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Sea Kayak Trips Bulletin Board
Re: Touching the Face of God..
Posted By: Shawn Baker In Response To: Touching the Face of God.. (Pete W. P.)
Date: Friday, 29 October 1999, at 6:47 p.m.
The same comparison can be made with sea kayakers and whitewater kayakers. The sea kayaker can generally feel something more spiritual, where a whitewater kayaker gets an intense physical thrill. I think mountaineering and rock climbing can be compared in the same way. I do both, but I only get that intense spiritual rush when I've climbed a peak, and the "view from the top" makes it so intense. Rock climbing is rewarding too, but not really in the same deep, spiritual way.
I can't speak for an atheist or agnostic point of view, but I'd think it would be hard to not get something spiritual out of paddling.
Darn it! I was going to stay home tomorrow to work on my custom glass seat and now I want to go paddling instead!
Shawn
> I'm not really qualified to make this judgement, but i'd venture a strong
> guess that the majority of Sea Kayakers are out to "touch the face of
> God" be it literally or figuratively. It might not be articulated as
> such to oneself, but the general feeling is there. Compare Sea Kayakers to
> the Windsurfer Crowd and you might see what I mean. By the way, Im not
> slighting windsurfing in the least. The Sea group just strikes me more a s
> a reflective, insightful lot.> Pete
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