No, no I wont be paddling today. I think I'll go for a crunch instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxo6mz3vQgU&feature=related We are in the middle of our three week winter here in the American South. Ice was just visible in the shadows. It is a rare enough event that I pointed it out to my kids. I hope I can last till February when I can change back into shorts and a t-shirt. Jim et al *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
This guy's biggest error was in not bringing along his ski poles. If you don't own ski poles then you don't live far enough north!! He did choose the correct direction: downstream. You can see the lengths (or depths) we will go to get in a day of paddling. We could all probably last through three weeks. It's the three months that gets to us. I'm guessing that there aren't many Paddlewisers who haven't pushed their way through ice at some point in their paddling career. I've even used a kayak (a Loon) to rescue a dog stranded on a peninsula with thin ice all around. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:15 AM, James Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net>wrote: > No, no I wont be paddling today. I think I'll go for a crunch instead. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxo6mz3vQgU&feature=related > > We are in the middle of our three week winter here in the American South. > Ice > was just visible in the shadows. It is a rare enough event that I pointed > it > out to my kids. I hope I can last till February when I can change back into > shorts and a t-shirt. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Gee, I feel so special now, being one of such a rare group! 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. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
>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/ ***************************************************************************
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