I just returned from our 4 day kayaking/camping trip through the Broken Group Island chain off of the West coast of Vancouver island. We had fantastic weather and it was a really great time! We saw sea lions barking on the rocks, sat in the middle of a group of seals feeding, watched a whale breach, right off the bow of my kayak, and paddled along with dolphins. I also got the chance to experience a channel crossing with 3 to 4 foot waves and large swells from the open Pacific which was a good experience. Great, great trip. It was a highlight of my summer for sure.
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We forgot (well, I forgot) the tent poles for one of our tents, so we used our axe to cut new ones from a drift wood log. It worked perfectly!
When we broke camp to move to a new island, I had to haul the new tent poles with me.
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Anonymous on September 4, 2007
What fun!
Anonymous on September 4, 2007
Greg, Your activity is always a great inspiration to me. DJG
"the Dude" on September 4, 2007
Hi Greg, good to see your active, been quiet a bit of late. Yes you are a blowhard, and I'm glad, it means your sharing some pretty neat stuff with a lot of folks, and your not getting down on anyone either. Whales are blowhards too!
At my blog THE-ARC.blogspot.com, I wrote about the early human development of the original ancient dugout canoe.
Briefly, the first dugout was not carved from a straight stem with fire, it was a fallen hollow log like a basswood, bent due to having reached over the bank for open sunlight, which was first ridden like a horse, but then the aechulean hand axes used for butchery were eventually used to cut a top hole down into the hollow, resulting in a kayak-like form (somewhat like your latest version but fatter) with a hole at the front and rear above the water surface, and a sagging belly where the pilot sat or kneeled.
The first ballast was a pile of slingstone pebbles on the floor of the boat, alongside a stash of push-pole thrusting spears, readily available ammunition against big cats, hippos & crocs and ready to use on prey along the waterway.
The dugout was the first "pick up truck on the aquatic superhighway", carrying cargo and people quickly in relative safety.
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"the Dude" on September 4, 2007
Here's the link:
http://the-arc-ddeden.blogspot.com/2007/09/diving.html
DDeden