Actually, my impression is that Keith relied on other people to do his research on the river. His "purposeful misinformation" makes the book inaccurate and there are quite a few landmarks, launches, and campsites that aren't where they're listed in his book. Phil Jones, longtime Portland boater and guidebook author, wrote up a long list of "purposeful misinformation" in the Hays book on the yahoo group pdxseakayaker.com on March 4 (message #2921). Oops. tina On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Dave Kruger wrote: He may have even provided some purposeful misinformation to steer campers away from my favorite campsite, fabled Dead Wild Pig Island near Clatskanie. Could be there is a bit of Edward Abbey in old Keith ... *************************************************************************** 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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