Re: [Paddlewise] What's Wrong with Kayaking

cholst_at_bitstream.net> wrote:

>I think we should strive to look as boring as possible. That way we are
> less likely to find our favorite campsites occupied when we get there

That's the ying and yang in a nutshell, isn't it?  High-profile features in 
popular media conflict with our expectation that our favorite, quiet haunts 
will remain so.  I bet there are few among us who have __not__ obscured the 
location or access for a "favorite spot."

Maybe the focus on exotic locations in SK mag is good ... keeps makers of 
paddling goodies supplied with fresh money, and sends the buyers of said 
goodies off to places we ain't.  [Offered tongue-in-cheek:  we can't have it 
both ways.  To maintain access to good gear, we need to have a commercial 
marketplace where honest folks can make a living supplying us with gear we 
need.  If those folks can't stay in business off us, then they need to branch 
out ... and promote.  And that is part of what is happening in what I 
sloppily termed glitz and dash in SK mag.  The glitz and dash is part of 
marketing, whether I like it or not.]

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Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR