Scott's invitation to contact him if planning to paddle in Alaska brings up an idea I would like to share. I travel about once a month on business, often to nice paddling spots (Miami tomorrow). I work on the banks of the Potomac River, in Washington, DC and live just off the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Could we organize some sort of cooperative in which we can join with other paddlewisenhymers when traveling to their waters? Perhaps a list on the Paddlewise website that lists points of contacts for various cities? I would be willing to loan a boat to a DC area traveler if we can work out the time to paddle together. Is anyone else interested in offering the same thing in your waters? Brian Blankinship *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Brian's idea makes a lot of sense to me, and I can offer some help. The web in general is a great place to hook up with local paddlers when traveling. And there is some comfort in knowing that contacts participate in a forum such as PW, though there are other club and web forums I also respect. Some of you are already familiar with my web project, KayakGuide.com, and some have already contributed paddling routes to it. One of the key pieces of information on each KayakGuide listing is the paddling route author's contact information (e.g. email address or phone, etc.). I would be happy to append to that information the phrase "PaddleWise" as a way of knowing that the contributing paddling route author is a PWsr. As with all the contact information, however, this would be up to the contributing author to decide to publish. As a side benefit, more paddlers may also learn of PW. PW is special in that it is global and reaches across the geographical boundaries of paddling clubs (as does KayakGuide). It makes sense to facilitate person to person contacts as much as possible for a number of reasons. Aside from paddling with new friends with local knowledge, there are also practical benefits, such as lending or borrowing boats and equipment to visiting paddlers, something I've enjoyed doing many times. Knowing that the visitor is a PWsr adds a level of comfort that they also more likely to be a more experienced paddler with similar interests. -- Al Vazquez KayakGuide.com tm Places to Paddle tm - Kayaking - Canoeing - Rafting - *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: <Blankibr_at_aol.com> > > Could we organize some sort of cooperative in which we can join with other > paddlewisenhymers when traveling to their waters? Perhaps a list on the > Paddlewise website that lists points of contacts for various cities? > > I would be willing to loan a boat to a DC area traveler if we can work out > the time to paddle together. Is anyone else interested in offering the same > thing in your waters? > > Brian Blankinship I am certainly game on this for the NYC area and have had some people come through in the past such as Sandy. Another thing we might try is to see if Paddlewisers might want to put their hometown in their signature at the end of anything they post such as I have in mine (see below). I know where some people are based because I know them from another list (such as you, Brian, from CPAkayaker). The CPAkayaker listserve, BTW, has a common practice by people on its list to include the color and model of kayak they paddle (or a few of their boats). To some degree this serves to tell others who a person might be whom they run across or see on the water while driving or jogging by. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Brian- Great idea. I routinely fly into Reagan National and drive to Reston, looking longingly at the Potomac from the GWP. I wonder if it's possible to implement your idea of 'regional contacts' in an area, posted to the paddlewise website. We seem to have AK and DC already. I'd be happy to offer the same (boats and guide service to share) throughout Central & Western NY - but darn few folks come this way. (They probably don't know what they're missing!) Jennifer --- Blankibr_at_aol.com wrote: ...snip... > I work on the banks of the Potomac > River, in Washington, DC and > live just off the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. > I would be willing to loan a boat to a DC area > traveler if we can work out > the time to paddle together. Is anyone else > interested in offering the same > thing in your waters? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Well, if you want to paddle with slow, old women and fast, old alligators, come on down to Central Florida . Marinell *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Brian wrote: > Could we organize some sort of cooperative in which we can join with other > paddlewisenhymers when traveling to their waters? Perhaps a list on the > Paddlewise website that lists points of contacts for various cities? I think it a fabulous idea. Count me in... Scott Simpson Anchorage Alaska "There is always one more thing you can do to influence any situation" Lt. Gen Harold Moore, USA (Ret) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> > Could we organize some sort of cooperative in which we can join with other > > paddlewisenhymers when traveling to their waters? Perhaps a list on the > > Paddlewise website that lists points of contacts for various cities? i've had a few paddlewisenheimers "stop by" while in the denver area!! and while i haven't been able to paddle as much as i'd like, if possible, i'd join/lead a trip for out of towners. i tend to have a feel of the "paddling pulse" in the area... member of : Rocky Mountain Sea Kayak Club Rocky Mountain Canoe Club, friend of: The Poudre Paddlers Canoe and Kayak Club founder of: The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, which includes a mailing list, full of active 'non-affiliated' paddlers ;-) http://www.dotzen.org/paddler/cpr i've certainly had a blast with the 'out of towners" i've had the chance to paddle with. mark -- #------seakayaker[at]dotzen[dot]org-----/------------------------------ mark zen o__/ o_/| o_. po box 474 [\/ [__| [__\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 `\--------/--------/' (`----|-------\-') http://www.dotzen.org/folks/markz ~~/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ #---------------------------------------------------------------------- A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. ~~ English Proverb http://www.dotzen.org/paddler - Rocky Mountain Sea Kayak Club, The Colorado Paddlers' Resource *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I think the idea is absolutely grate ! But while thinking about how to implemente it my brain akes .... I believe that we are part of a comunity and this comunity already has a web site. A search engine at the paddlewise website, by selecting country, state, and/or citie wuld be fantastic, but I don't know if something like that would be possible. Other option is a section similar to our actual "Who is who ?", with members listed that way. This option is very simple but we would have to go selecting from link to link untill we reach the area we are interested. I can help to put this last option togeather and send it later to Kirk to post it as a new section. My knowledge is limited but I have some experience from implementing my personal website. If the first option prevails, other should take care of the scrips and I can collect the info and organize it anyway. Just let me know and lets start working. >From Maui ... Hawaii ... Fernando Lopez Arbarello --------- Kayak Argentina --------- http://home.earthlink.net/~kayakargentina kayakargentina_at_earthlink.net *************************************************************************** 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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