Word: kayaking
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...Thursday morning in March, 2002, John Darwin paddled his red kayak into the unforgiving North Sea near the industrial port of Hartlepool in northeastern England. He never returned home. In short order, an oar from Darwin's kayak washed up on a local beach. A search team of lifeboats, a Royal Navy ship and a Royal Air Force helicopter mobilized for a frantic, 16-hour search. His yellow life vest was found, but no trace of Darwin was discovered. When the splintered remains of his tiny vessel drifted ashore six weeks later, he was presumed drowned...
...Pleasures of Paddling Re "Floating Your Own Boat," about the rise in the popularity of kayaking [Nov. 5]: In 2005 my son asked me if I wanted to look at kayaks with him. I went with him, took a kayak for a trial ride and bought it immediately. I can't adequately describe the pleasure of paddling on lakes, rivers and bays. I have since bought a second kayak and a trailer for travel. By the way, the first kayak was my gift to myself for my 70th birthday. It's an age-irrelevant sport. Yvonne Herron, Chelsea, Michigan
...Floating Your Own Boat" about the rise in the popularity of kayaking [Nov. 5]: In 2005 my son asked me if I wanted to look at kayaks with him. I went with him, took a kayak for a trial ride and bought it immediately. I can't adequately describe the pleasure of paddling on lakes, rivers and bays. I have since bought a second kayak and a trailer for travel. By the way, the first kayak was my gift to myself for my 70th birthday. It's an age-irrelevant sport...
...said, "As a British Airways Platinum One World frequent flyer, it's really hard to take that people who have been so loyal, and spent so much money with BA have been dealt this blow." The British Canoe Union, which supports the 1.5 million U.K. residents who canoe and kayak is similarly alarmed. In a statement, it wrote, "We are concerned about the irony of 2008 being Olympic year. Our athletes will need to transport their equipment to pre-Olympic events, training camps and to the Olympics themselves in Beijing, China. This will significantly limit our athletes' ability to prepare...
...While kayaking is a solo sport, it's hardly for hermits. The Washington Kayak Club, based in Seattle, boasts some 700 members and sponsors everything from fall outings on the Cedar River to viewings of the sockeye salmon swimming upstream to clinics at local pools on how to roll your boat over in the water. Year-round festivals include the weeklong Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival, which starts Oct. 27 in Fort Myers, Fla., and features more than 50 group paddles. You'll always be the master of your kayak, but it's more fun when a paddling buddy comes along...