[Paddlewise] Who? Me?

a)NAME: Ari Saarto

b)CONTACT: asaarto_at_lpt.fi - I live in Helsinki, Finland but work in 
Lahti, a little bit inlands from the capital.

c) BOATS: Nordkapp HSC my solo touring boat plus a Sea-Lady 
double, a Finnish fiberglass loveboat. Both are painted in a similar 
way: a beige deck with red cockpit and black hatches - I´ll surely 
identify my boats if somebody tries to steal them..

d) BOAT NAME & CALL SIGN (IF RADIO OPERATOR) na

e) SPECIAL INTERESTS: well, what would you suppose? Sea 
kayaking - I am really nuts. Among other things: reading, arts, 
music, good food with brilliant company and excellent wine. 
Jogging at the seaside. 

f) SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE: lecturer of photography, 			
practiging photographer (art projects, no commercial assignments).

g) STRONG OPINIONS: yup, I have too much of them. That is the 
reason I go to the sea - to cool off.... 

h) MOST INTERESTING TRIP: a full moon trip last summer (to be 
added to the PaddleWise web-site) and a long solo trip to the 
Russian border (and back) in ´98 (again, check PW web-site) 

i) BIO: male, 38, sometimes frustrated at work with a really bad 
attitude. I have been the Principal Lecturer of Photography at the 
Lahti Institute of Design for 3 1/2 years and kayaked four years, 
1000 kilometers (about 650 miles) during the last three of them. 
Hmm...there must be a connection between these facts, 
somewhere... I have been following the P´Wise list from it´s 
beginning, do still write trip/expedition stories sometimes, though 
I´ll have to admit I am mainly lurking now.

The double is for camping with my SO Rita, who is also a 
practicing photographer. We enjoy pancakes, strong coffee and 
silent peaceful mornings during the summer. We still have our 
Special Camp Place under an ancient rowan tree in a unnamed 
island at the Baltic Sea - hmm, not going to tell where...come and 
see! 

The single is for getting away, fast and far, if I get the attacks of 
anxiety which do kepp haunting me during the week. No matter 
what is the weather looking like. I do enjoy open wide space, which 
is found at sea, silence after chattering people. Besides the 
aesthetic values, kayaking is a real zen thing for me: spiritual 
renewment. Recharging of the batteries.

Cheers,
Ari 

"Home of the Traditional & Famous Scandinavian Skinny-dipping [TM]"
Finland - Europe
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