Posts filed under "Talking Story"
Radio update
The photo above comes courtesy of Steve Weileman, one of my paddling partners on the upcoming Ikkatsu Expedition. He took it when we were going around Vashon Island back in March, our first shakedown cruise in preparation for the coast survey. (It also happened to be the first time I pulled the trawl net, which […]
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Down to the wire
The tent has been seam-sealed, I’m working on getting the personal gear together for the first leg of the trip and I expect to get a geiger counter in the mail any day now. (More on that later.) But mostly, I’m up at all hours of the night, writing. There’s the outline of the shooting […]
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Linkage and more linkage
After getting bumped from yesterday’s NPR show (my segment is supposed to air on Thursday now), I figured I should probably send out a couple more links, just because. First of all, Kokatat has put our smiling faces on their Expeditions Page, as well as given us some new PFDs and anoraks that I expect […]
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On the radio
My interview on the NPR show “The Story with Dick Gordon,” is scheduled for today. It’s a preview of the Ikkatsu Expedition and I talk about how the idea came about, the route and what we are expecting to find along the way. (At least, that’s what I think I talked about… I’m going to […]
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Waving the flag
The year has rolled around to this point again, where we as a nation look back on the sacrifices of those who gave their all for our right to have a day off, to go to the big sale at the mall, barbeque in the rain and drink too much fizzy, yellow beer. Sorry… that […]
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A Really big map
In the Ikkatsu Expedition division of labor, Kiwi is the map guy. He works in GIS, so he has the expertise and the equipment needed to put together a map that covers the entire expedition coastline. He actually made two that he dropped off for me the other day, and the small one is about […]
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Privileges of membership
I’m mailing in my membership dues to the only two clubs I belong to, at least at the moment. (I’m not one of the world’s greatest joiners, but there are a few groups that catch my imagination.) Surfrider is one of them. I honestly can’t think of any other organization that is doing as much […]
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A Rare evening paddle
It was breezy yesterday evening, but sunny. If it weren’t for the wind, the temperature might have actually been considered “warm.” I had the chance to meet up with John Inch for a SUP paddle down on the Foss, and I took it. We cheated up into the wind at the start, ducking into the […]
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Ebbesmeyer interview
Steve and I had the opportunity to spend some time with noted flotsam expert Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer earlier in the week and get his input on our upcoming trip. Steve has posted some excerpts of an interview we did with him on the Ikkatsu web site (here). We learned a lot.
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Truth, beaches and government
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” George Orwell. Steve and I just spent a couple of days in Port Angeles, where we attended a presentation and a workshop on tsunami debris that featured Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer and a whole bunch of Power Point slides on what we can expect […]
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A story of sea kayaking and science on the rugged coast of Alaska. Coming – Spring 2014.
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