pine_knot wrote on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 10:21pm:

I thought I was and still am in decent shape after a 22-year military career and a few years running around with high school students, but after reading this thread, I've concluded many of you guys are just simply frickin' workout animals.....and a little nuts too!!   ;D   :o   :D

Pineknot,

Just keepin' up with the Joneses who seem to show up in my paddling parties from year-to-year.

The older I get, the more I insist on paddling with folks who have what it takes to haul my sorry butt out of the wilderness should I ever break one or two of my nearly 56 year-old legs (or if get knocked more silly than I already am by a particularly aggressive pollyhumper).

Jimbo   8-)

P.S.  I don't deny the "nuts" part.