How many paddlers keep a journal or diary of their trips? Most travel books are based on the daily entries one makes while underway. I keep a "log book", which I was directed to keep by my BCU masters in the early 1980's, so that future certification could be verified by documentation provided. I was subsequently told that my log book was "no good" because it was "touchy feely" reportage, rather than a delineation of what training and course preparation I had done. That's when I gave up on the BCU. But my fondest remembrances and some interesting lessons are all recorded for posterity, or perhaps just for simple recounting purposes. I have no book aspirations. Question. Does anyone on the list use an electronic means of recording their "data" and reflections while out on multi-day trips, such as a Palm Pilot or other such device. Lap tops are kind of big and heavy and power-hungry. I have an NEC Mobile Pro (a miniature PC) which does CE Microsoft Word, can be downloaded with classic books off the internet for reading in remote locations, and has e-mail link ability, etc. I keep it in a small "Otter" waterproof box. I easily upload and download files from and to my desk top computer via a cradle hooked up to my com port 2. Anybody else use "computer-age" tecnology to journal? 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Anybody else use "computer-age" tecnology to journal? Hi Doug, I use a computer to journal all my trips, although not until I get home. The two multi-day vacations I took this year I scribbled some notes to remind me of things until I got home. My vocabulary is pretty limited so there are only so many ways I can say the leaves are pretty. So I pretty much stick to talking about what I'm learning, or at least what I'm doing. That's interesting about the BCU though. I think it would be funny to carry in a bunch of computer printouts as an aid towards certification! Anyhow, for anyone who might be interested, my online journal is at: http://www.tidalwave.net/~woodardr/Tripndx.html Woody *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
A wonderful page. Your maps add a great deal to your narrative, making it easy to follow your route and tie it in with the text. Your attention to detail makes for a great story in the retelling. You have put a lot of work into this page , thank you for sharing it. We visited (day hiked) the Chincoteague-Assateague NS back on a wet stormy January weekend back in '91 while working in Seaford Delaware. Your story brought back found memories of the area. Thanks again! rich dempsey ridem_at_msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Woodard <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net> To: Doug Lloyd <dlloyd_at_bc.sympatico.ca>; <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 2:30 PM Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Journaling > (SNIP) > > Anyhow, for anyone who might be interested, my online journal is at: > > http://www.tidalwave.net/~woodardr/Tripndx.html > > Woody > > > *************************************************************************** > 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/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
While leafing through a West Marine catalog, I came across a special USCG Type III PFD called a "float coat". This thing is a thick, floating jacket, and it's supposed to provide fair hypothermia protection. I wonder how one would work, in moderately cold water, with a farmer john. My concerns would be, first, that it's probably impermeable, so it probably could get uncomfortable when exercising. Secondly, while they're supposed to have good flexibility, I wonder if they might not restrict arm and shoulder movements. Has anybody tried one of these things? It seems to me that they'd have some interesting advantages. -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I work with computers all week long. Love them, but no way will one join me on the water. Not even one of the palms. I carry a VHF for emergencies. I carry one or more cameras. I go out to relax with the water, wildlife, plants, and my friends. I do not want to hear computers talking or beeping at me. I do not want ot hear cell phone ringings. Write thoughts on paper or commit the momemt to memory. sid (Embedded image moved "Robert Woodard" <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net> to file: 11/14/99 03:30 PM pic11127.pcx) To: "Doug Lloyd" <dlloyd_at_bc.sympatico.ca>, paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net cc: (bcc: Sidney Stone/AMS/AMSINC) Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Journaling > Anybody else use "computer-age" tecnology to journal? Hi Doug, I use a computer to journal all my trips, although not until I get home. The two multi-day vacations I took this year I scribbled some notes to remind me of things until I got home. My vocabulary is pretty limited so there are only so many ways I can say the leaves are pretty. So I pretty much stick to talking about what I'm learning, or at least