Ralph wrote; (SNIP) > >Learning the Greenland style closer to its true source in Mexico and >Guatemala has enormous advantages: > >1. The water temperatures are much warmer; no need for stinky sealskin >or neoprene wetsuits > >2. Airfares are much cheaper to Central America than they are to >Greenland and the area is much closer to Texas so that John Heath can >cut down on his travel time > >3. Greater variety of food beyond the blubber diet further north > >4. A longer, safer paddling season > >5. No ice cream headaches while learning the 3,241 different >Intergalactic rolls (the Greenlanders got a distilled list of rolls in >what was passed on by the Mayan and which numbered a mere dozen or so) > >6. Maligiaq Padilla, the Greenland junior national champion, would fit >right in as he is half-Mexican > And we will all need to take our folding boats because they don't have highly developed sea kayak tourism down there. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Web site address, http://home.ican.net/~735769 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 15 1999 - 04:38:18 PDT
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