Survey - How many rivers/new rivers?

"Mike McCrea" <mccrea DeleteThis @umbi.umd.edu> wrote in message
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 > A just-for-the-helluvait survey:
 >
 > In an average paddling year how many different rivers you do get out
 > on?
 >
 > How many new-to-you rivers or sections of rivers do you paddle each
 > year?
 >
 > Checking our paddling logs for the past few years I find that we
 > average 21 different rivers a year and 8 new-to-us waterways annually,
 > with a high of 30 rivers in '01 and 14 new rivers that same year ('01
 > was a very good paddling year for us!).
 >
 > Howz 'bout y'all?
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"rick etter" <retter.RemoveThis@bright.net> wrote in message news:<O2A0b.9180> ===============
 > how long are these paddles you go on?

The shortest trips so far this year have been a couple of 4.8 mile
tidal night floats. Next shortest would be a number or 5.3 mile runs
down the prime section out out homeriver.

Longest this year was a 5-day 40-mile trip. I know 40 miles isn't much
over the course of 5 days of paddleing, but one day we didn't paddle
at all, just relaxed in camp and a few other days were more about
camplife than paddling distance.

Those distances are probably about our aaverage spread. Less than 5
miles on a day trip seems awful short, and we usually get in a couple
of trips in the 40-50 mile range each year.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Mike McCrea" <mccrea RemoveThis @umbi.umd.edu> wrote in message
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 > "rick etter" <retter RemoveThis @bright.net> wrote in message news:<O2A0b.9180>
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  > > how long are these paddles you go on?
 >
 > The shortest trips so far this year have been a couple of 4.8 mile
 > tidal night floats. Next shortest would be a number or 5.3 mile runs
 > down the prime section out out homeriver.
 >
 > Longest this year was a 5-day 40-mile trip. I know 40 miles isn't much
 > over the course of 5 days of paddleing, but one day we didn't paddle
 > at all, just relaxed in camp and a few other days were more about
 > camplife than paddling distance.
 >
 > Those distances are probably about our aaverage spread. Less than 5
 > miles on a day trip seems awful short, and we usually get in a couple
 > of trips in the 40-50 mile range each year.
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OK I was reading from the touring group, and our 'touring' takes a while
longer. Since our shortest trips are usually over 100 miles, and anywhere
up to 500 miles, I was wondering how you got so many paddles in.
As for an answer, usually only 2 per year. There's only been a couple of
rivers we've done more than once in about 25 years. Spread from Manitoba to
Quebec, but mostly Ontario.
This year the group did something different, sea kayaking off Vancouver for
a week. Being hardcore river trippers, most said it was ok, but wondered
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Mike McCrea wrote:

 > A just-for-the-helluvait survey:
 >
 > In an average paddling year how many different rivers you do get out
 > on?

About fifteen. More of those in the last couple of years.

 > How many new-to-you rivers or sections of rivers do you paddle each
 > year?

Around ten. (that's in the last couple of years, less before that)

 > Checking our paddling logs for the past few years I find that we
 > average 21 different rivers a year and 8 new-to-us waterways annually,
 > with a high of 30 rivers in '01 and 14 new rivers that same year ('01
 > was a very good paddling year for us!).
 >
 > Howz 'bout y'all?

That's about it. I'm off to Austria and the Czech Republic now to add
some more to the list.

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