[Paddlers] [Members] Sauvie Island Paddle - a true pleasure

[Carin Rittby-Kane]

Alok and Steve T. and Ryan - it was great to have you join is for this
Adventure!!!!

And....just think...in a few days it will feel like a totally great, fun and
awesome paddle we did (pain memories are overrated!) together!

It was one of the hardest things physically for me, too, Alok!

Carin

-----Original Message-----
From: Alok Singh [mailto:aloksingh at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 9:06 PM
To: Carin Rittby-Kane
Cc: Williams, Darcy; Members Mountain Home; Meg Willis; Steve Traut; All
Mountain Home; Ryan Wilson; CKes782227 at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Members] [Paddlers] Sauvie Island Paddle - a true pleasure


That was pretty amazing, and in a few days, when the pain has faded, I
will have a better perspective on what we just accomplished.
Wanted to thank Laura and Steve P. for guiding us through it. And Ryan
and Steve T. for letting me coax them into joining the boys crew.
Ryan, I know you wanted to punch me in the face at the end, but, wait
a few days and I am sure that feeling will pass :-).

Physically, it was pretty much the hardest thing I have ever done.
Especially, the last 3 hours, on the back stretch. And the feeling of
relief/euphoria when we pulled into the docks was incredible.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this paddle possible and the
paddlers who did it. Will be seeing some of you at practise in a week.

Alok

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Carin Rittby-Kane <crittby at hevanet.com>
wrote:
> Darcy - thanks for the stats! It's fun to see what we did in a totally
> different format.
>
> All I can say is....it was a Great Adventure!!
> Thank you to All who shared the waters!
> "Way to go" to All of us who stepped further (as in "paddled) than they
had
> ever gone on water!
> Thank you Darcy and Laura for your patience and persistence making this
> happen!
>
> Carin
>
> PHOTOS attached
>
> PS  - We were back on Sauvie's Island today and went to some of the
> stops/spots from the landside - that was an additional fun experience for
> me! And we enjoyed the abundance of food and produce that the Island
brings!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: members-bounces at lists.mountainhomecc.com
> [mailto:members-bounces at lists.mountainhomecc.com] On Behalf Of Williams,
> Darcy
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:14 PM
> To: Members Mountain Home
> Cc: Alok Sing; Meg Willis; Steve Traut; All Mountain Home; Ryan Wilson
> Subject: Re: [Members] [Paddlers] Sauvie Island Paddle - a true pleasure
>
>
> Thanks to everyone who made this paddle possible.  It was everything I had
> hoped for an more.  The Fire Dragons were real troopers to do this paddle.
> Every time we stopped I would look over at the guys boat and see more of
> their fingers with white tape on them.  By the end of the paddle their
hands
> were almost all white tape but they were still smiling. : )   Throughout
the
> paddle Carin kept reminding me how lucky we were for everything from the
> weather, the eagle we saw, the flowers that were talking to us, nessie who
> made a brief appearance,  strange wood sculptures stuck in the numerous
wing
> damns, the numerous moorages, and on & on.  She was very inspiring.
> Everybody was really amazing.
>
> For those interested in stats from the women's GPS
>
> 54.77 miles
> 10 hours 38 minutes total time on the water
> 2:12 of rest breaks
> 8 hours 26 minutes paddling time
> 6.5 mph rough average
>
> Thank you for seeing this through with me.  I had a blast.  Attached are
> screenshots from my Garmin gps.
>
> Darcy
>
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