Letters
Put some salve on this
I picked up the Spring issue of Canoeroots yesterday at Aun- tie’s Bookstore in Spokane. I especially liked the quote from Joanie McGuffin, about artists being the ultimate trippers because they take their time, in contrast to paddlers who race down a river to check it off their list. Te problem with outdoor recreation today is that many
people use the outdoors as ego salve. Tru hikers race the clock up and down the Pacific Coast Trail. Wannabe heroes hire guides to bag mountains. Sportsmen hire guides and put their trophies on the wall. Outdoor “experts” can drone on forever about the latest GPS, but lack compass skills and have never used a sextant. Remind these people that wil- derness was set aside for solitude and primitive recreation and they just blink. It has never occurred to them that wil- derness might be something other than a playground and venue for tinkering with the latest technical gadgetry. Years ago, I spent a summer paddling an 18-foot Grum-
man from Jasper National Park to Churchill, Manitoba. We cooked fish over an open fire almost every day. Here’s to many more years tripping without being bogged down by behind-the-curve dogma about what recreation should be.
Canoe Water Adventuring
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO’S CANOEING SPECIALIST DON TRYON Addy, Washington Wabakimi Project LOVE THE OUTDOORS?
Want to be more adventurous?
I was inspired to write and congratu- late you on a particularly good edition. From the Telon article to “Tactical Attack” every article was enjoyed and re-read. Te “Wabakimi Project” was of particular interest to members of our canoe club who have heard Phil Cotton speak at our seminar series. Even if your readers can’t take part in “Uncle Phil’s” rehabilitation trips they can still write letters supporting proper recognition of these routes. Te proposal on the table right now is to downgrade many of the routes in the Caribou Forest Management Plan to “other canoeing opportunities” rather than giving them “significant” sta- tus, which is afforded a mere six routes currently. Tere is a website (
www.caribouforest.ca) that provides background and information for submitting input.
GAIL RICH Kanata, Ontario We can get you there…
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