My turn. KEY WORDS: Sea kayaking Bicycle touring Lake Superior Boundary Waters Alaska Everglades a)NAME: Andy Knapp Minneapolis, MN, US b)CONTACT: AndyTKnapp_at_cs.com c) BOATS: Currently have an Eddyline Sea Star and two older touring kayaks, and an expedition canoe. As a part of the paddlesports industry, I have paddled many other kayak models, but my future wish list is on hold due to the need for a new roof and a new furnace, and to the aging condition of my eight-year old car with 201,000 miles on it. d) BOAT NAME: Other than an occasional "C'mon Nellie!", I don't give names to my boats and bikes. e) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Human-powered travel- the joy of motion in the out-of-doors; I'm at about 124,000 miles and counting. My lifetime goal of 100,000 bicycle miles is now about a year away; 10,000 paddling miles, about two years away. Photography. History. Current events. Environmental and population issues. f) SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE: I have worked in the outdoor sports industry for 27 years as a retail buyer and as an independent writer. Regular speaker at a variety of the sea kayak symposiums around the country. g) STRONG OPINIONS: Who me? h) MOST INTERESTING TRIP(s): My always evolving "Top Ten" trip list: Bicycling around Lake Superior (1523 miles on 3-speed bikes) in 1964; Bicycling to Alaska and back from Minnesota, (7460 miles) in 1967; Bicycling from Wisconsin to Labrador and back via Washington D.C. (4450 miles) in 1969; Backpacking the Brooks Range divide in Alaska (502 miles in 55 days with one resupply point) in 1972; Bicycling from Minneapolis, MN, to Pigeon River, Ontario, (305.2 miles in 23 hours) in 1973; Budget backpacking ascent of Alaska's Mt. Sanford (16200 ft.) in 1975; Ascent of Mt. McKinley (20300 ft.) in 1979; Kayak descent of the entire Noatak River in Alaska's Brooks Range in 1981; Kayak circumnavigation of Lake Superior's Isle Royale in 1984; Bicycling across Europe from France to Romania (1825 miles) in 1984; Kayak circumnavigation of Glacier Bay from Juneau and back (350 miles) in 1985; North - South kayak crossing of Lake Superior in 1993; and Kayak circumnavigation of Lake Superior without resupply (1136 miles in 30 days) in 1996. BIO: Contributing editor to Canoe & Kayak magazine. Author of Mountain Biking the Great Plains States, one of the Menasha Ridge/Falcon Press America by Mountain Bike series, 1996, and The Optimum Kayak, Ragged Mountain Press, 1999. Board member of the Lake Superior Water Trail Association of Minnesota, and North American Water Trails, Inc. Former board member of Trade Association of Sea Kayaking and its successor organization the Trade Association of PaddleSports. Married, one child, wife likes to canoe but not kayak. *************************************************************************** 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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