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Pastimes : Canoes, Hiking, the Great Outdoors -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dayuhan who wrote (166)	7/17/1999 7:10:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 325

On the off chance that it matters to anyone, here's a map of the Philippines, which might make it a little easier to figure out what the hell I'm talking about in these posts. Someday I'll get around to a web page with pictures, but that's still a tad beyond my very limited technical skills. lib.utexas.edu

To: Dayuhan who wrote (166)	7/17/1999 7:35:00 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 325

Steve, Sounds like an interesting trip. Not so nice from the point of view of the destruction of the coral though. Lately I've been thinking that it would probably do the world a lot of good if everyone took a trip or two in a canoe once a year. See "destruction in motion" up close and personal. I started thinking this way after a trip on a favourite small river about a month ago. It was the day after the official end of the school year in this area. I was paddling on a small river/canal system where speeds are posted along the banks. The river is narrow and provides a very good habitat for many unusual plants as well as for fresh water oysters, etc... A friend and I were paddling along one riverbank when an average-sized motor boat went by, travelling well above the posted speed limit. It was over-loaded with teenagers who were smoking and drinking pop and working on their sun tans. They had already passed by us 3 times as they drove up and down the river "goofing around". Each time they passed, they would create such a big wake that our canoe would almost be lifted onto some large chunks of limestone that are just under the surface on the "non-channel" part of the river. Then, as the waves from the wake hit the edge of the river, they clawed away a noticeable "piece" of the bank and turned it into murky silt which then washed down the river. On my trip upriver, I had been wondering why there were uprooted river plants floating by on the surface of the water. However, after seeing the erosion of the bank "in progress" it was obvious how the plants had been uprooted. It was infuriating to see the above, but even more infuriating to watch the boat turn around and go back up the river for it's third trip of the afternoon. Kind of blew my mind to think of how a little gang of kids could do so much destruction in one afternoon.... and kind of scary to think about how they'll probably go back and do the same thing at least a couple of times a week for the rest of the summer. Of course, they aren't the only ones causing the problem. I've watched the swell from larger cabin cruisers wash away large "chunks" of earth from the riverbanks. Occasionally a tree falls into the river when its root system has been exposed by continuous erosion. And not just on this river, but everywhere I paddle... Kind of makes me feel sick every time I see it... :-[ In any case, that day I started thinking that if more people spent a day or two out on a small river watching some "destruction in progress", that it might do some good... but then again, maybe it would just clutter up the rivers, eh? BTW, you mentioned the "choppy spot" where two currents ran into each other. That's always a strange thing... creates some weird swells, especially if there is any wind. Can be pretty dangerous... Well, this looks like a good paddling day, so I'm out of here. Hope you get some good white water next week. P.S: Thanks for the maps. Croc...;-}>