.92 > > ...WIND DATA IN MPH... > > AVERAGE WIND SPEED YESTERDAY... 19.7 > FASTEST 2-MIN WIND YESTERDAY... 43 FROM 180 DEGREES > PEAK WIND GUST YESTERDAY....... 61 FROM 170 DEGREES Do I get any sympathy from those blessed with the solid version of water? Anybody got a cure for the rainy weather blues? -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Dave Kruger wrote: > > Man! I'm sick of this weather! Have not paddled for over a month! ... > Anybody got a cure for the rainy weather blues? Here's one: stop whining and go paddling! :-) As my grandfather used to say, "Happiness lies not in having what you want, but in wanting what you have." The key is to *want* to paddle in the rain. Not to merely "tolerate" the rain, or to "not mind the damp" (as an author stated in WaveLength magazine), but rather to actually enjoy the rain, to relish its cooling effect, to enjoy the new perspective of paddling completely surrounded by water, to feel it tickle your face as you paddle into the wind... I can't wait for my next outing--I just hope that it's raining! Dan Hagen Bellingham, Washington *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 3:40 AM -0800 25/2/99, Dave Kruger wrote: >Man! I'm sick of this weather! Have not paddled for over a month! > >Here is the data for Astoria, OR, for yesterday, February 24: (snip) >Anybody got a cure for the rainy weather blues? > >-- >Dave Kruger >Astoria, OR Same thing here in Victoria. And I don't think I can learn to love paddling in 90 knot winds. Seems like 90 knots, anyway. It's been unpredictable as to whether the ferries sail on any given day or time or not because of the wind. The helijet comes and goes regardless. Yikes. Diane *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
It is a good thing. It is giving me time to read "Weather for the Mariner" by Kotsch, William J. ISBN: 0-87021-756-9 After the first 3 chapters, I look at the weather map at http://www.weather.com, then look at the clouds, the wind direction, and suddenly it all makes sense. I can now predict the upcoming weather for the next 6 hours with a lot of confidence, which comes in handy when trying to find a 'window' to paddle in the ocean. It is a great book; I recommend it strongly to the paddling community. - Julio > > Man! I'm sick of this weather! Have not paddled for over a month! > > Here is the data for Astoria, OR, for yesterday, February 24: > > > ...PRECIPITATION... > > > > YESTERDAY............. 1.34 > > TOTAL FOR THE MONTH... 15.27 > > NORMAL MONTH TO DATE.. 6.59 > > TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.... 29.13 TOTAL SINCE OCT 1... 72.12 > > NORMAL YEAR TO DATE... 16.59 NORMAL FROM OCT 1... 42.92 > > > > ...WIND DATA IN MPH... > > > > AVERAGE WIND SPEED YESTERDAY... 19.7 > > FASTEST 2-MIN WIND YESTERDAY... 43 FROM 180 DEGREES > > PEAK WIND GUST YESTERDAY....... 61 FROM 170 DEGREES > > Do I get any sympathy from those blessed with the solid version of water? > > Anybody got a cure for the rainy weather blues? > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Dave Kruger wrote: > Man! I'm sick of this weather! Have not paddled for over a month! > Anybody got a cure for the rainy weather blues? Yep, I've got a cure. The answer is whitewater river kayaking. Myself and most of my friends get pretty excited when it rains, because the rivers come up. It really turns your worldview around in a good way for denizens of the PNW. "I hate rain" becomes "I love rain". Another little secret about whitewater kayaking is that it is "old fart friendly". Not that I am accusing anyone at all of being an old fart, but last summer I taught four 50+ sea kayakers the basics of whitewater while teaching some classes for George Gronseth. They all did as well as the younger folks, as the difficulty in whitewater is not strength or stamina, but finesse. We offer the use of sit-on-tops whitewater kayaks that really facilitate the learning process. Cheers, kevin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 03:40 AM 2/25/99 -0800, Dave Kruger wrote: >Man! I'm sick of this weather! Have not paddled for over a month! > >Here is the data for Astoria, OR, for yesterday, February 24: > >> ...PRECIPITATION... >> >> YESTERDAY............. 1.34 >> TOTAL FOR THE MONTH... 15.27 >> NORMAL MONTH TO DATE.. 6.59 >> TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.... 29.13 TOTAL SINCE OCT 1... 72.12 >> NORMAL YEAR TO DATE... 16.59 NORMAL FROM OCT 1... 42.92 >> >> ...WIND DATA IN MPH... >> >> AVERAGE WIND SPEED YESTERDAY... 19.7 >> FASTEST 2-MIN WIND YESTERDAY... 43 FROM 180 DEGREES >> PEAK WIND GUST YESTERDAY....... 61 FROM 170 DEGREES Hey Dave, send some of that precip. on west! Been the driest winter in recent memory on the Colorado front range. We'd LOVE some rain or snow! >Do I get any sympathy from those blessed with the solid version of water? No, but I'll rub it in a little ;-> Was so nice yesterday that I took the afternoon off and took my canoe to the local puddle which just (mostly) liquefied last weekend. Paddled 4 or 5 miles (4 laps around)and caught a couple little trout. Sunburn weather. Are you jealous yet? >Anybody got a cure for the rainy weather blues? We get our monsoons in late spring/early summer. I generally try to ignore it and carry on as usual. Easy climbing routes take on a new challenge when wet. The hills are lovely and green-smelling in the rain, and finding a dry spot beneath an overhanging rock to build a fire and toast a hot-dog is a treat. The fish don't seem to mind the rain, and the canoe doesn't really fill up . . . 'Course you've been averaging close to an inch a day this month. That, coupled with 40MPH gusts must be pretty hard to ignore; sure ain't boating weather! Bet there's plenty of snow in the Cascades! Do you ski? Snowshoe? Snowmobile? Maybe western Washington/Oregon is getting better weather and a weekend get-away is in order; surely they have some open water where one might paddle a bit. Take heart that at least the days are getting longer, and it's only 34 days til April. Hang in there! S. *************************************************************************** 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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