Richard wrote: I do have a friend who will quite happily swim along side the boat for a day rather than paddle In my earliest days of paddling I raced with the long-gone American Indian Center of Chicago Canoe Club. On a family outing on the Fox River in Illinois I had to swim for a whole afternoon because the group left me at the lunch stop. I swam fast enough to catch the slowest canoes but no one would give me a ride. Weird sense of humor! It did teach me that warm water swimming isn't so bad even if it lasts for four hours. And I never got a cramp from swimming after eating. Jim Tibensky _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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