One of the local outfitters held a "You can Paddle" demo yesterday in St. Louis. I have no affiliation with the outfitter or the event. I don't know what the official tally was but I would guess several hundred turned out. In this land of scenic rivers where aluminum canoes are king, sea kayaks were being demoed about 5 - 1 over canoes and around 4 to 1 over whitewater kayaks. Quite a few canoers were trying out sea kayaks and a lot of never ever's also in attendance. A very gratifying number of younger paddlers and potential paddlers attended. A few went over, but no great excitement and all were handled quickly and safely. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. ---Mark Twain ICQ#111665477 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun May 13 2001 - 09:14:37 PDT
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