a) Name: Chuck Holst b) Email address: chuck_at_multitech.com, chuck_holst_at_compuserve.com c) Kayaks owned or paddled: Former: Butterfly-class 12-foot scow (sailboat), Perception Sea Lion, Wilderness Systems Sealution. Current: Romany Explorer kayak, We-no-nah Jensen 18 canoe. Future: Skin-on-frame baidarka or Greenland kayak -- I started a baidarka before I got married, but haven't had time nor space to finish it since. Since my wife wants to build a Greenland kayak, we will probably do that first -- but only after we build a new garage! d) Boat name and serial number if maritime radio operator N/A e) Special interests My wife; sea kayaking; camping; Greenland paddles and paddling styles; Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW); Lake Superior; cross-country skiing; winter camping; astronomy; archaeology; geology; history; photography; computers; jazz, Celtic, and folk music; science fiction (SF); the submarine war against Japan; and the novels of C.S. Forester and Patrick O'Brien, to mention a few. f) Specialist knowledge Making and using Greenland paddles, photography, desktop publishing, science fiction, BWCAW, Lake Superior. g) Strong opinions (I doubt we'll have any of those :~) Sea kayakers have more sense of wonder than most science fiction fans. h) Most interesting kayak trip It's hard to choose one that stands out. It could be the canoe trip I made in the BWCAW on my 40th birthday, when I came down with the flu, found a bottle of brandy in Ima Lake, and on the morning of my birthday was visited by loon after loon until a couple dozen were swimming around in the bay next to my campsite. It could be my eight-day, 50-mile solo trip in the BWCAW or my eight-day, 60-mile honeymoon in the BWCAW, when a moose walked within six feet of our tent after dark and we heard wolves howl for the first time. Then there was my first kayak trip to Pukaskwa on Lake Superior, the trip to Lake Powell, the trip to the Broken Group (my only trip on salt water),.... All my canoe and kayak trips have been interesting, or I wouldn't keep doing them! i) Short Bio (personal description) I bought my first boat, a 12-foot sailboat, in 1968, my first canoe in 1979, and my first sea kayak in 1988. I'm 55, married to Linda (another kayaker and canoeist) for five years, no children, one cat. I've worked as an industrial photographer, an engineering technician, and, currently, a contract technical writer. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was president of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society. Then I took up camping, cross-country skiing, winter camping, wilderness canoeing, and sea kayaking, all of which proved more enjoyable. A few years ago, Linda and I took over the leadership of the Kayak Touring chapter of the Minnesota Canoe Association (MCA) from Andy Knapp. This year we revived it as Inland Sea Kayakers (http://www.isk.canoe-kayak.org/), which currently has over 85 members. I am the acting president of ISK, and Linda is currently the vice-president of the MCA, which keeps us both very busy. I have also served on the boards of and led many outings for the Single Sierrans and the North Star Ski Touring Club. Linda and I are both BCU Four-Star certified. *************************************************************************** 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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