what I'm doing. That's interesting about the BCU though. I think it would be funny to carry in a bunch of computer printouts as an aid towards certification! Anyhow, for anyone who might be interested, my online journal is at: http://www.tidalwave.net/~woodardr/Tripndx.html Woody *************************************************************************** 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/ *************************************************************************** [demime 0.92b removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of pic11127.pcx] *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I am surprised no one mentioned a micro cassette and later transcribing. Probably the way I would do it if I could talk or write coherently... -- : : Gabriel L Romeu : http://studiofurniture.com furniture from the workshop : http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR life as a tourist, daily journal : http://users.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I keep a journal of my trips to record things I learned and experienced. I log milage, time paddling, time put in, time taken out, weather and wave conditions, etc. I keep a running count of how many trips, hours and miles I have done. I'm not sure why I started doing this but I have kept it up. It is interesting to watch it all add up and go read earlier observations. I just use a journal I bought at an office store to record my trip. I try not to get wordy but sometimes I can use a page or so of the journal. It litterally can be a pain to write sometimes since I'm so used to typing. And writing sure is slow. Instead of writing and taking a computer, you might want to consider a tape recorder. The small micro tapes store an hour or so and you can carry lots of tapes. MUCH smaller than a computer and more reliable. I use a small recorder when I'm taking pictures to track lense useds, aperature, shutter speed, frame id, scene specifics and such. It so much easier and faster than taking notes. Hope this helps... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Doug Lloyd wrote: >How many paddlers keep a journal or diary of their trips? I do--for me, it makes my day that much more fulfilling to be able to sit for an hour or so and just reflect on the day's happenings. You also forget so much by the time you get home, that it's nice to look back and "see what you did". I also enjoy reading my journals on a cold evening after a day of work that is less-than-fulfilling. I write very few journal entries after day trips. Sometimes when mountaineering, but usually never when paddling. I probably should. >Question. Does anyone on the list use an electronic means of recording >their "data" and reflections I think it would be handy, but there are other "toys" on my wish list before PDA-type gear. Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Hello Dough, yes I keep a diary on my paddling trips (other trips also). On whitewater trips I write up more "technical" issues like the water level, the stretch we paddled the difficulties, weather and so on. This is very useful for me if I come to the same river later and read what conditions I found at what water level may be a year earlier. It helps me also to sort my pictures at home. On touring trips I write more about the day and how I felt, about the scenery and for example about nice campgrounds. And I use my notebook on whitewater trips, because I go there with my mobile home, so electricity is not the problem. Since some months I own a Toshiba Libretto, which is a very small but complete computer (about the size of a video cassette). I plan to bring it on touring trips. I will install an solar panel on the rear deck of my K1 to load a lead-gel-accu (sp?) over the day (which I plan to install for an electric bilge pump). With my cell-phone I could also log in the net and read paddlewise, but I am really not sure if I will do :-) The notebook is more important to store the pictures of a digital camera I will by in the next months. Rainer -- Rainer Schroeter, Marburg, Germany *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I don't, but wish I did(could)sometimes. I do scribble down a few notes from time to time. My maps of the Yukon river trip have lots of such notes, dates, and such. I do take LOTS of pictures tho, and I can look at them and "flash" back to a moment in time. Most pictures will remind me of more details than I could ever hope to write down. With that said, I have started in later times, to write a trip report (of sorts) when I get back. I'm not sure if it's for me or to just share with a couple of buddies tho.? I do have a HP 100LX, but have never quite gotten the hang of typing with it. Neat thing tho! I do have a map program in it, and use it for tracking sometime(APRS), along with the GPS. James *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 08:41 AM 11/14/99 -0800, Doug Lloyd wrote: >How many paddlers keep a journal or diary of their trips? Most travel books I do. When the nights get