On Tuesday, May 07, 2002, at 7:16:57 PM PST, Sid Taylor wrote: > As regards: > .... just curious what Sid is after. > I'm just curious too. Of course there is big water in the places you > mention. It was an oversight. I don't think it really matters how many miles any of us has paddled in our lives, but it was an interesting question to think about. I never really thought about it in a cumulative sense until the question was asked here, and when I did my guesstimation, I was quite surprised at how quickly the miles can add up if one paddles almost every day. Much the same with my bicycle riding. For most of my life, I never used a bike calculator/odometer, but about 7 years ago, I got curious and started using one. In just 7 years, I've put tens of thousands of miles on the bike. I can hardly imagine how many miles went unrecorded in the previous 30 or so years. When I lived in NYC for many years, while I did my share of cab and subway riding, my main and favorite forms of transportation were biking and walking (obviously, this was before I discovered paddling!). It's amazing how many miles we can cover on this planet by our own human powered locomotion. "How many miles?" is hardly ever the point; but it is interesting to ponder now and then. Melissa -- PGP public keys: mailto:pgp_keys_at_gmx.co.uk?subject=0x46C29887&Body=Please%20send%20keys *************************************************************************** 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 May 07 2002 - 19:42:13 PDT
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