On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Richard Culpeper <culpeper_at_tbaytel.net>wrote: > Now there's the difference between kayaking in powder snow, and kayaking on > eastern ice. > I really don't know how you guys manage to ski on that stuff (much less kayak!). When I joined a US Government Agency and drove my 1955 Chevrolet Convertible from Seattle to Washington, DC in the 1960s I had 3 pairs of racing skis (complete with "long thongs") with me. The first available winter weekend I drove to Blue Knob, PA for a nice weekend of skiing. I had been involved in racing for several years so I figured it would just be a nice weekendfun time on a pretty small ski slope. Boy was I in for a surprise! My slalom skis were useless. My GS skiis were only barely tolerable. It was only when I strapped on the 220cm Kastle Downhill skis that I felt comfortable. Although I might have been going a tad fast for all the other people on the slopes that weekend. :D That stuff is *hard*. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** 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 03 2009 - 08:46:17 PDT
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