long and the water gets hard, I find my journal a way to help me make it to spring. >to my desk top computer via a cradle hooked up to my com port 2. Anybody >else use "computer-age" tecnology to journal? I do keep my journal on my desktop computer, and print it out to hard copy when I get a few pages built up. When in the field, I make notes in a notebook, then type them onto my computer when I'm home. I was in a West Marine store the other day, and discovered a waterproof notebook. It's going to be a regular part of the gear next year. (This year is pretty well done for me -- the water will be getting too hard soon, and it's too cold for me to go paddling except in very placid, benign conditions.) -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
After canoeing for 3 years without keeping a journal, I suddenly realized that I was losing part of the paddling experience. I've kept a journal since late summer this year. For me, it doesn't have the same character if I do it on the computer. Maybe it turns it into work for me ... so I do my journal in a blank notebook. I write in script, too, probably the only writing in script that I do anymore other than signing my name. I can paste in a map or a list of GPS coordinates (my traditional nature is limited only to the journal) or sketch a map or a view or some lucky critter. I plan out trips, write up trips from past seasons and scouting reports from places I may try in future, and ramble about gear in my journal, in addition to the page I write up after each trip. Say, what's all this talk of winter? My son and I took the Navarro Loon out yesterday for 8 miles on the Alviso Slough. We were both in short sleeves. We saw lots of migrating and resident birds (herons, egrets, many different kinds of gulls, oystercatchers, geese and several kinds of ducks), plus a seal or two. Some of the year's best morning high tides are coming up (on the west coast), Sunday Nov. 21, Monday December 20 and Wednesday January 19. At 03:15 PM 11/14/1999 +0000, Wes Boyd wrote: >At 08:41 AM 11/14/99 -0800, Doug Lloyd wrote: >>How many paddlers keep a journal or diary of their trips? Most travel books > >I do. When the nights get long and the water gets hard, I find my journal a >way to help me make it to spring. > >>to my desk top computer via a cradle hooked up to my com port 2. Anybody >>else use "computer-age" tecnology to journal? > >I do keep my journal on my desktop computer, and print it out to hard copy >when I get a few pages built up. When in the field, I make notes in a >notebook, then type them onto my computer when I'm home. I was in a West >Marine store the other day, and discovered a waterproof notebook. It's >going to be a regular part of the gear next year. (This year is pretty well >done for me -- the water will be getting too hard soon, and it's too cold >for me to go paddling except in very placid, benign conditions.) > >-- Wes > >*************************************************************************** >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/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 01:38 PM 11/15/99 -0800, Jerry Hawkins wrote: >Say, what's all this talk of winter? It's something a lot of Californian's only hear about (BTW, I've a 5th generation native Californian). It snowed here in Ithaca for the first time this winter. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 08:41 AM 11/14/99 -0800, Doug Lloyd wrote: >How many paddlers keep a journal or diary of their trips? Most travel >books I keep one, and actually, I post it to the web (see link below). I do it though for a number of wierd reasons. 1. I can't remember squat on my own, without the log file, I'd never be able to cumulatively learn any nifty kayak tricks, nor remember where I've been before. 2. When I was going through the buying-a-kayak process, everything I read was by experts, and even when recounting their early experiences, the experts would color what they remembered with their current technical expertise. If someone reads my log file, they get the first day out, written with first day on the water knowledge. They get 1.5yr experience outings written with a 1.5yr degree of knowledge. I don't edit them as the time goes on. [though I have added addendum info when the report contained a blatant factual error, ie a bad fish ID]. 3. When summer comes along, and it is to hot to even go outside, much less exert oneself, I can read the log file and vicariously re-experience the outing.... Richard Walker Houston, TX http://www.neosoft.com/~rww/kayak_log.html *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Hmm, this is a good topic for me! I tried taking my other Powerbook on trips to but never got it in a boat. Need a solar pack or something to keep the battery charged, and a good box. This new G3 is meant for traveling, and I got an Ortleib briefcase to put it in, which isn't watertight but proof. It won't fit through my boats 6" hatches, however. I've been doing a lot of journaling in general this year as I worked through a book called the Artist's Way and it gets you in the habit of writing 3 pages every day. When I guide and on trips I always write a log and journal at night. I like to take a book along by Hemingway or somebody whoes writing influences my perceptions and style. Maybe I'll have to look into a littler thing to take like yours. Andree Hurley Hurley Design Communications - ICQ# 27469637 On-line Editor - http://www.canoekayak.com Other Kayaking - http://www.onwatersports.com Web Sites for Specialty Businesses - http://www.viewit.com/HDC/ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
