Re: [Paddlewise] Not young, never will be

From: Elaine Harmon <eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 02:07:05 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, BaysideBob wrote:

> How many?  52 next month here.  

I'm 60 and haven't been doing it very long.

The most physically difficult part, for me, is lifting the boat
> onto the rack after returning so I lean toward kevlar and gave away the
> plastic boat.  

I've been pretending I switched to K-Lights because of travel, but
actually I was scratching up the car loading the (plastic) Prism on it...

Is this the recommended outdoor activity for baby boomers ?

No! They're too young. They should be doing whitewater at this point in
their lives, and wild monkey sex. e

Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu

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