In a message dated 8/19/2004 11:56:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, rsk_at_rockandwater.net writes: > If that attitude becomes prevalent, who will paddle, and who will > care for, the remote and seldom-run streams which abound in places > like West Virginia? Who will make the long drive, and the long > shuttle, and the long flatwater paddle to the take-out, for the > privilege of running a few rapids -- when they have one in their > backyard that runs from 8 AM to 5 PM every weekend? > I don't know where you live (sounds like W V?) but there is an awful lot of desire to run rivers here in WA state. We had a dry spring and poor snow pack this year so my WW was limited, but I see a some concern for the rivers, themselves and river running, in general. It's rarely what you want it to be, but it is ok for the most part. In general, I see a lot of park n play and can understand your observation. No, I don't fit into those little decked snow saucers either, but there are some really great RR designs, such as the Hoss, Diesel, Kingpins, etc. By the way, I think Steve S made a mention of these boats, and as it is a mutation of the hull design rip off thread I thought I'd like to ask: Do those kayaks (the Hoss and the Diesel) look similar, or what? Rob G *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Aug 20 2004 - 11:18:31 PDT
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