Some years are better than others; this was a pretty good one. I finally made it up to Alaska, where I spent 10 days touring the west arm of Glacier Bay by myself. That broke the tripometer. At the end of the summer I went to a Qajaq USA paddling weekend in northern Michigan where I got to try Dubside's rope gymnastics and I watched Dubside run through his Greenland rolling repertoire--in a 24" Feathercraft, mind you. Continued refining my paddlemaking technology. In between, pleasant local paddles in Georgian Bay and Lake Michigan. Ended the season with a new Snapdragon sprayskirt that allows almost endless rolling practice with minimal leakage. Tom *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Dec 09 2004 - 04:29:28 PST
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