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From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] Blog
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:31:43 -0700
For some time now I've wanted a web site for some of the Paddlewise posts
I've written over the years. This week I created www.nwkayaking.net for that
very purpose. It's still a work in progress but some of the posts (like
"Getting Along with Eddy" and "The Workout Boat") are already up and
readable. Well as readable as I can get them, anyway. Next will be to finish
the Mothership mini-book and put that on the web site.

Craig Jungers
craig_at_nwkayaking.net
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From: Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Blog
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:05:05 -0700
Congrats on the site/blog Craig. With your writing readily available, it 
will be a good resource young man.

Doug L


> For some time now I've wanted a web site for some of the Paddlewise posts
> I've written over the years. This week I created www.nwkayaking.net for 
> that
> very purpose. It's still a work in progress but some of the posts (like
> "Getting Along with Eddy" and "The Workout Boat") are already up and
> readable. Well as readable as I can get them, anyway. Next will be to 
> finish
> the Mothership mini-book and put that on the web site.
>
> Craig Jungers
> craig_at_nwkayaking.net
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From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Blog
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:58:41 -0700
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote:

> Congrats on the site/blog Craig. With your writing readily available, it
> will be a good resource young man.
>
>
Awww heck, Doug. You're the guy whose writing needs to be collected and put
on line in a convenient manner. Especially your last blurb on paddlefloat
rescues. That was a standout.

Craig
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From: Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Blog
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:01:59 -0700
Thought it was more of a bit of a rant...:-)

BTW, I quoted a line from City Slickers previously. I Goggled it and see the 
quote was off a bit:

Curly: You know what the secret of life is?
Mitch: No, what?
Curly: This.(Holding up one finger)
Mitch: Your finger?
Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else 
don't mean shi(p).
Mitch: That's great, but what's the one thing?
Curly: That's what you've got to figure out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1uOqRb0HU

For me, I enjoy gnarly water and the _one thing_ for me I'm passionate about 
is making sure I have a fighting chance (Chuck's term) to get myself out of 
whatever I might get myself in to while paddling as "avoidance" is a notion 
that blurs when one seeks out interesting hydraulics and conditions. So I 
don't give a shi(p) what recommendations I might read or hear about from 
experts of any particular persuasion, I have to go and figure out what is 
going to work for me. Rafael has that figured out for him. Guess that was my 
point.

As for your blog, I'm grateful. You came on like gangbusters on the various 
paddle chat lines the last few years and haven't let up with your pithy, 
well-thought-out advice and ability to share a wealth of maritime knowledge 
contexed for paddlers. Thank you Craig. Stay young and healthy. You made 
your mark in my life. Overall, the sport and many of its fascinating, even 
its instructive life-lesson parameters have been better defined with you 
around offering your wisdom and penmanship - both bandwidth wise and in 
print.

Doug Lloyd




> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Congrats on the site/blog Craig. With your writing readily available, it
>> will be a good resource young man.
>>
>>
> Awww heck, Doug. You're the guy whose writing needs to be collected and 
> put
> on line in a convenient manner. Especially your last blurb on paddlefloat
> rescues. That was a standout.
>
> Craig
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From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Blog
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:45:03 -0700
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote:

>
> As for your blog, I'm grateful. You came on like gangbusters on the various
> paddle chat lines the last few years and haven't let up with your pithy,
> well-thought-out advice and ability to share a wealth of maritime knowledge
> contexed for paddlers. Thank you Craig. Stay young and healthy. You made
> your mark in my life. Overall, the sport and many of its fascinating, even
> its instructive life-lesson parameters have been better defined with you
> around offering your wisdom and penmanship - both bandwidth wise and in
> print.
>
> High praise indeed from a guy who I consider one of the pillars of kayaking
in the BC, WA and OR waters. Some of the things you've done scare me just to
read them; which is a measure of how well you write. We were all pretty damn
worried about you a couple of years back and it was a great relief when we
knew you were still going to be around. No one stays young forever, of
course. With luck, however, we can remain immature a lot longer than our
wives are comfortable with. :D

Thanks Doug. I wanna be just like you when I grow up.


Craig
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