jrussell wrote: > <snipped.> I haven't read > Dave Kruger's suggestion of Jim Wickwire's memoir "Addicted to Danger" but > I think it must shed light here too. > > -Jody "The Godforsaken Sea" (about solo sailing around the world) makes it both harder and easier to understand. Men and women (there were 2 women in the last Vendee Globe race) leave their families to sail for 3 months in the most hellish conditions you could imagine. In "calm" conditions, when the winds are only, say, 30 knots, screaming through the rigging and the waves pounding on the hull like a drum, they wedge themselves into a corner to SLEEP for an hour. And basically because they enjoy the solitude and being able to say that they did it. Unbelievable stuff. *************************************************************************** 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 - 06:27:46 PST
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