Patrick Maun writes: > Hey all and happy new year, > > I attended a talk by Stan Chladek about his trip to the antarctic > with Niggel Dennis and a third whom I can't remember. They took take- > apart Romany Explorer's. He believed that folding boats would have > been damaged during the very rough rock,ice and surf landings they > were going to encounter (not to mention he doesn't carry them). I > believe that Valley and NDK offers a take apart option on all their > boats. > > Their expedition, by the way, looked incredible. > > -Patrick Hi Patrick, I heard the same talk last year or the year before. As I recall, Nigel's kayak on that trip was one of the new, lighter layups. He said it didn't hold up as well on the rocky landings as the standard layup. BTW, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arneson are paddling down there right now to celebrate the first anniversary of their trip across Antarctica. (Coincidentally, Linda and I are going to a slide talk tonight by Jerry Zgoda, the Star Tribune "Your Sports" reporter, who was on the ship that picked them up last year.) Their next big expedition reportedly will be on the Great Lakes from Lake Superior to the St. Lawrence. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jan 08 2002 - 11:08:28 PST
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