Richard you wrote: >About those conquering kayakers. My sense of satisfaction kicks in when >I accompany swimmers travelling some amazing open water course. Consider >this. <Big Snip> Rich, et al: I'm working on another "kayaker died" story. The fellow was an open, cold water swimmer from the San Juan Island area. Tough guy. He set off in his kayak with little rescue gear and little ability to re-enter his kayak. Incident happened a couple of years ago. Looks like wind came up, and interacted with tide off Parker Reef (not a nice place on a bad day, with 5 foot standing waves observed by Coast Guard at time). Not sure how "macho" the fellow was, or if that is the correct term. He certainly liked to conquer things. He didn't conquer death though. As far as "conquering kayakers" are concerned in general, Dave Kruger had some good things to say a few days ago, dispelling some notions. I interviewed Paul Caffyn a few years back (for a now out of print publication). Paul is a guy who loves to conquer Islands and whole Continents. He is the meekest man I have ever met - not a macho bone in his body and hardly any muscles *on* his body, either. Nice guy. Three-dimensional thinker. Considers the notion of "battling the sea" as the antithesis of sea kayaking. BTW, he had cancer a few years ago (gastric, or something). He's getting back into kayaking, having had to "conquer" a major setback in life, and "circumnavigate" around awful health issues you can't imagine. Like Chris Duff always maintains, do it now, you may not be able tomorrow. Anyway, Paul will always be my hero (he has a ruddered Nordkapp, too!). As for me, my wife would like me to "conquer" the dishes tonight! BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Nov 16 1999 - 00:21:27 PST
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