> "Richard L. Casale" wrote: > > > My question to you experienced paddlers is, how far do you often go when you > > are out for a casual (or even serious) paddling session? A couple of things from my own experience: 1. If on a long expedition, you can generally make your best time early in the morning as wind conditions generally are calmer then; when winds do blow, for some reason of Mother Nature, they are ALWAYS in opposition to you, no matter which direction you are headed. :-) My suggestion and practice is to skip breakfast on such multi-day trips and get out at first light; by 6 AM or earlier. This way you will get in quite a bit of distance before taking a break say at 9 AM. By noon you would have in even more distance just in case winds get ornery in the afternoon. 2. Two moderately strong paddlers in a double, or a person in a single can get in 20 miles easily over the course of a day. If they push it they can get up into the 30-35 range especially if you have a decent current with you. It all depends how much time you want to paddle. Even if you average 3 miles an hour and do 7-8 hours you get 21-24 miles. Thats just 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours after lunch. ralph diaz *************************************************************************** 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 Mon May 13 2002 - 05:12:14 PDT
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