Grate story Duane ! Congratulations ! Reading it brought a few things to my memory. Being in Hawaii and you paddling in California I couldn't avoid thinking of Ed Gillet. Can you imagine now being alone in the open ocean for 64 days, 2200 miles? (http://www.canoekayak.com/features/gillet/) Then I tried to remember if I've ever done something similar ( to you, of course ). The closest match was a 75 nautical miles long leg down the Parana river (Argentina), the 3rd of a 4 days long trip. It took me only 14 hours but the river is pushing down all the way. Not so exhausting but devastating for my mind. The first time I did that trip I swore never to do it again !!! Same did I the next four times I repeated it .... Ed Gillet says on the article that he suffered during the whole trip, but mow he has plan to cross the atlantic ! Why do we do that ? After that I can't imagine myself sitting in the kayak for 36 hours fighting the sea, the wind, and myself, and enjoying it. Congratulations again. Fernando Lopez Arbarello ./ ( So, now that you said you'll NEVER do it again ... What are you going to do the next time ... 125 nautical miles ? ... :) ) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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