[Paddlewise] My 15 minutes of fame and Grand Canyon kayaking

Somebody up skiing today told me I was pictured in last Saturday's Everett
Herald Sports Section. It is from when I was skiing opening day of skiing
last Friday. So I guess the guy with the big lens I saw near the top on
several runs must have been the photographer for the Herald.
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/11/18/StevensPass1.cfm
Note. I'm spinning rapidly counterclockwise in the picture (which is why the
poles and leg are so stretched out). Later that Friday, doing the same
thing,  I caught an edge went down hard and bruised my hip on the rock hard
snow (and my ski poles went flying and landed about thirty feet apart).

I only fell only once again today but again it was a nasty little fall that
racked my shoulder up some. I should have tried those shoulder pads I had
thought about trying today I guess. I kept skiing some but only on smoother
snow. Instead of holding my pole in my left hand I held on to my ski suit at
about heart level so my arm didn't bounce around much. My arm wasn't working
from my shoulder so the pole was just in the way. I iced my shoulder on the
way home with some snow in some plastic bags that I bummed from the first
aid room.

I got on a private trip running the Grand Canyon starting near the end of
January. Has anyone on Paddlewise run the Grand Canyon in a hard-shell kayak
or a sea kayak. If so I'd like to talk to them (at least if my shoulder
recovers enough to paddle).


Matt Broze
www.marinerkayaks.com
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