Re: [Paddlewise] Israeli kayakers rescued in Alaska (USCG video)

From: Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 22:14:25 -0700
Brad,

Why not buy a Northface jacket. You know, the ones with the name of some 
famous Himalyan mountain embossed on the front. I have a plain one and a 
buddy of mine I go drinking with when he's in town has the newer series with 
the mountain name aboce the Northface logo. All the women gravitate toward 
him and ask him what it's like on top. I think I get jealous with all the 
attention he gets but then he does turn awefully red at times, as he once 
again explains he was never there...

DL (who isn't very adventurous in a bar unless there is one with a 
signifigant CFS)

>   I've thought it over carefully, and decided NOT to go over 186-foot
> Palouse Falls in a kayak, or anything else. I did, however, get up the
> nerve to buy a new shirt at REI, on sale, and it has an adventurous look
> to it.
>
> Brad
>
>
> Quoting James <jimtibensky_at_fastmail.fm>:
>
>> "The problem is the media sensationalizing risk taking. I was disturbed
>> by a recent paddling magazine article that glorified a guy surfsking in
>> 60 knot winds and 15 foot surf, only to have his surfski destroyed, and
>> another guy going over a 186 foot waterfall. Is this what we should be
>> striving for? "
>>
>> Duane
>>
>>
>> As a dedicated coward, I couldn't agree with Duane more.
>>
>
>> Jim Tibensky
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