Re: [Paddlewise] Not young, never will be

>From: Elaine Harmon <eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu>

>On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, BaysideBob wrote:
>
> > How many?  52 next month here.
>
>I'm 60 and haven't been doing it very long.

>Is this the recommended outdoor activity for baby boomers ?
>
>No! They're too young.

I'm just a young pup at age 40. Others have commented on how they've noticed 
that people who continue to be active as they age live longer and have a 
greater quality of life. On the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "The 
Nature of Things" earlier this week they had a program on aging. One of the 
most heartening things they showed was a Scandinavian experiment in which 
folks in their eighties, who had not been particularly active before, 
started doing a moderately vigourous routine of stretches and workout. There 
appeared to be a measureable increase in their mobility, a reduction in 
their chances of injury in everyday life, and an increase in their perceived 
quality of life. It's never too late to start!


>They should be doing whitewater at this point in
>their lives, and wild monkey sex. e

Uh, I do sea-kayaking, moderate (class II) whitewater, and that other thing. 
I hadn't realised we were supposed to choose...

Philip Torrens
N49°16' W123°06'

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