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ROFLMAO I love your magazine. Just found it and swiped it from the dentist’s office. Printed in Canada! Yes! I’ve lived and paddled around the Gulf Islands for 30 years and am known for my sarcasm too; love yours. I’m still laughing my ass off about your reply to “God’s not funny” (“Letters,” Summer 2008). Tank you!


B. Holdack Ganges, British Columbia


Life on the edge Te Summer 2008 cover is fantastic. Did you apply the tilt-shift treatment to it or did Ryan? It’s so cutting edge in regards to photo and de- sign, yours is the first outdoor mag I have seen use it for a cover. I’m sure you have seen the tilt-shift pool on flickr but if you haven’t here is the fantastic link: http://flickr.com/groups/ tilt-shift-fakes/pool/.


David Johnston Toronto, Ontario


Yep, our Newfoundland cover shot is a tilt-shift. Tilt-shift is a special focus effect that can be faked in Photoshop but for our cover, photographer Ryan Creary used an actual tilt-shift lens. —Eds.


Ghost town recall I was intrigued by your feature about the Southwest Coast of Newfoundland (Summer 2008). My wife’s mother grew up in Cape La Hune and moved away during the resettle- ment years of the 1950s and ‘60s. My wife’s grandfather lived in Cape La Hune all of his life and her grandmother was from nearby Fox Island. When my wife’s mom’s family moved, she was only five. Tey took their house down piece by piece and moved it by trap skiff to Port Aux Basques, rebuilt it, and it remains there today. It took a few years for all the fami- lies to move from Cape La Hune and both my wife’s mom and her sister used to go back there in the summer to spend time with rela- tives. She has some pictures showing the com- munity and church and many houses back in its heyday, but it looks very different in your photos. She says a big thank you for the trip down memory lane.


Derrick O’Rielly Stephenville, Newfoundland


Seek doctor’s advice I haven’t read David Leach’s Fatal Tide (“Cold water chronicles,” Fall 2008), but as a follow- up article, and in the context of the anecdote by Bruce Lash (“In cold water,” Fall 2008), I think you should interview Professor Gordon Giesbrecht from the University of Manitoba.


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I’m not trading in my SLRs any time soon, although I did move down to smaller bod- ies so I could carry them around more easily. I must be getting weaker or maybe smarter.


Rick Matthews Wellington, Ontario


Time capsule I just read your Rock the Boat article in the Early Summer 2004 issue and enjoyed it so much I had to subscribe. Tanks and keep up the great work.


Neil Burgess St. John’s, Newfoundland


“Professor Popsicle” is the definitive authority on the physiology of cold water immersion. You could also review his book about the sub- ject and let people know about his Discovery Channel videos which are available for down- load from his website.


Don McMurtry Waterloo, Ontario


Kayaking big bucks Tanks for the mention in the Fall 2008 is- sue (“Merry go-arounds”). I was honored to be grouped in with some very serious expedi- tions. FYI, my expedition was a success (and great fun), and I far exceeded my goal of rais- ing $5,000 for the Georgian Bay Land Trust. Te current total is over $7,000!


Pat Stark via email


The eye of an artist Congratulations on the insightful editorial in the Fall 2008 issue. I’ve lost count over the years of how many people have asked me what kind of camera I used. After establishing that I use an acceptable brand I get a knowing look that says, “Of course you get good images; you use a Nikon.” I once saw a whole article inOut- side magazine shot on a waterproof point-and- shoot by Galen Rowell; the images were out- standing. So whatever that innate ability is that makes a good photographer, it doesn’t depend on the equipment he/she uses. Tat being said,


Tank you for the outstanding article on the history of North American Kayaking (“Te Early Years,” Summer 2004). Good background and preparation are the keys to any successful venture and I’m now closer to prepared.


Tom Dempsey Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Our magazines live forever online. Read these articles and others in our free archives at adven- turekayakmag.com. —Eds.


KAYAK STORAGE Here’s a pic of our storage system. The joys of apartment living. Good thing for high ceilings.


Gerry Croney via email …or short paddlers. —Eds.


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