Re: [Paddlewise] Waterproof Music

At 12:08 PM 6/23/2005, John Snoddy wrote:
>My initial reaction was the same. But then I read Paul Theroux's The Happy 
>Isles of Oceania & he talks about listening to his walkman on long 
>paddles. I was motivated to purchase the Otter case for my iPod & carry 
>both. I tend to use it on fitness paddles. Really helps me keep on pace 
>when all I care about is getting from one end of the lake to the other & 
>back again as quickly as possible. It's also nice on urban paddle trips 
>(which I sadly take quite often). Rather listen to Coldplay then the 
>trucks on the highway or the lawnmowers/leaf blowers of suburbia.

I can understand that because trucks, lawnmowers, and leaf blowers rarely 
try to occupy the same space you might be paddling in.  However, in many 
urban paddling environments there may be other boat traffic that do share 
the same space.  A few years ago I was paddling with a group of primarily 
recreational kayak paddlers and one woman strapped a waterproof walkman as 
soon as we launched.  Our route took us through a cut through an island 
that was the only navigable path for many miles so there was a *lot* of 
powerboat traffic.  She was paddling merrily along in the middle of the 
channel bopping along to her music and completely oblivious to the fact 
that there was a large motor boat coming up at a fairly fast clip at her stern.
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