<<What about the rest of you? I know many others on this list have spent weeks as a twosome (the Dempseys, for instance) or a fewsome, anyway. What changes for you?>> I have no solo experience kayaking, but I've soloed for as long as 16 days at a time in Patagonia and Alaska. I've also done countless 2-man treks of 10 days or more. Those backpacking trips do indeed slow me down. My temperment after one of those trips has been described as "glacial". Very process-oriented, methodical, relaxed, with a tendency to talk to myself about everything. Isolation also seems to me to cultivate a sense of optimism. I think I laugh more when isolated. douglas 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/ ***************************************************************************
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