Word: ems
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wherever the visitor goes, he is charmed and intrigued by the place names. A limestone peak in Kweilin is called Piled Silk Hill for its varicolored layers of rock; the structure at its top, up 400 (count 'em) stone steps, is the Cloud-Catching Pavilion. A little pleasance in Wusih has been known for 470 years as Leave Your Pleasure Garden-ever since the man who built it was summoned to high office in far-off Peking and, not being able to take his heart's delight with him, bequeathed it to the populace. The spectacular park...
...Your boat got a great start, and now you're going to get to that narrow railroad bridge at the same time as that turkey crew in front of you. Yell at 'em. Tell 'em to give you water. Yeah, be aggressive...
...imagine all those coxswains who didn't grow up on the Charles, and they're seeing that turn for the first time. And freaking. And spilling over the buoys into your course. Hold your water, yell at them, and put your port oars over the buoys. Don't miss 'em, it's ten seconds, but cut it real close--this saves more time than you can imagine. Watch out for crews on your outside (you did get the inside of the turn, didn't you, squirt?) and cut across the river into the center arch, taking ten to push...
...finish line? Great! Take the cadence up, pass one more boat, stay in a straight line, tell 'em it's last 20, last ten, well, sorry, four more, paddle...
...made it. No, don't stop now or a boat will plow into your stern. Yes, I know the rowers are dead and they want to stop. No, you just can't stop here. Get 'em moving...