I guess we all think of ourselves - we paddlers - as athletes. Certainly it's an athletic endeavor even at its most sedate and when taken to DougLloydian proportions it's clearly athletic. So it's easy to be sympathetic to athletes with other skills... and the international forum for showing them off. Not too far away from me right now the 2010 Winter Olympics are beginning; not without some tragedy. That tragedy notwithstanding, the opening ceremonies were incredible. I still cannot figure out how some of those tricks with light were done but they were amazing. Instead of presenting a world shattering image like Beijing the Vancouver director managed to convey a personalized - almost private - view of Canada and the people who call themselves Canadians. The Inuit on a trek across the ice under the Aurora, Orcas swimming across the stage, salmon returning to spawn, totem poles turning into trees, trees turning into mountains and most of all a boy flying across the prairie. It was stupendous. Bravo! 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 Sat Feb 13 2010 - 00:03:25 PST
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