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    It's that time of year again - Holiday Party!!

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    Last year we had some great last minute personal donations for the raffle at the party. This year we thought we'd ask in advance if anyone has anything they'd like to raffle off (company tickets you can't use, museum passes, anything you think would be a fun raffle prize).

    Email me at gilliankirstel2003@yahoo.com and I'll start the list!

    Hope to see everyone there this year :)

    King's Beach Wed.

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    launching at 1131? indeed: better synchronize watches, all! perhaps beckers presumes that everyone wears one of them new-fangled atomic jobbies, automatically synchronized to colorado springs -- or whatever? :D

    the new fangled atomic jobbie is called the iphone and i didn't realize there was a new add on, where for an extra 30 bucks a month it actually grows as a part of your hand so you always have it there. <_<

    Cool!

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    article from CNN:

    "John Huth, who works on the collider's ATLAS experiment, called such fears "baloney" in a recent interview, and noted that in normal physics, even if the black hole were stable, it could just pass through the Earth without being detected or without interacting at all.

    "The gravitational force is so weak that you'd have to wait many, many, many, many, many lifetimes of the universe before one of these things could [get] big enough to even get close to being a problem," said Huth, professor of physics at Harvard University."

    So if you turn out to be incorrect can I have your kayak?

    :)

    Paddler Responsiblity

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    Oddly enough, it's very rarely in my opinion the "new to paddling" folks who end up the discussion of what should or should not have happened on the water in the trip reports this summer. Folks who are new I've found ask what's expected, if the trip is right for them, and ask what to expect from the group and what the group can expect from them. Whether or not theyr'e advanced enough to check tides and weather isn't as important for that very new paddler who will start to learn from the more experienced.

    Most of the discussion centers around the intermediate paddlers who have enough knowledge to be dangerous as the expression goes. I know some people shun professional training which is typically where you really have group management drilled into you. The pay it forward system is great as long as the person who's paying it forward knows what the heck they're doing.

    If you look at where folks start to butt heads it usually where some folks who have been brought up under the most experienced paddlers in the country are continually surprised when others 1) don't look back, 2) don't effectively communicate by their standards 3) don't have a working knowledge of group management.

    I don't think it's CAM, I just think that different paddlers have different expectations of what it means to paddle as informed group member. Not every paddler is going to aspire be a leader in the spirit of the BCU and ACA definition of a leader, but anyone in CAM can lead a trip.

    I'm not saying that's incorrect or to be avoided, but it is what it is.

    TRIP DATE CHANGE TO WED 8-20!! Cape Ann or Plum Island Circumnavigation

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    The best bet I've found for a Plum Island circumnav with the current is to go clockwise and leave from the beach on the north end of PI at the end of the ebb in the mouth of the Merrimack. That gets you out the Merrimack in slack or slight ebb. Then, after slogging down the Island on the outside, you enter the Ipswich mouth and go up PI Sound with the mid flood. Finally, you have plenty of water to traverse the shallows at the north end of the PI River, both south and north of the bridge.

    Of course, if you want more exercise, there are numerous ways to have the current against you at points, and to drag your boat across the shoals. :)

    Oh yes, parking at that beach is free in the big lot across the street, or pay the guy in the bait shop $5 to park right next to the sand.

    --David.

    PS: I bet there are still a few greenies right now.

    Yup, pretty much the plan. For those interested, it will require a fairly early put in to take advantage of the tides. That being said, the weather looks great for the paddle:) The majority of GHs are gone based on our experience paddling in the area on last Fri. and Sat.

    (Again, K posting under G's name :<()

    Forest River Practice - On For Tomorrow Evening July 25th

    in Past Trips

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    I'm planning to be there. I'm happy for every opportunity to practice my roll. As Kevin observed last week, I don't like to stay upright.

    Maybe I can get my girlfriend to come up to join in the grilling. I keep hoping that if she meets enough nice people paddling that she'll decide those 6 inch waves aren't too scary and will give the sport a try.

    Perfect!!! Absolutely have her join us for some BBQ afterwards and maybe she wants to come down hang out and watch for awhile . . . I'll bring an extra greenland paddle if you want to fool around with that . . .

    Forest River Practice - On For Tomorrow Evening July 25th

    in Past Trips

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    I will be there a little later than normal, about 6pm - I'm going to work on some rolling with my greenland paddle, so if you're interested in working on your roll or trying a couple new rolls trying it with a greenland paddle, come on by!

    Interested parties are welcome back to the house in Salem afterwards to grill out and have some beers . . . we can pick up food and beer after the session!

    Disclaimer: You may be slobered on by 2 furry creatures who love having company over.

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    Fleece poncho

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    left to my own devices i might go with a really cheap sheet from wally world and a pair of scissors....loads of coverage so that you don't end up waggling bits to the wind.

    ahhh, the high fashion of kayaking!!!!!!!!! sometimes i have to remind myself i'm in public when changing - after a few years of kayaking you get so used to seeing your fellow kayakers in their skivvys you forget the rest of the world might see this as something inappropriate :)

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