Often the biggest challenges with kayaking expeditions are on the water. Big waves, lots of wind, cold weather. Then there are the days where protesters steal your kayak in protest of high gas prices and intend to set it on fire. That might be a day where you pray for force 7 headwinds and a …
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Jeff Allen co-owner of Sea Kayaking Cornwall visited this year to instruct and speak. Jeff came a day early to give an instructor update for the WMCKA instructional staff. The topic this year was incident management. Jeff has written a series of articles for Ocean Paddler magazine. Jeff is also writing a book on the …
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Jon Turk Adventurer and Dreamer WMCKA was blessed to have Jon Turk give a talk at our annual symposium in 2007. Jon gave an excellent talk about why we make journeys. Are they for rational reasons, or are they based on more intangible things, like dreams. This is an oversimplification, but it is the crux …