Re: [Paddlewise] Soft Paddlers (was Soft Water)

Joan..you have the wrong obnoxious guy in mind, it wasn't me. Honest!

Our trips are mostly 50 day expeditions. When we dumped our canoe this
summer on the Hiukitak River in Nunavut  (an unscouted ledge, after scouting
dozens of minor riffles), my wife said  "Is this (getting dumped)  the worst
that can happen? (Air temps were 80F, water temps 60F), while we were drying
off on shore and emptying the canoe, and changing clothes.

I said yes.. apart from the small risk of hitting your head on a rock , and
drowning. Or being swept downstream into a bigger rapid, and drowning. Or
dumping in 34F water with at  a  40F air temp and wind, with the canoe and
contents continuing down river, and dying of hypothermia. Mostly I was
surprised that my glasses stayed on (wasn't using  chums)....

Unfortunately that brilliant little riposte meant that  I wound up lining
the remaining shallow rapids. Those rapids  that  I  chose to wade and/or
run, I did so after Wendy removed both herself, and her clothes pack AND a
food pack from the canoe.

Definitely a pair of hardcore  foam-core poseurs, here.

Rich

PS:  Do they have "pool sessions" in heated pools?

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See our canoe tripping website
http://communities.msn.com/RichWendysAwayFromHomePage

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----- Original Message -----
From: <JSpinner_at_aol.com>
To: <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Soft Paddlers (was Soft Water)


> In a message dated 11/5/00 5:41:09 PM, rdempsey_at_CALAMITY.WYOMING.COM
writes:
>
> <<Are you tough enough to surf launch an open canoe in 3 foot waves, or do
you
>
> always tuck (hide)  ...  a skilled seakayaker with practice can
>
> roll their boats, a trick I have yet to master, since I always fall out of
>
> those open canoes, first. >>
>
> Last year this fairly obnoxious guy showed up at a pool session with a
canoe
> filled to the brim with flotation. I was at least impressed with his
paddling
> as I watched him repeatedly roll this canoe, even if his manners were much
> less than gracious to others in the pool.



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