Yeah, it's the little things that can upset the applecart. Know that. I was just funning with the finger thing. Anyway, glad you are on my case, Craig. And, I see there you are well insulated from calamity and the US financial meltdown, what with having converted all your commodity stocks last year into cash any buying up all the used Mariner kayaks. :-) DL > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote: > >> >> >> Tough being a modern kayaker, isn't it? Where does my SPOT go, where do I >> get good signal, did my signal get through? Should I take my glove off >> and >> get my finger wet and cold or drown? :-) >> > > That can actually be a real dilemma. Sometimes small things (like taking > off > your glove and then spending time trying to put it back on again) can make > significant impacts. Loss of focus at a critical point. Unable to brace > effectively, etc. > > Times have certainly changed. Thirty years ago I didn't even bother to > take > a compass. Jeans and a wool shirt were my immersion gear. A $3 plastic > poncho was the rain gear. I had war-surplus duffle bags for some of my > gear > and the rest was stowed in climbing rucksacks in the FolBot. > > But we weren't out playing in rock gardens in the surf either. > > 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 Oct 02 2008 - 18:29:57 PDT
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