While on the topic of "journals" there are several e-journals/ and paper journals, that are really little more than the self-published accounts of trips and impressions. This isn't "vanity press" sort of stuff, it reminds me more of "chapbooks"... the best (for the Eastern US) is Mike Hurley's "Hurley's Journal" http://www.hurleysjournal.com/ which I subscribe to ,which is notable for it's family orientated traditional canoeing. Another is CHE-MUN , which is Canadian, it has both a paper and electronic magazine at http://www.canoe.ca/AllAboutCanoes/che-mun.html this is a labor of love of Michael Peake. The last, in print form only is Nastawgan, published by the Wilderness Canoe Association (Canada) , some contact info is at www.wildernesscanoe.org The reason I mention these sites are that many paddlers DO write for friends & family, but often distribute their work, with the sort of embarrassment better reserved for Xeroxed "Christmas Letters" beginning with "Dear Friends..". Paddlewise is a great venue to share experiences and Trip Reports ( Woodards site http://www.tidalwave.net/~woodardr/Tripndx.html is a good example) And in my VERY opinionated view, I think that the best travel writing is being distributed informally, as the publishing establishment thrusts the Jon Turks, Kasselbaums (sic), and others into our face via the slick magazines and mass distributed paperbacks. The non-commercial stuff, this "small and self distributed writing " , is like the Russian 'samizdat'...it is distributed informally, amongst friends, but calls for a wider audience, I think. I believe that the biggest hurdle to cross (after time restraints) is the nagging doubt.. "Do I really have anything to say that would interest others?" I would let others be the judge of that!!! Keeping notes, journal writing, and distributing them is the heart and soul of travel writing. So PalmPilot or marble notebook... write. rich dempsey ridem_at_msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Andree Hurley <ahurley_at_viewit.com> To: Doug Lloyd <dlloyd_at_bc.sympatico.ca> Cc: <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Journaling (SNIP) > I've been doing a lot of journaling in general this year as I worked > through a book called the Artist's Way and it gets you in the habit of > writing 3 pages every day. When I guide and on trips I always write a log > and journal at night. > > Maybe I'll have to look into a littler thing to take like yours. > > Andree Hurley > Hurley Design Communications - ICQ# 27469637 > On-line Editor - http://www.canoekayak.com > Other Kayaking - http://www.onwatersports.com > Web Sites for Specialty Businesses - http://www.viewit.com/HDC/ > > > *************************************************************************** > 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/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 07:13 PM 11/15/99 -0600, RiDem wrote: > >The reason I mention these sites are that many paddlers DO write for >friends & family, but often distribute their work, with the sort of >embarrassment better reserved for Xeroxed "Christmas Letters" beginning with >"Dear Friends..". Paddlewise is a great venue to share experiences and Trip >Reports ( Woodards site http://www.tidalwave.net/~woodardr/Tripndx.html is >a good example) And in my VERY opinionated view, I think that the best >travel writing is being distributed informally, as the publishing >establishment thrusts the Jon Turks, Kasselbaums (sic), and others into our >face via the slick magazines and mass distributed paperbacks. The >non-commercial stuff, this "small and self distributed writing " , is like >the Russian 'samizdat'...it is distributed informally, amongst friends, but >calls for a wider audience, I think. I agree wholeheartedly. There's nothing I enjoy reading more than someone's trip report that contains largely unedited descriptions of real happenings. Not conquering Everest or paddling across an ocean, but just their reation to eagles in a mating dance, or fighting the wind across a long reach, or whatever. I've enjoyed Woody's stuff, and would like to see more of it from others. -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
