Rob boy said (snip): >>I love looking at neon-colored bikini clad blonds (uh, females) alighting their tents for a morning dip as the cool moist air invigorates each one's fleshy exoskeleton highlights (okay, so I can dream);<< >Doug, Doug, Doug...easy boy...easy now!< Err, sorry 'bout that...I was really just counterpointing senior citizen Kruger's wrinkly stinkin wetsuit Greybeard missive, as a journalistic manoeuvre, you know, really. Actually, I learned early on in my paddling career to avoid long solo wilderness sea journeys that encounter mid-trip hot-chick spots like Hot Spring Cove north of Tofino. 'Course these days everyone wears cloths, so its not so difficult to take while passing through. >Overall, I like Paddler, they have a sense of humour, however, I warn thee to leave the maturing adult temperament aside as it can get a bit thick with the Thrasher Teen mentality. (Memorable line: It's hard to look cool when you're swimmin'.) But overall if the overly hyped ads with the improbable images help those responsible for the occasionally good research and development, I'd say we all benefit once in a while.< Check out the images on page 27 of Paddler, called "Out of (and Around) Africa." Huge Atlantic swell rumbles ashore, five lines deep, as S.A. Gerhard Moolman paddled his surfski 3600 miles along the coast of Africa last year. Wasn't it Derek Hutchinson that said the western shores of Africa were the last great frontier to kayakers. Someone just tore a huge chunk out of that coast line. I hope that their editor guy, Eugene Buchanan, continues to take note that we here sea kayakers ain't no bunch of wussies, and can crank out sustained commitment venues that Rodeo dudes ain't even dreamed of in terms of longer-term fear factors -- and its all done without Z-lines, pullies, and foam pillars by rational men and women surviving on inner strength and toothpaste (Sutherland/Gillett respectively). Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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 Wed May 21 2003 - 23:32:41 PDT
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