In a message dated 6/4/01 12:51:15 PM Central Daylight Time, wiestn_at_tamug.tamu.edu writes: > Mark, don't you think we should revise the "Rule of 190" to "Rule of 180"? > Remember Natalie that the rule says 'YOU DO NOT PADDLE when above the limit". If we lower it to 180 we will have to stop paddling May 1st and not start again till Oct 1. . I was originally thinking it should be Rule of 200 in honor of that stretch of days last summer with 110+ heat indexes (fortunately I was up on Puget Sound freezing in what the locals called the "nice warm water"), but even down here there would not be enough overlimit days to justify even having the rule. You also wrote <I try to do them in the evenings (although highest temp of the day is often around 5 p.m.) and places that have shade > When I used to lead river any bayou trips, people commented on how neat it was that I kept changing sides of the river to catch the eddies and avoid the strongest current. Little did they know I was just trying to stay on the shady side. Mark J. Arnold Mark J. Arnold *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jun 04 2001 - 14:11:44 PDT
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