On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote: > > Gordin was out with the club on Sunday; he looked liked he had reached a > paddling maturity of some signifigance. Not age-related, but experience and > intensity related. If you have been paddling long enough you can tell the > look; the moves; the attitude - a certain uncanny confidence, a strength of > character, a calmness you know can face environmental hardship and the > sudden curve balls you get on the water, and certainly a "easability" with > paddle and yak and navigational competance that is unmistakable. Not to be a > judge of others but, my observations are usually accurate and have some > weight of experience behind them.. > Nothing like a little paddle around the Isle of Man to whip a guy into shape, eh? That story is a wonderful read and even better if you, like like I did, follow his trip with Google Earth. The Island has been rendered with pretty decent resolution and with the embedded photos on G. Earth you can get a good feel for where he paddled (and the rest of the Isle of Man). If any reader has not yet looked at Gordin's blog it's at: http://victoriakayaker.blogspot.com/ along with some other good stories. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 18 2008 - 08:48:23 PDT
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