I am really enjoying reading this series and hope to hear more. Something similar was done in the nyckayaker list two years or so ago. But it was organized like a questionnaire with items such as age, sex (I wrote "plenty"), occupation, favorite places to paddle, etc. I don't have the list handy but anyway this free flow stuff is quite revealing. But not totally so. I know of one person who forgot to mention that she paddles with a parrot on her shoulder. Readers to my newsletter tend to reveal a lot about themselves...that's how I know. Another newsletter reader on this list has named a dog after me but isn't saying anything about that. As for age, 64 is pretty young. I know of two paddlers around here who are on either side of 80. One here in the Big Apple is either 79 or just hitting 80 and the one down in the Chesapeake area is already 80. Sea kayaking and other touring paddling such as in canoes tends to attract a more mature crowd, at least in age. I don't think we are very mature from what I see here on PaddleWise...we kinda are forever young as our octagerians in NYC and C'Bay attest. As for male/female statistics, I believe that something like 40 per cent of sea kayakers are women; certainly they make up that and more of newcomers. Since the sport emphasis brains rather than brawn, it is a natural for women. Their lower center of gravity make them surer paddlers and when learning to roll, they tend to use finesse rather than muscle and so pick it up easier. ralph diaz ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: > I know of one person who forgot to mention that she > paddles with a parrot on her shoulder. That be me and my Conure, Aiko (aka Mr. Destructo, Jaws of Death and Pain-in-the-Butt)! :-) Some pics of me and my birds: http://www.access1.net/magpi (hey, if I look distorted it's cuz I held the camera at arm's length to snap those pics of me.) (yeah... right!) ;-) -- Karen Hancock San Clemente, CA magpi_at_access1.net 949/487-2602 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
I saved all to a "who are we" folder. So I can reference who aim disagreeing with. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Hey a paddler with NO buttons! Anyone who wants to play pirate and have a parrot must be ready to have all buttons removed at any moment. The big birds will do it with one snip, the little guys take a little longer. :-)) I used to sail with a grey cheek named Sweet Pea. michael magpi_at_access1.net wrote: > > rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > I know of one person who forgot to mention that she > > paddles with a parrot on her shoulder. > > That be me and my Conure, Aiko (aka Mr. Destructo, Jaws of Death and > Pain-in-the-Butt)! :-) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Ralph Wrote: > Since the sport emphasis brains rather than brawn, it is a > natural for women. Their lower center of gravity make them surer > paddlers and when learning to roll, they tend to use finesse rather than > muscle and so pick it up easier. > > ralph diaz If I told my wife she had a lower center of gravity, she'd smack my head off my shoulders! Woody *************************************************************************** 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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