Sandy, In addition to reading Kabloona, look for "Paddle to the Arctic, by Don Starkell. Victoria and Don paddled together for part of each of their journeys. The contrast in their stories is amazing. They may have been on the same trip but they were on different planets. Dana >-----Original Message----- > >Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 20:47:53 EDT >From: Gypsykayak_at_aol.com >Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Lovely book! <snip> >On the other hand, I'm now reading Kabloona in a Yellow >Kayak by Victoria >Jason and I'm finding it fascinating. I was wondering if >perhaps I'm >relating more to the woman's perspective. > >Most exciting of all was her mention of meeting Phil >Torrens - and that he >and his paddling companion suffered a grizzly attack!!! I >was like, >"OHMYGOD, Phil Torrens. I know him." which just goes to >show how attached >we get to other P'wisers. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 25 2000 - 10:56:16 PDT
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