[Paddlewise] Who's Who

a)NAME: Dave Gutierrez

b)CONTACT: newgooty_at_yahoo.com (410)374-5930

c) BOAT: Teal/Black 1998 Feathercraft K-1 Expedition
         (Awesome Boat!!!!!!)

d) BOAT NAME: I have never really given my boat a
name.  I do talk to it while I am out paddling though,
and I usually refer to it as "Buddy" or "Pal".

e) SPECIAL INTERESTS: I love to just go out and
paddle.  I really enjoy travelling to new places with
my boat too. I also enjoy climbing, hiking, swimming
and I am an avid diver.

f) SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE: I do not carry with me the
wealth of kayaking knowledge that many of the people
in this forum carry with them.  I have been paddling
for around 6 years.  I do however, have a great deal
of experience with survival skills on land and at sea.
 I fly for the Navy and have gone through extesive
survival training. I try to keep my skills current by
periodically refreshing my knowledge of local edible
and mediscinal plants.  It is a great hobbie too.

g) STRONG OPINIONS: I feel that sea kayaking allows
for a special communion with the sea. I enjoy going
out with my friends and spending the day pushing
ourselves, but I also value my own quite time out
there, on the water with my boat.  It is this time
that I really appreciate the fact that I have a skin
kayak because it allows me to be more in tuned with
the movements of the water around me. 

h) MOST INTERESTING TRIP: I have paddled all up and
down the coast of California, and loved every minute
of it.  I have also paddled quite a bit around the
Persian Gulf, off the island of Bahrain, which is
where I live now. My first really big trip is planned
for next year to India though. 

i) BIO: I am 27 years old, and single.  I currently
fly for the U.S. Navy. The Navy payed for my education
and I will be done paying them back in one more year.
We shall see what will happen after that. Between my
time in the Navy and having most of my family in South
America and Spain, I have lived in just about every
part of the world that you can imagine, with the
execption of Asia. I have a true appreciation and love
for the outdoors.  I also have a love for language.  I
have studied many different languages in college and
on my own time and love experiencing other cultures. 


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