Re: [Paddlewise] THOUSAND MILERS

From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 12:44:56 -0700
Sid Taylor <tayls_at_snowcrest.net> wrote:

> 1. How many of you have paddled one, two or three thousand miles cumulative?
> 
> 2. How many of you have paddled the ocean for ten or more consecutive days?

I estimate about 4000 miles, over 10 seasons, much of it on fresh water.

Several extended trips on salt water ... averaging about two or three 10-12 day
jaunts each summer, along with three or four five-day stints on fresh water.

Just curious why the interest in "salt" water -- if an attempt to discern
whether we paddle "demanding" conditions, perhaps Sid might want to query folks
who have paddled the big lakes (Great) or similar conditions.  The Lower
Columbia, my home paddling waters, has some enormous fetches, and can be as
gnarly as near-shore protected ocean waters (Georgia Straits, tamer parts of
Puget Sound, etc.).

Not bragging, just curious what Sid is after.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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