At 10:00 AM 11/15/99 -0800, James Lofton wrote: >Shawn W. Baker wrote: >> >> (SNIP) >> I think there are a few female paddlers who are motivated to conquer, >> but by and large, the vast majority of them are men. I'm sure >> "conquering" is not their sole motivator, but I'm sure it's a large >> factor in a lot of guys' paddling exploits. I can't speak personally >> for her, but does anyone know what Audrey Sutherland's motivations are >> for paddling such long distances? > >While I don't know her, and wouldn't speak for her even if I did, I will >offer my personal quess. I think it may be a very simple case of love for >being out there. And she's been doing it for 20 years so she must really love it. >What's wrong with having a child like >curiosty of "what's over there"?, that drives one on.? In this case, that child is 80 years old. As Chris Duff said, "I want to be Audrey Sutherland when I grow up." *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Nov 15 1999 - 10:17:04 PST
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