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. ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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