Posts filed under "Talking Story"
32 miles
To travel 32 nautical miles in a touring sea kayak is no great feat, especially when given the better part of three days to get it done. That’s the trip for this weekend around Vashon Island – about 7 miles this afternoon, 17 tomorrow and 8 on Sunday, back to where we started. The weather […]
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Kayaking underground
There is nothing, and I mean nothing, like cave paddling. Just wanted to get that out there.
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Against quiet desperation
“A man can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said that, and it sounds about right to me. Too many ordinary days, and you’ve got yourself an ordinary life. And who wants that? I’m looking forward to this weekend’s shakedown paddle around Vashon Island. The premise is that […]
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Hammersley
Near the southern end of Puget Sound, down near the western tip of Squaxin Island, you’ll find Hammersley Inlet. But you’ll have to look closely. Peter Puget, on his longboat voyage back in 1792, didn’t find it. Sailed right past it, actually. It was another 50 years before American explorer Charles Wilkes finally inked the […]
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The "S-word"
I heard the weatherman calling for snow again. We actually did get some yesterday, mixed with a little sleet and hail, but nothing stuck. Personally, I’m done with winter; it just doesn’t seem like it’s quite done with me. The three of us paddlers who make up this summer’s Ikkatsu Expedition will be doing a […]
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Remembering Sendai
It was a year ago today that the powerful Tohoku earthquake and the devastating tsunami hit Japan. The quake was the most powerful to ever hit the Japanese archipelago and the combination of disasters claimed as many as 20,000 lives. Entire towns were leveled, homes and businesses destroyed and lives were changed in an instant. […]
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Goodman Creek
There is a small river by the name of Goodman Creek that runs into the Pacific just south of Toleak Point. This section of the Olympic coast – south of La Push, north of the Hoh – is one of the least visited places in Washington. Yes, there are backpackers who travel along the route, […]
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Kayaking fit
With winter winding down (if you can believe that), I’m looking ahead to the projects I’ve got coming up this year and questioning my fitness level. Maybe “questioning” isn’t the right word; maybe “fitness” isn’t the right word either. I have been on climbs where the uberfit in the group were the first to poop […]
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Woodcutting
It’s a cold one out there this morning, for western Washington, anyway. The snow-covered Olympics are gleaming in the early sunlight, sparkling with a new layer of white. There’s a breeze, though not too strong, and the current is flowing north past my window. The fire is raging in the stove and the kettle is […]
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A story of sea kayaking and science on the rugged coast of Alaska. Coming – Spring 2014.
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