[Paddlewise] jackie

Hi,

I very much enjoyed all the accolades over the last few days for Jackie and
her role in making PaddleWise possible.

Prior to the inauguration of PaddleWise, Jackie and I had long conversations
on the phone and via email on whether she should make the move to launch it
or not.  Several of us were privileged in being consulted on this move.  We
all agreed and encouraged her.  And what a move it has turned out to be!

I sometimes feel I know it all but PaddleWise has opened up my eyes to all
sorts of things I never realized that were out there in the paddling realm.
It was Jackie's drive to make it all happen that made this possible.  I
can't begin to count the times and ways that PaddleWise has helped me in
gear, technique and insights... and saved me money and made me safer.  And
meeting such intriguing people like Doug who was only a seemingly crazed
paddler writing for Sea Kayaker until the interchanges in PaddleWise made
clear the method to his seeming madness.  And characters like Matt Broze and
John Winters (they are characters...and they do know it ... of course, I am
not one!)

This is a wonderful institution and all of this can be laid at Jackie's
feet.  She has shaped this and kept us all honest.  Believe me...none of us
have escaped Jackie's wise control and questioning behind the scenes.
Whether exalted types like John, Matt, me or any of the other "know-it-alls"
we have all been corralled in by Jackie's wise intervention when we have
strayed.  Jackie's sense of balance, fairness and appropriateness has kept
this thing together.

There is no better interchange of ideas and practical applications than
PaddleWise.  It is better in its own way than all of the mags and books out
there on paddling.  Having written in both realms, I think I am in a
position to make that statement.  And it all goes back to Jackie.

Good bless her and her mutts and her husband Bob...in random order :-)

ralphdiaz
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