Tomorrow night, there's a fitness paddle, but you know what??? I don't wanna paddle for "fitness"! I have connections to some of the best kayak instructors in the world, but you know what? I don't wanna "learn"!! I'm sick of all these activities that are supposed to get me "ready" to do what I really want to do--I want to kayak! Yeah, so if that makes me a Neanderhal, so be it. But if it will make you feel better, I'll qualify that I just don't want to "learn" on purpose! I'll be more than happy to learn by accident! I'll practice my rolls, but I don't want to work on my "butterfy"; I want to roll up along side rock and foam. I want to have an "Oh, S&_at_t" moment. I want to deal with a sucking reef on my beam. Everyone I know has stars-wants more, but I don't have any. Dublin Dave has the right idea--don't strive for stars, strive to be a Kayak One Percenter! Doug Lloyd is a 1%er! I don't know what my percent is, but it's too high! So don't come tell me how high you are in the BCU, I want to know what percent you're down to! I haven't been on the water for three weeks!!! Mark Sanders www.sandmarks.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 Wed Oct 06 2010 - 16:54:35 PDT
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