Re: [Paddlewise] Rolling was Re: How do you hold your paddle?

>Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 09:20:49 -0800
>To: ralph diaz <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
>From: Doug Lloyd <dlloyd_at_bc.sympatico.ca>
>Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Rolling was Re: How do you hold your paddle?
>
>Ralph Diaz wrote:
><snip>Funny how our various schools of thought can co-exist, i.e. those
who see this
>>as a wet sport (one of local great local instructors, Ray Killen, ends
his all
>>his mail with "Stay Wet!) and those, like me, who believe in staying dry
and on
>>top.  While there are some in the "Stay Wet!" school (not at all Ray)
tend to
>>deny the legitimacy of the Stay Dry school (I hear comments, not always
in jest,
>>about when am I going to get into a "real" sea kayak), I suspect a lot more
>>understanding all around is what prevails these days thanks in great part to
>>forums such as Paddlewise.
> 
>Last Spring I was headed up to Bella Bella on board a BC ferry. Seas were
huge and a gale was raging as we left the protection of Queen Charlotte
Strait (near the spot we would subsequently be rescued from one week later
on the way back down by kayak). I was barfing serendipitously here and
there as the ferry plowed through the swells. I went to the info center to
see if they had any medication (mine was packed). The lady started talking
to me about kayaking. I was bragging about being tough, having all these
skills, various rolls, etc - which must have sounded a bit funny, given my
ashen visage. Anyway, the clerk went on to tell me a story about a retired
University professor from the Pacific North West who came up every few
years to paddle various routes along the inside and outside passages. She
said he was in his late 70's, had paddled all over the world. She listed
various exotic local. The Professor had made a real impression on this
young lady. She said he was very low-key, never went to symposiums or did
slide shows or wrote articles, and that he didn't have a lot of skill or
equipment - just his tattered, trusty old Klepper which he did a lot of
field repairs to. She knew a fair bit about kayaking herself, and said this
old man stood in stark contrast to most modern kayakers. I'd love to meet
this old guy some day. He sounds like a "real" kayaker.
>
>BC'in Ya
>Doug Lloyd  
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