Re: [Paddlewise] Trip planning: (Was---> Paddling in HOT conditions).

Well for climate info, and a searchable database of historic weather
conditions you might try:
http://www.wunderground.com/global/MX.html   (I chose the Mexico page since
you were talking about the Gulf of Cortez).

To keep an aerial  weather eye on those parts of the world that rarely make
it into the US press, I strongly recommend http://www.osei.noaa.gov/  . For
me , it is indispensable in tracking the forest fire season in the Canadian
subarctic, which might affect my travel plans.

A used book search on http://www.abebooks.com/   or
http://www.bibliofind.com/cgi-bin/texis.exe/search.vor
will dredge up everything from self-published travelogues in the 1920's to
government reports on resource exploitation.

http://shop.gorp.com/atbook/srchresk.asp?mscssid=9WUWLD9M07SR2MCR00S7N8P35QU
49FAF is a page of books on the Sea of Cortez available from the Adventurous
Traveler Book Store.

My guess is that the amount of research needed for a true expedition exceeds
the number of hours actually ON the expedition (at least if your a
bibliophile who wants to know everything from flora,fauna,geography,human
history, and adventure lore of an area before they even set foot there.)





----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert C. Cline" <rccline_at_swbell.net>
To: <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Cc: "Richard G. Mitchell, Jr." <mitchelr_at_ucs.orst.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 12:08 PM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Trip planning: (Was---> Paddling in HOT conditions).


> I would appreciate recommendations or useful guides and data sources for
> expedition planning?
>



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