>You know, you don't have to be out there in the ice; no ones hunting >beaver or seals to last through the winter anymore! There must be some >vestige of the adventurer left in us I guess. > >On 1/12/2010 9:22 AM, Craig Jungers wrote: >> I'm guessing that there aren't many Paddlewisers who haven't pushed their way through ice at some point in their paddling career. On some wi;nter trips in the Pine Barrens here in NJ I often carried a Peavey. Water flow was always swift nad you usually had a good channel down the center. However, the ice got thicker as you neared to banks, thick enough that you couldn't do the icebreaker bounce so you pulled yourself to shore with the peavey. It was often an eerie trip -- Pine Barrens water is dark tea-colored and the foam generated from Oak & Pine residues would have frozen. You always had the impression you were paddling atop a Chocolate Meringue Pie... Joe P. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jan 12 2010 - 10:48:45 PST
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