Craig, Sorry I didn't read my paddlewise for the last few weeks, I have a guest room you could have stayed in. I Went to Frey Hoffmeister's presentation on her 2009 Race Around Australia, great presentation, She will be in the Bay Area next month, and after that at various locations around North America, I only see West Coast shows scheduled so far, if she comes to your neck of the woods, you should go. She's a great speaker and conveys her passion for the sport and for pushing herself well, with frequent interjections of humor. If you think that you need to push the "recharge your enthusiasm" button with a show, hers would be the one to see. the turn out here in Seattle was pretty good, with almost 200 paid tickets and another 50 or so industry guests. You may have been dissappointed to hear that she didn't wear her paddling outfit, she was dressed pretty formally in a gown and heels. It was also fun to watch people trying to recruit her for their various ventures at the autograph table, all of them seemed pretty earnest, some of were decked out in sponsor gear and didn't really have their pitch as to why she should join them put together very well or couldn't adjust their speil on the fly to address her questions very well. Very fun event. Saul *************************************************************************** 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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