Friends: Fred's post describes my craziness as well. It's the freedom of the thing. Being outside, the open space, the sea, and the boats are indeed beautiful. And there is the simplicity of motion without motors. Perhaps it is a midlife thing too (I'm 42). I've spent most of my life in academia, spent an awful long time working towards personal and career goals, moved to another country (I'm SF Bay Area born and raised, and have lived in Israel for nearly 19 years). But I grew up near the Pacific Ocean, and learned to SCUBA dive in high school (Ravenswood High School, East Palo Alto). I saw sea kayaking for the first time in Seattle while on a sabbatical at the University of Washington. I was too caught up in my work to do anything about it, and even looked for it here when I returned. But last year, I saw an ad for Terra Santa Kayak Expeditions, and realized it was, thank God, here in Israel finally. I joined up and have been kayaking at least once a week since then. My wife Jacqueline and I are equal partners in our enthusiasm and learning, and I have no trouble admitting (I'm proud, actually), that she is a better kayaker than I. She is much faster, and I think I need to work on my forward stroke! I enjoy the companionship of kayaking friends, and I particularly enjoy seeing my skills improve. It is like skiing in this respect. Josh (who has to get off in order to prepare for his trip!) At 19:19 03/07/00 , Fred wrote: > > Dr. Josh: > > I share your desires; I mean lusts. Actually for both boats you mention; the > Extreme, KhatsalonoS plus a Mariner II or Romany Explorer or _______. The > sound of a fiberglass hull scraping on sand sends chills of joy through my > entire being!! How did we end up pursuing such lusts? Wants and Desires > that have become such DRIVING NEEDS! The need for new equipment; paddling > time; and increased skills! Addicted! How did it happen to you! ============================================================================== Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum, Research Fellow Tel: [972] 3-640-6448 Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and Fax: [972] 3-641-5802 African Studies Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978 Israel E-mail:teitelba_at_ccsg.tau.ac.il www.dayan.org ============================================================================== *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 04 2000 - 00:22:53 PDT
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