Re: [Paddlewise] 1-10-1

Paddlewisers,
   
  Occasionally during mid-winter paddles here in Southern California, where the water temp gets down to 55 degrees F. (not so bad), our group will paddle into Cabrillo Beach, where there is an ocean swim club. Many of the kayakers wear wetsuits, and over the years, only a few capsized and none of them spent more than a couple of minutes in the water. Then there are the men and women in the ocean swim club, most of them quite elderly, spending an hour or so swimming in the water and wearing nothing more than a Speedo.
   
  Duane Strosaker
  www.rollordrown.com
  

Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote:
  James Farrelly wrote:

> Deja vu. Its the silence thing that I identify with most and that echoes 
> frustratingly through my mind. Countless times I have done the silence 
> thing. [snip]

> Every time I stick myself with a fork I find myself hooking up with the 
> same people to paddle. [snip] We really run a cooking club with an
> eating problem. I have to remember that and have learned not to be a 
> nanny. It simply never works. Silence...

Love that statement about being a nanny!!! ROTFLMAO!

Yup, that's the scene here, also. We seem to spend 90% of our preparation 
for a major trip on food, and 10% on logistics, with none on paddleskills.

The good news is that most of us now wear neoprene, and a couple of the 
scary events have altered the preparation and behavior of my paddling 
companions for the better.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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