Re: [Paddlewise] Conquering Kayakers?

John Fereira wrote:
> 
> 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."
>

All I know about her is that a week or so ago I saw her on the Anyplace 
Wild show. She was asked if she ever gets lonely. She responded yes, that 
she does somethimes when she is alone in, say, a US forest cabin, or some 
other place that humans reside. She went on to say that when she was 
alone and camping out, that she was not like a human any longer, but more 
like the other plants and things. That small statement told me a great 
deal about her.

And about growing up. Been there and done that. It ain't all it it's  cut 
out to be. :-)

James

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