Mary Z" <mzuschlag_at_attbi.com> wrote: > For those of you in the Northwest this is a fun event. It would be fun to > meet some P'wise folks. http://www.paddleoregon.org/ This event is a benefit for a very worthwhile cause, one I support. I copied some text off that site: > "I was struck by the feeling of remoteness…a very rare and relished sensation," remarked Harold Hutchinson, another 2001 participant. > > All you need is your canoe or sea kayak, and a thirst for fun and adventure. Space is limited to the first 135 people, so contact us for a registration packet today. Willamette Riverkeeper 503-223-6418. Seems like quite a crowd for the Willamette. Not my thing, but the Willamette is quite beautiful, and a lovely place for a serene paddle. I know I'm an old curmudgeon, but I'm wondering how one has a "... feeling of remoteness ..." while in the company of a passel of folks not to exceed 135 paddlers ... A little context for my curmudgeonly attitude: many years ago, the city fathers in Yakima, WA had an annual 4th of July weekend mass climb of Mt. Adams, a 12,000 ft plus glaciated volcano about 100 miles NE of Portland, OR. Unfortunately, Mt. Adams was in a Wilderness Area, and the mass climb (5000 people one year, requiring: portapotties, shepherds to keep the hordes on track, helos to ferry out the sick or exhausted, etc.) was deemed a destroyer of the wilderness experience for non-mass-climbers. The USFS banned the effort somewhere back in the early '70's. Paddle Oregon will not be an event on that scale, and the Willamette is certainly not a wilderness area, though casual paddlers looking for solitude will be well-advised to avoid the Willamette the days of the event. I hope the event is a success, because I support the cause it benefits. I only wonder at its appropriateness for a "save the river" organization. If Paddle Oregon comes to my neck of the woods en masse, that will be a day I will be certain to be somewhere else. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 - 09:55:09 PDT
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