Andy Knapp's cycling perspective compels me to share some paddling fantasies. Like Andy, I was a cyclist ten years before I began sea kayaking. I was a wilderness backpacker for years before that. I remember cycling Norway and the Lofoten Islands in '92. Dashing 18 miles out of Boda on a beautiful, deserted road in the bright 3 a.m. morning sun to view the maelstrom. Mid-summer in the arctic is magic. Imagine paddling Norway's islands and fjords at mid-summer! I cycled the Ohland Islands as well that year and the south coast of Sweden. Riding the ferry into Stockholm, I marveled at the vast archipelago between Ohland and Stockholm. Sweden observes the "Queen's ribbon" as does New Zealand-- a place to camp above the high-tide line. It would be very useful to find a list of countries that observed that custom! Peloponesia (Greece), Fiordland (N.Z.), and Brittany (France) are some other places to which I want to return with my K-1. Doug Montgomery San Francisco *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Feb 09 2000 - 12:32:24 PST
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