I saw this go by on Facebook yesterday. So Doug is, of course, right. We're all getting older (I'm just over a year from 70!) and none of us gets out of this alive. I have cut way back on some of the paddling adventures... I try to stay in reasonable shape but winters affect me considerably more now than in years past. One thing though: most of us on Paddlewise have led adventurous lives doing things that most people only see on television. Lots of us have been airplane pilots, sailboaters, mountaineers, and world travelers. A fair number of us speak numerous languages. I counted English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Swedish, Norwegian, and Maori on my Facebook home page just in the past week. Not to mention Newfie. We are an uncommon lot with a lot in common. When we go we will most likely go as a result of doing something adventurous and not because we spent too much time on the sofa. RIP both Don Starkell and Eric Soares. The best of a bad bunch. :) Craig On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Joe P. <jpylka_at_earthlink.net> wrote: > Parenthetically, in one of the earlier posts this website was mentioned. > Further down I saw that Don Starkell (Paddle to the Amazon) from the > earlier days had also passed: > > > http://www.paddlinginstructor.com/blog/famous-people/item/4440-legendary-canoeist,-don-starkell-dies.html > > 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 Fri Feb 03 2012 - 10:04:25 PST
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