paddlers quotes

[intrepid]

Funny... A paraphrase of that quote (It is better...) is the one I always heard from my instructors when I was taking flying lessons. Even more true up there!

 

[JohnAbercrombie]

"It is not what you don't know that gets you in trouble, It is what you think you know that just aint so"

Ah, look.... coming around the corner to join the discussion: Donald Rumsfeld and his band, The Known Unknowns

 

[Twempie]

About 25 years ago, when asked about his paddling experience, Herbie Meyer of NWOC in Seattle responded: "Better than fledgling"

I use that quote to this day.

 

[chodups]

About 25 years ago, when asked about his paddling experience, Herbie Meyer of NWOC in Seattle responded: "Better than fledgling"

I use that quote to this day.

Herbie. What a guy.

 

[JohnAbercrombie]

About 25 years ago, when asked about his paddling experience, Herbie Meyer of NWOC in Seattle responded: "Better than fledgling"

I use that quote to this day.

For people who don't self-identify as birds, whazzit mean?
From the book: "Delphic Pronouncements to Use During Outdoor Activities" ?

 

[finnste]

Been a while since I logged on.

Some of my favorites;

"The richness of a journey is due in no small part to range of human emotions experienced" Michael Pardy

"Few people alive today know what it is like to pull up new horizons by faith and muscle alone" John Vaillant

Fair weather makes for poor sailors // a ship is safe in harbour, but that is not what ships are for - unknown

"Luck sits at the convergence of preparation and opportunity"

 

[Man in qajaq]

On a particular rough paddling day I came up with one of my own:

I like that one!

 

[Man in qajaq]

Thornton Wilder: "When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home."

This one reminds me of a book title i've seen, "Wherever you go, there you are."