Re: [Paddlewise] An easy lesson in group paddling

From: Wes Boyd <boydwe_at_dmci.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 12:32:29
At 07:56 AM 8/9/00 -0800, Seng, Dave wrote:

> Ford's Terror is aptly named - it's a narrow passage that really rips
>(class II WW) with the tide changes (18.4 ft yesterday) and can also be
>clogged with icebergs from a nearby glacier.  Just thinking about being in
>there if a big chunk of ice were to break loose on an ebb tide makes me
>shudder.

In a really neat book I've read, "Alaska Blues" by Joe Upton, the author
talks about taking his salmon fishing boat in there at high tide. He
describes it as awesomely beautiful, and it's made me want to see it for
years.

-- Wes

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