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Re: Why I gave up paddling....

Posted By: Rob Gibbert
Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005, at 7:44 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Why I gave up paddling.... (shawn baker)

: He shouldn't have gone back to work. It's work that causes stress and heart
: failure, not kayaking. The kayaking was too little, too late!

: Act young or act old, it's your choice. Don't look to us to rationalize
: staying off the water.

Shawn,

Remember our aborted trip up the Olympic Coast this July? The guy that inspired it, with the timing of the trip, hooking up with us at Kalaloch as they were coming all the way up from the Oregon border, is 74 years old. At his retirement from a large aerospace company here in town, he paddled from his home to Ketchikan, taking 60 days. Last year I accompanied him up from near Sitka around the exposed islands and into cross Sound, across Icy Strait and into Glacier. My friend Scott was with him as they paddled from Craig around the Maurelle, Coronation groups and across to Port Alexander on Baranov.On other trips he's paddled the Ketchikan to Craig route and the Sitka to Hot Springs-West Chichigof and Sitka to Pt Alexander.

About 10 years ago he crossed over from Alaska to Russia via the Bering Strait. Done much of the Sea of Cortez, too. Last summer, at 73 he summitted Rainier for the umteenth time. Hell of a resume for retirement, eh?

Rob G

Messages In This Thread

Why I gave up paddling....
Davis -- Sunday, 4 September 2005, at 5:40 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Mike Savage -- Sunday, 4 September 2005, at 12:19 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Scott Collier -- Monday, 12 September 2005, at 4:33 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Mike Scarborough -- Sunday, 4 September 2005, at 12:42 p.m.

So why post this defeatist rant here?
Brian Nystrom -- Sunday, 4 September 2005, at 3:06 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Glen Smith -- Sunday, 4 September 2005, at 4:38 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Bob Kelim -- Sunday, 4 September 2005, at 9:36 p.m.

Got Any Good Gear You Want to Give Away? *NM*
Paul Jacob -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 12:16 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Robert N Pruden -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 12:26 a.m.

you didn't give up paddling ...
liv2padl -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 8:18 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Wayne Smith -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 8:21 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Ken Blanton -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 4:38 p.m.

Amen, Wayne!
Robert N Pruden -- Tuesday, 6 September 2005, at 1:17 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Mick -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 9:26 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Kurt Maurer -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 9:34 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Kathy -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 11:33 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling.... *LINK*
JeffHouser -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 12:28 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Max Benjamin -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 12:32 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
george jung -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 7:56 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Bill Burton -- Monday, 5 September 2005, at 9:02 p.m.

Pure joy?
Robert N Pruden -- Tuesday, 6 September 2005, at 1:24 a.m.

Use It Or Lose It...
sing -- Tuesday, 6 September 2005, at 6:49 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Pete Smith -- Tuesday, 6 September 2005, at 10:04 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Jim Kyle -- Tuesday, 6 September 2005, at 10:37 a.m.

Do you ever consider day boating?
Rob Gibbert -- Tuesday, 6 September 2005, at 6:49 p.m.

Re: Do you ever consider day boating?
paul -- Thursday, 8 September 2005, at 12:12 p.m.

Re: Do you ever consider day boating?
shawn baker -- Thursday, 8 September 2005, at 2:46 p.m.

Re: Do you ever consider day boating?
Thomas Duncan -- Saturday, 10 September 2005, at 8:16 a.m.

Aw, David...
Robert N Pruden -- Saturday, 10 September 2005, at 11:13 p.m.

Re: Aw, David...
Kathy -- Sunday, 11 September 2005, at 11:47 a.m.

You're getting a little crazy, Kathy...
Someone -- Sunday, 11 September 2005, at 8:58 p.m.

Re: Aw, David...
shawn baker -- Monday, 12 September 2005, at 12:20 p.m.

Re: Aw, David...
Pamela -- Monday, 12 September 2005, at 2:05 p.m.

