RE: [Paddlewise] Danger of using high vertical stroke

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Hey Dave,

Guess you have to come up north of the 49th. to get away from stuff like
that.

We don't have problems like that around here, though there was one time on a
day paddle in the Esquimalt Harbour.   There was a nuclear sub at the navy
base and the Military Police were out in force in their zodiacs keeping
people away.    They had guns!  Which was a surprise for around here.
They told us to just chill and paddle another the direction.   This was
after 9/11.

Other than that, us Canadians are considered lovers not fighters and enjoy
other activities more like Sea Kayaking!   Eh?

Kirby

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-----Original Message-----
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of Dave Kruger
Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Danger of using high vertical stroke

Couple years ago two buddies on a two-week paddle sojourn down the
Columbia-Willamette River system were transiting the Portland, OR, section
near the Ross Island Bridge and got black-helicoptered and shunted to shore
by the sheriff's dept marine patrol for two hours and told to stay put.

The buddies were eventually forgotten about and they wandered off.  This
same pair got fingered by the Canadian border guards on a trip north, pulled
aside for half an hour, and asked such questions as "Have we ever told you never
to come back?" and similar.
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