wrote: I just finished a 4 day intermediate course _at_ Deception Pass in Washington where we *played* in 5.1 knot currents with clients in new shiny boats bumping into granite and barnicals. Everyone of 'em had a handful of new scratches and gouges by the end of the trip. It comes with the territory. Funny thing is they were ALL proud of the scratches and the one fellow who really dinged his Caribou (needing Marine tex repair) was the coolest! Scratches mean you're using it! steve Yea that happens and it's a good thing because why else are we there? Somewhere a long time ago I heard that a man is the sum total of his scars. To be sure that did not mean just the physical. I have an old Chouinard bamboo shaft ice axe. I can tell you the history of every ding on it, every mountain I ever took it on, and the memories are good. Got a few on me too, and I can tell you how they came to be there. Most good, but not all. It's a road map of your life, and your soul too I suppose, and good, or bad, they're yours, just like your kayak, and mine too. But I will tell anyone who cares to listen, I don't want no flamin' scratches on my strip built, and you don't ever ever ever drag my SOF through the sand. This polite forum forbids me to express my feelings about dragging kayaks through rocks. Now that I have that off my chest I'll return to my usual controlled self. Kevin *************************************************************************** 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 Aug 06 2002 - 04:40:43 PDT
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