Re: Aw, David...
Robert N Pruden -- Wednesday, 14 September 2005, at 8:09 p.m.

Re: Aw, David...
Pamela -- Thursday, 15 September 2005, at 10:12 a.m.

Re: Aw, David...
Kathy -- Wednesday, 14 September 2005, at 4:31 p.m.

Oh yeah! *NM*
Robert N Pruden -- Wednesday, 14 September 2005, at 8:10 p.m.

OBITUARY - P.F. Davis:
mike allen -- Tuesday, 6 September 2005, at 7:57 p.m.

I may give up paddling too .... *LINK* *Pic*
Marek -- Wednesday, 7 September 2005, at 9:10 a.m.

Sorry to hear that, Davis ...
Pamela -- Wednesday, 7 September 2005, at 12:22 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
paul -- Wednesday, 7 September 2005, at 5:35 p.m.

Re: Why I'd rather die paddling...
shawn baker -- Thursday, 8 September 2005, at 11:07 a.m.

Re: Why I'd rather die paddling...
Pamela -- Thursday, 8 September 2005, at 11:41 a.m.

Re: Why I'd rather die paddling...
Reg Lake -- Thursday, 8 September 2005, at 1:12 p.m.

Re: Why I'd rather die paddling...
shawn baker -- Thursday, 8 September 2005, at 2:46 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....MUST BE KIDDING!
jim kozel -- Thursday, 8 September 2005, at 2:24 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....MUST BE KIDDING!
Reg Lake -- Thursday, 8 September 2005, at 3:45 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....MUST BE KIDDING!
Miko -- Friday, 9 September 2005, at 5:21 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....MUST BE KIDDING!
shawn baker -- Friday, 9 September 2005, at 11:46 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
martin lister -- Thursday, 15 September 2005, at 10:27 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Andy Waddington -- Sunday, 18 September 2005, at 5:28 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Davis -- Monday, 19 September 2005, at 4:26 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
sing -- Monday, 19 September 2005, at 5:18 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Andy Waddington -- Monday, 19 September 2005, at 10:27 a.m.

I thought this thread had died.
Brian Nystrom -- Monday, 19 September 2005, at 11:55 a.m.

Its only 15 days old. Not geriatric yet ! *NM*
Andy Waddington -- Monday, 19 September 2005, at 5:40 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Brianne Corbett -- Monday, 19 September 2005, at 3:57 p.m.

Death
M. Hamilton -- Monday, 19 September 2005, at 6:09 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
reid -- Tuesday, 20 September 2005, at 4:18 p.m.

My vote
Pamela -- Tuesday, 20 September 2005, at 8:03 p.m.

Re: My vote
Reg Lake -- Tuesday, 20 September 2005, at 8:52 p.m.

Re: My vote *NM*
Bob Kelim -- Tuesday, 20 September 2005, at 9:50 p.m.

one more try
Bob Kelim -- Tuesday, 20 September 2005, at 9:55 p.m.

Good Quote
Randy Knauff -- Wednesday, 21 September 2005, at 3:11 p.m.

Why I'm going to have to give up kayaking
Ed Deery -- Tuesday, 20 September 2005, at 11:58 p.m.

There's help available *LINK*
Pamela -- Wednesday, 21 September 2005, at 11:37 a.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
shawn baker -- Wednesday, 21 September 2005, at 7:11 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
Rob Gibbert -- Wednesday, 21 September 2005, at 7:44 p.m.

Re: Why I gave up paddling....
shawn baker -- Thursday, 22 September 2005, at 12:23 p.m.

Re: Why I didn't give up paddling....
KenB -- Thursday, 22 September 2005, at 8:16 p.m.

Re: Why I didn't give up paddling....
george jung -- Thursday, 22 September 2005, at 11:07 p.m.

You go guy!
Pamela -- Friday, 23 September 2005, at 6:59 a.m.

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