jrussell wrote: > > So part of my curiosity is -- what is this about? What > makes people want to paddle to conquer? (I realize it's not just paddling, > of course.) The second part of my outloud musing was that it seems to me > that, more often than not, these folks are men. So I wondered (and this got > me into a bit of hot water since I'm female) whether there was some gender > thing going on here (and *I* wasn't the one to use the word testosterone!). > Not me! I love to gunkhole around, investigating every little cove and bay, wandering up into rivers, look past the next point and gaze at everything that passes under my kayak. Island hopping trips are great, but I have no desire to do a long crossing where I see nothing but deep water for hours on end. I'm too old to prove anything to the world and young enough to wander and explore. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Nov 13 1999 - 20:10:50 PST
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