Chuck Holst wrote: >Likewise, not > all Greenland kayakers were equally skilled. I seem to recall that Chapman > mentions that in East Greenland in the early 30s, many kayakers could not > roll at all, let alone roll in several different ways. This seems to be due > at least partly to fatalism. When I was talking on the phone with John Heath around the Maligiaq visit to the Big Apple, he mentioned that a high percentage figure (can't remember exactly what it was) of Greenlanders, period (West or East), could not roll at the height of the culture not just later during the period of decline. Seems they relied on others coming to their aid. So what else is new! ralph diaz > *************************************************************************** > 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/ > *************************************************************************** -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Apr 09 2000 - 07:21:11 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:22 PDT