>I've enjoyed Woody's stuff, and would like to see more > of it from others. Since Wes is too modest to mention it, I'd should point out that he has an EXCELLENT trip report page: http://www2.dmci.net/users/wesboyd/kayak.htm Wes's command of the English language is several orders of magnitude greater than mine, and I always feel like "I'm there" when reading one of his trip reports. I must confess to the true reason of my Journaling though - My memory is so bad I forget a lot of the details very quickly. I even find the detail in my journal is directly proportional to how long I wait to write the story. After it is written though, it has been great to re-experience it again from time to time by reading what I wrote in days gone by. It is also a big help when planning a trip through the same area again. Woody *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Journals: I've been keeping a log that has the places, miles, conditions and anything unusual like the bit of being a pylon for a jetski or seeing the mating flight of eagles, as we did at Mason Neck last April. But I haven't been keeping the kind of trip report log that Woody makes. Besides, about 250 of my almost 500 miles has been with him so he is doing the work for me. I just print them out on Mondays with the maps. Mostly, I remember what I've seen and where. I have to admit the when totally escapes me as time increases the clutter in my brain. I won't forget either the eagles nor the trip because I wrote down the eagles and that it was my first CPA trip. I'd rather make my short, non-sentence notes on a trip and save the real writing for stuff others have to decipher. Why journal at all then? I like to see what I've done that I don't notice except in retrospect, like miles. I like to note the exceptional so that it doesn't loose its context. I like to read where I wrote down that first roll or the first time paddling in fairly steep waves. Just because they would be really small to me today doesn't diminish my memory of the exhilaration I felt then. I was so pleased. Camping: I wish I camped more so I could get the camping/boat thing to at least a less ludicrous level. I'm a list maker so journaling what I took would be just Scotch taping the list into my book. I know what equipment I must have, what I want, and what is useless except in the most unusual circumstances. I truly don't need the down comforter I take car camping in the boat. The coffee pot is a different issue. It is one of the bigger things but one of the last things to be sorted out of the kit. It is a relief to learn that most of you take 2 hours to get under way. I thought it was just us. When pressed to the wall we can do it faster but it isn't fun. I am really torn about the camping equipment I want every time people start writing about the issue. When you all make your Christmas list here are the things I want: a new boat-Gulfstream, a new tent, a parawing tarp, a down sleeping bag, a new stove and a full length therma-rest mat. I just KNOW that if I had just the right gear I could do it in 45 minutes<G>. Joan *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Andree, et al: I hate bringing along electronic stuff on my "escapes from the modern world" journeys, but I find I am a very poor physical writer. I have a hard time with paper. I have pieces of log books, note pads, stick-it notes, etc, all over the place (kayak and none kayak related). The electronic medium, for better or for worse, is slowly helping to keep me organized (and spell better). I may come across on Paddlewise as kind of macho, but I'm really just a fun loving guy who enjoys mother nature in all her splendor and moods. There is an esthetic appeal paddling year round in a variety of conditions. When I'm on the water, the moments are so vivid, like I'll never forget them. But one does to some degree. Keeping a journal or log book or whatever you want to call it, will assist me in my feeble old age (along with the pictures I keep), to relive the moments and voyages of my very personal outward and inward discoveries. I'll use whatever medium I need to to achieve that goal. At 07:03 PM 11/15/99 -0500, you wrote: >Hmm, this is a good topic for me! I tried taking my other Powerbook on >trips to but never got it in a boat. Need a solar pack or something to >keep the battery charged, and a good box. This new G3 is meant for >traveling, and I got an Ortleib briefcase to put it in, which isn't >watertight but proof. It won't fit through my boats 6" hatches, however. > >I've been doing a lot of journaling in general this year as I worked >through a book called the Artist's Way and it gets you in the habit of >writing 3 pages every day. When I guide and on trips I always write a log >and journal at night. I like to take a book along by Hemingway or somebody >whoes writing influences my perceptions and style. > >Maybe I'll have to look into a littler thing to take like yours. > >Andree Hurley >Hurley Design Communications - ICQ# 27469637 >On-line Editor - http://www.canoekayak.com >Other Kayaking - http://www.onwatersports.com >Web Sites for Specialty Businesses - http://www.viewit.com/HDC/ > > > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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