Re: [Paddlewise] Conquering Kayakers?

At 03:01 PM 11/15/99 -0800, rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote:
>James Lofton wrote:
>> 
>> John Fereira wrote:
>> >

>--she prides herself in having every item she carries being able to do
>double or triple duty.

The specific example that I liked was that she would buy "wine in a box"
and then use the foil bag the wine came in as her kayak seat.

>--Audrey is a tarp person through and through in addition to a tent.  it
>is a central focus of any campsite.  It weighs next to nothing.

The gist of the presentation that I saw was the "low tech" (which translates
into low cost) approach to paddling.  During her slide show she had
a couple of pictures in succesion of an encounter with another paddler
on one of her trips down the Alaska coast. She took a picture of the
other paddler in his 18' kevlar kayak with the compass and GPS unit
on the deck.  It was followed by a picture of her sitting in her 13'
inflatable.  

>--no matter what, she has a set of clothing with her that would let her
>walk into any fancy lodge in the world and not look like a swamp rat.

She also does a thing where she'll buy clothing and supplies where
she can find them and them mail them to a post office further along
her route.  

>--best of all for the several ladies on this list who believe they are
>old-timers, Audrey I believe is somewhere in her 70s.

I recently read that she just turned 80.


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