Re: [Paddlewise] Maligiaq

    I can certainly lend my opinion in support to what appears to be a affable
and totally uneffected young athlete.
    Having met Maligiaq in Charleston this April,  he took an interest in some
baidarkas that were being constructed under a tent adjacent to the bleachers
and demo area that he was working, indeed he tied a VERY credible lashing on
Ken Winter's 17 footer under construction.....(If there was ever any question
to that particular controversy.......Greenlanders BELIEVE in tight
lashings!!!!) ....... and the youth seemed to take a special interest to my own
ten year old son (something of an athlete himself, in his own right, says I
with pardonable fatherly pride), as Sam took  to the ropes stretched for
Maligiaq's rope gymnastics demonstration, and did quite well on them with the
Greenlander's help.....so much so that the kid came home and evicted the swings
from his monkey bars and installed  ropes.
    Best of luck in Quebec Maligiaq!  Smoke 'em!

Mark Zen wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Colin Calder wrote:
> > Nice to see all the responses to the call for help re Maligiaq racing
> > in Canada. Not much I can do from the other side of the Atlantic.
> >
> > I was however somewhat surprised by the sudden rush for cheque books
> > and alarm about possible scams, infact I found it a bit demeaning that
> > some folk presumed he was just looking for your coveted American
> > Dollars. As I read the request it wasn't a plea for charity or
> > sponsorship, but just looking for assistance with transport and a
> > friendly face for a young lad a long way from home .....
> >
> > All the best to Maligiaq, I hope he makes it to the race and has fun
> > competing.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Colin Calder
>
> it was also a plea for some money ... not to go into the gory details, but
> maligiaq had sponsorship for the race, and then at the last minute, they
> pulled their support. geno isn't very well off right now, due to surgery
> and other health problems, so he couldn't afford all the expenses of
> transportation, lodging etc.
>
> maligiaq is a great guy, he works with whomever he comes into contact
> with, and teaches what he can. he is exceptionally polite, and a wonderful
> human. he is lucky, in some ways, to be of his generation... to be an
> expert in a 1000+ year old disipline [sp?] and also very knowledgable in
> computers, which have now, obviously, been a godsend for him!!
>
> thanks to everyone who has supported maligiaq,
>
> mark
>
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