Shawn Baker Wrote: << It's also a lot easier to marry a paddler than to marry a non-paddler, and try to convince her that paddling is great! >> Sandykayak_at_aol.com wrote: > Hi, Shawn, this reminds me of something else. Our camping trips seem to be > filled with men who are married to non-campers! This just begs the question: why doesn't one see as many women campers/paddlers/skiers/climbers/etc. who are married to non-<insert sport here> participants? Are we men really that naturally compulsive about our sports that we exclude our SO's and women aren't so compulsive? I'm not saying intentional exclusion, but we go do outdoor stuff whether they want to join us or not. Or are there more "outdoorsy" men than women? I would think this is just a blatant stereotype and I personally don't want to believe it is true. A little good news at the Baker home-front: my wife just bought cross-country ski gear, and gave me the go-ahead to build a double! (not that I relish paddling a double, but it's better than feeling guilty for leaving my dear wife at home!) Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 03 1999 - 15:07:06 PST
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