TOG spotted at the Olympics...sorta

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billcanoes
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TOG

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I look forward to becoming a member in 40-45 years....
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Re: TOG

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billcanoes wrote:I look forward to becoming a member in 40-45 years....
Naw. You'll never meet our "standards"--EVER! Stay young.

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wetnobby

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Just remember guys....

You dont stop playing because you grow old...

You grow old because you stop playing....

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TOG

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Two words: Ammo Box

(first boat was a 17' Quachita with big inner tube for floatation and spare life jacket for knee pads. Carried a come-along, just in case, and had a wooden shaft paddle with a plastic blade that was about 12 inches wide. Can I get a sticker?)
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Gooooooo Tigers! It looks like I need to give my stickers up - you can have mine.
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Re: TOG

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BillP wrote:Two words: Ammo Box
OH, HOLY CROW!!!!! I almost forgot about those.

The *only* way to carry your 35mm SLR on a river trip...
"As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes or a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run." -Sigurd Olson
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Re: TOG status?

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huge wrote:....Didn't even have neoprene then. Outfitting was whatever you were wearing to pad out the sharp spots...
...Kneepads were the huge, square sit-on "life preservers".......
...my kneecaps have been paying the price ever since.
I pray to the God of Health...Glucosamine weekly....

wetnobby wrote:
Just remember guys....
You dont stop playing because you grow old...
You grow old because you stop playing....

1+ ....the answer wetnobby!

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Er, how about...

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First C-1 -- Bill McKnight Hahn, giant Norse paddle
(this boat once flew off Paul Flack's father's Mercedes, bounced around in the road & was none the worse for wear)

First cheat canyon run: tandem grumman, presiding trip leader was Andy Bridge's grandfather.

If you were finicky, your new C-boat came without rims; first chore was lay up proper rims & put on outside seams.

Sitting on the sidewalk cutting out neoprene & shock cord for spray skirts. Mandatory saving of all popscicle sticks for repair kit. Pig rings.

Cold weather paddling gear: Go to Goodwill thrift shop for old sweaters, cut them up & make leggings & arm warmers to go with Charlie Walbridge kits for wetsuits.

Getting nervous at Canadian customs in case they found epoxy repair kit with resin & hypodermic needles .

Ammo box --oh yeah, still have one. Used to carry boat repair kit.

Guess what -- we had more fun....
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boatin

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That's decent. But my meals on boating trips were shot and cooked by Walt Blackadar. We were talking about how good at boating the DDR was. And what "I Am the Walrus" meant. You kids are New School, with your skateboards, and your ammo boxes, and your music. I did a first descent with Ray Eaton. I believe it was nicknamed "The River of the Noon-day Sun."

Thank you,

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Post by John Coraor »

Alden:

You're just jealous that you don't qualify for TOG.

John
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