Re: [Paddlewise] "Extreme" Kayaking??

I saw that picture. The photo was obviously a put-on... and I just hope that
they didn't kill themselves trying to retrieve the kayak out of the water
after the shot was taken. It must have been filled with a prodigious amount
of Canadian Ballast Rocks to get it to sink all that way.

Unfortunately, the only thing extreme about that magazine is the sheer
number of advertisements. I feel like I was suckered out of the $6/yr
subscription price. :)
Cheers,
Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Sylvia" <Rick.Sylvia_at_ferginc.com>

> I just received my first issue of a magazine from National Geographic,
> called "Adventure".  In it -- wish I had it with me to properly describe
it
> -- there was a brief article on an island near one of the Atoll's off the
> coast of Belize.  The article covered numerous reasons to visit the
island.
> It included an underwater picture of a kayaker wearing a diving mask and
> snorkel.  The Kayak(er) was completely underwater, almost perpendicular to
> the bottom, with the bow a scant few feet off the bottom.  Couldn't
clearly
> tell how far under water the stern was.  The caption mentioned "extreme
> kayaking" (I think - I'm at work and it just occured to me to ask the
> Paddlewisers about it, so I'm drawing from memory), but the article was
not
> about kayaking specifically, just travel adventures and a variety of
things
> to enjoy while there.
>
> I've not been Kayaking long, but that photo caught me by surprise.  What's
> it all about??  Anyone familiar with it??  I have no intention of trying
> it..... just curious.
>
> Rick  (..... in Virginia - no snow, but lows in the low twenties, and my
> normal launch sites are frozen)
>
>

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