Re: [Paddlewise] Who's Who

Hey, is it just me, or are Naval Aviators overrepresented here? That makes three by my count. I guess the next highest group would be librarians at 2 (I think). I bet the average person on the street has no idea that most Navy pilots are in fact actually "tree huggers" at heart ;)
  Jack, glad to see another CSAR guy is out there paddlin!
R/
Sluf

JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote:

> Okay, guess I've gotta do one, too.
>
> a)  NAME:   Jack "Joq" Martin
>
> b)  CONTACT:   jcmartin43_at_aol.com, john.c.martin_at_us.arthurandersen.com
>
> c)  BOATS:   Primary boat is a seven year old Valley Canoe Products (VCP) Pintail; newest boat (still in the painting) is a Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) North Bay; oldest boat is a Perception Sea Lion, about ten years old and not gettin' any exercise at all; and my enviro-boat is an Ocean Kayak Scrambler SOT --- great for mucking around in estuarine environments looking for stuff.
>
> d)   BOAT NAMES/CALLSIGNS:  My boats are not named; radio callsign is RIPTIDE for my last Navy asignment.
>
> e)  SPECIAL INTERESTS:  safety, cold weather paddling
>
> f)  SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE:  aviation (Navy pilot), Combat Search and Rescue (see above), aviation safety (Aviation Safety Officer and accident investigator).
>
> g)  STRONG OPINIONS:  yes, but trying to lose them.
>
> h)  MOST INTERESTING TRIP:  two week wilderness paddle on the Alsek and Tatshenshini Rivers in The Yukon, British Columbia and Alaska with my son (a guide) and my daughter (her first overnight camping trip [!]); new ways to learn from your kids!
>
> i) BIO:  56 (tomorrow), married, three kids --- youngest graduating from Ohio University this June; oldest got me interested in kayaking, which I've been fascinated with for nine years (tomorrow); the Sea Lion was a birthday present --- something to do, a hobby, thought my wife; she, a non-paddler, regrets that to this day.  I'm happy.  Work in business consulting, trying to get the Navy, in particular, in touch with the way "business" can be done.
>
> Active with the Chesapeake Paddler Association as an event coordinator; next show is a cold water session in January we're calling "Y2Kold" --- yeah, kinda dumb, but maybe we'll keep another paddler from becoming a statistic.
>
> Writing an article for publication next week as a follow-up to information collected about the death of a friend in a kayaking accident on Lake Erie last Thanksgiving.  Statistics.
>
> Jack Martin
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