Life in Congo, Part V: What a (long) strange trip its being....

Excellent recount.

Mu

"riverman" wrote in message
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Life in Congo-Part 5: What a long, strange trip.


gigantic snip

As usual, I'm late to the party, but that was an incredible, wonderful
report. Thanks for the glimpse into a Congolese reality.

Cheers,
Bill

Stan Gula wrote:
"rw" wrote:

Quite so. Moderation in all things (except for flyfishing).



I find that the occasional lapse in moderation while drinking is also very
therapeutic. Often that happens in conjunction with fishing. e.g. that
picture Willi has on his page




You do have a certain "glow" in the picture. Your picture is at least
"interesting" some of the pix of other pictures I posted are just BAD. I
did try and put up the "best" of what I have.

I THINK I fixed all the names.

Willi

"Willi" wrote in message
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You do have a certain "glow" in the picture.

Well, the glow was because of the heat from the stove - Wolfgang had it
stoked up and I was really close. Yep, that's my story. And I had the hat
on backwards so Dave could get the legend on the back - which barely shows
up in the picture. By the way, I still owe you a tennerg and I'm actually
happy I lost that bet.

You are a braver man than I am, Mr. Buck.

Thanks for a great read, and a great series. Two hopes:

I hope you continue to write and share these with us as long as you
are in the Congo

and

I hope that your next teaching assignment finds you in some locale
with fewer assult rifles and more rivers to paddle.

"Mike McCrea" wrote in message
om...
You are a braver man than I am, Mr. Buck.

Thanks for a great read, and a great series. Two hopes:

I hope you continue to write and share these with us as long as you
are in the Congo

and

I hope that your next teaching assignment finds you in some locale
with fewer assult rifles and more rivers to paddle.

Well, I don't think I'm really all that brave, but I'm with you on the last
two points, Mike! I GOTTA get on the water for a soul-fulfilling long
distance class 2-3 trip soon. In fact, I've been thinking about emailing you
and seeing if you want to look at some northern Canada excursion for the
last 2 weeks of this summer..? I get done my summer school classes around
July 19, and I'll have until about August 10 before I need to be in Congo.
I'd be up for coming over the pond to do some tripping. I was thinking of 4
people in 3 boats; do something remote, without too many people...wanna
start thinking that way?

--riverman

"riverman" wrote (snip)

Thanks for the amazing story riverman. I was glad that there was no gunplay
in this one.

Catching even one fish is awesome in strange conditions like that.

bruce h

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:31:28 GMT, (Greg Pavlov)
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:03:39 -0500, lid wrote:

She has a lot of common sense. Most long term kayakers have. Keeps
them alive. Especially the white water ones.


I think that there is a fundamental contradiction
between "common sense" and "white water kayaking"
(it *is* a neat sport, tho).


Yes, and no on that. Yes, it takes common sense to survive at it for
long (many survive, but give it up once they find out what they're in
for. I did. Which was common sense for me.) While the decision to do
the sport in the first place may seem reckless, once you grant that
it's a sport to go into, common sense helps a bunch. Run that one or
line it. Which line works best. Scout first or paddle like hell for
what looks like the tongue. All decisions that need common sense to
last long at it. Like climbing, I suppose.
--

rbc:vixen,Minnow Goddess,Willow Watcher,and all that sort of thing.
Often taunted by trout.
Only a fool would refuse to believe in luck. Only a damn fool would rely on it.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

"riverman" wrote

I'd be up for coming over the pond to do some tripping. I was thinking of 4
people in 3 boats; do something remote, without too many people...wanna
start thinking that way?

We're already hoping and planning for a family trip out west next
summer. Diane will be finished with grad school classes and we haven't
been out west with the boys in several years.

We're considering floating a section of the Green in Utah and then
swinging up into Wyoming/Montana before heading back east on some
route up top.

But if I don't get moving soon on the house and shop renovations I'll
more likely end up spending mext summer hanging drywall :-(