ralph diaz wrote: > > Wes Boyd wrote: > > > > Apparently there has been a double sea kayaking fatality in the San Juans. > > > > For more information: > > > > http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/local/foun23ww.shtml > One thing struck me...their ages. The two guys were 20 and 22. I have > been scratching my head to recall _anyone_ I know under the age of 25 > who sea kayaks. I have hardly run across anyone under 30 in the sport. > Most paddlers that I have run across are in their mid-30s and up. The > sea kayaking community on the East Coast, at least the many hundreds I > have met, are an older lot. That's true out here, also, I suspect, if the crowd makeup at the West Coast Sea Kayaking Symposium last week is representative. I think the investment needed to get started puts off folks who are struggling with a mortgage, etc. Also, when I was in my twenties, I probably needed more of an adrenaline rush in my out of doors activities than I do now! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Sep 24 2000 - 12:17:32 PDT
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