Duane: Well put! Thank you for pulling it all together! I couldn't (and had not) do it better. At 02:10 PM 4/30/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Paddlewisers, > >A few recent posts about sea kayaking becoming too popular of a sport and >becoming overcrowded have amused me. I live in Orange County California, >which is connected to the LA area and is one huge mass of city right next to >the Pacific Ocean. Millions of people live here. To get away from it all, I >only have to paddle two or three miles offshore, and a boat, much less >another kayaker, will rarely come by me. The ocean is big and finding >solitude in it isn't difficult. > >Last year a couple of friends and I did a 24 NM crossing of Santa Monica Bay, >which is as close to LA as you can get, and we barely saw any boats for most >of our crossing, which we started at 7:00am. Most of the way all we could >hear were our paddles dipping in the water and planes taking off over head >from Los Angeles International Airport. The contrast between the peaceful >ocean and the busy metropolis so nearby was amazing. > >I don't know why solitude is so important anyway. I like people! Camping in >solitude in Southern California is rare, but I usually enjoy the company of >others when I camp here. Other people are usually the most interesting >aspect of my trips. If sea kayaking isn't spoiled in Southern California, I >find it hard to imagine how it could be spoiled anywhere else. All we have >to do is what nature does, which is to adapt. > >Duane Strosaker >Irvine, California > > >*************************************************************************** >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/ >*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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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