The Paddler Autumn/Fall issue 2017
The International magazine for recreational paddlers. The best for all paddling watersports including whitewater kayaking, sea kayaking, expedition kayaking, canoeing, open canoeing and rafting. All magazines are in excess of 150 pages and absolutely free.
The International magazine for recreational paddlers. The best for all paddling watersports including whitewater kayaking, sea kayaking, expedition kayaking, canoeing, open canoeing and rafting. All magazines are in excess of 150 pages and absolutely free.
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<strong>The</strong>PADDLER 56<br />
I drive home 20 minutes inland from our<br />
takeout. Exhausted and speechless, I take stock<br />
of my being. My sense is that this has been<br />
deeply healing for both of us, in our own ways, in<br />
our own lives. Tonight I will fall into a fog of<br />
physical and mental repair.<br />
balanced and rejuvenated<br />
Five days a week I make the same drive to work;<br />
sometimes in my car, sometimes on my bike. Today,<br />
Monday, as I cross the Salinas River, I feel different.<br />
My body feels whole, balanced and rejuvenated.<br />
My connection to the land feels vivid. I feel<br />
saturated in the water that surrounds us all. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
is a deeper relationship now – a connection and<br />
admiration at an elemental level. I will not be<br />
spared from the wrath of the elements but I will<br />
be a more willing participant in their grace.<br />
Arriving at work, after clocking in, the first order<br />
of business is to check the surf report to see<br />
what potentials exist for the coming weekend.<br />
Catch, pressure, rotate, exit. Again.
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