Re: [Paddlewise] Hundred Miler-Ed Gillet

From: Strosaker <strosaker_at_cox.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:16:47 -0700
Fernando and All,

Thanks for the link to the Ed Gillet story:
(http://www.canoekayak.com/features/gillet/). By far, he is in a class on
his own. Even though we both live in Southern California, I've met him only
once, in late 1999, when I bought a kayak from him while he was still in the
business, and he seemed like a really nice guy. I never did go on any of his
guided trips, but a lot of my friends did, and they had only good things to
say about him. Even more than a kayaker, he also seems to really understand
the ocean and weather. He wrote a really good article about Baja weather in
the latest issue of the San Diego Kayak Club newsletter,
http://www.sdkc.org/newsletters/, available on-line in PDF.

It is interesting to see the photo of him in the Canoe and Kayak article.
Even though he is wearing a paddling jacket and sprayskirt, and holding a
paddle, he is not wearing a PFD, which I think is one of his legacies in the
San Diego area.

Duane Strosaker


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