Joe Brzoza wrote: > > One of things I remember the most was coming out of the woods to my pick up > point next to a highway. What a stark contrast it was to see cars zooming > by at 50 mph and people all around. It was almost like a sensory overload. For me, when I was a backpacker, the differentiator after a week in the wilderness was driving down a logging road at what seemed a "breakneck" speed -- seemed like 40 miles per hour: I'd look down at the speedometer and realize a week of walking had conditioned me for a 3-mile-per-hour pace, and that my car was only really going 10 miles per hour! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 19 2000 - 07:43:42 PDT
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