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Lip Fall 2012 Fall 2012 NEWSLETTER OF LONG ISLAND PADDLERS lipaddlers.org Long Island Paddlers in Greece Photo courtesy of Lois Gibney Letter from the President By Steve Berner If you are like me, you are probably wondering Emery Korpi designed and built his own kayak where the summer went. It seems like just trainer, Ed Luke shared information on the yesterday that we were putting away the cold dangers of cold water paddling, Maureen Dunn water gear and getting ready for the June taught us everything we will ever need to know picnic. Now, here it is, the middle of October, about tides, Liz Marcellus and Chris Scalisi the air and the water are starting to cool, and I shared stories and pictures of their kayaking am checking to see if the gaskets on my dry suit adventures in faraway places, Kevin need to be changed and if I can still fit into my Stiegelmaier introduced us to his second book wet suit. Like it or not, another kayaking (Paddling Long Island and New York City), and season is drawing to a close for most of us. Alan Mindlin shared his knowledge on how to This is also the time I like to look back on the buy a boat. We were also lucky to have Chris year gone by. Raab from TukTu Paddles in New Jersey come We were fortunate to have every Board position and speak to us about the Greenland paddles he filled again this year. The club always operates hand crafts. better when there are many people pitching in, While much has been accomplished this year, or as the Amish are fond of saying, “Many thanks to the hard work of a lot of people, there hands, make light work.” The members of the are still some great events coming up. In Executive Council (Ken Fink, Alan Mindlin, Kristin October, Dave and Amy Freeman, who are on Costa, Edie Burian, Barry Goldblatt, and Frank an 11,700 mile journey around North America, Durante) along with the Committee Coordinators will stop by to tell us about their travels. And in (Peter Stoehr, Liz Marcellus, Ken Doxsey, John November, Joe Glickman, kayak adventurer and Giuffre, Paul Giwoyna, Chris Scalisi, Tom author of six books, will visit us to discuss his Mulligan, Bruce Mulligan, Dan & Donna book Fearless, the story of Freya Hoffmeister, DiGiovanni, David Shwide, and Ross Moore) met the forty-six year old woman who paddled alone many times in order to keep the club running and unsupported around Australia. And then smoothly. In addition to regular club business, there are still three kayaking trips, a walking we acquired insurance through another carrier, tour of Greenwich Village, and our holiday party saving almost $800, and filed the necessary remaining. paperwork to become a legal, non-profit incorporated club. We also had many dedicated individuals volunteer for two very important club functions. This year, the following people volunteered as trip leaders: Don Gorycki, Helen Horton, Fred Hosage, Chiara Nuzzo, Alan Mindlin, Ray Clarkson, Fran Cassidy/Paul Aledort, Liz Marcellus, and Bill Tschorn. And while many people helped at skills’ days, one of the most important functions of our club, seven people attended every one: John Guffre, Bruce Mulligan, Mike Matty, Tom Auer, Chris Scalisi, Fred Hosage, and Ray Clarkson. This year, the guest speakers at our monthly meetings were as varied and interesting as ever. Six were presented by fellow club members: Adirondack-Voyage of Discovery Story by Ray Clarkson, Pictures by David Shwide David Shwide and I set out on an Adirondack - 4.6 miles.” Since Lake Lila is also one of the Voyage of Discovery last week. The Adirondack designated bodies of water you need to paddle, Mountain Club – Cold River Chapter being the genius that I am I said we might as http://www.adk.org/chapters/coldriver.aspx has well go paddle that since we’re so close. So off created the Adirondack Paddle Pursuit Patch we go on a dirt gravel road towards Lake Lila which requires you to paddle forty-eight with the Jeeps gas tank almost down to empty as designated locations in the Adirondacks. Both the gas station in Tupper Lake was closed for David and I decided a year or so ago to try and them to pressure wash the gas pumps. Well when accomplish the goal of paddling these locations I said dirt and gravel road I was being kind but which are comprised of large lakes, streams and after 4.6 miles we reach a turn in the road and a rivers and small lakes and ponds. Our goal last sign saying Lake Lila put-in 5.9 miles. Yup, what week was to paddle a number of these locations we missed on the first sign was the wording it while combining wilderness tent camping and was actually “Lake Lila access road 4.6 miles”. Off lean-to camping. Over a period of five days we we go onto the access road – road being a very managed to paddle twelve new locations. I won’t kind word. With David bouncing around in the bore you with the details of the entire trip and passenger seat we navigated holes, rocks and in instead will mention some of the highlights that some cases baby grand canyons to the put-in stand out in my mind. For those of you who don’t site. From there it was roughly a 2000 foot carry want to read further here is a one sentence to the lake over a fairly easy trail which could summary. We paddled lots and lots of miles, got have been done with a cart. For us it was thank off the water just in time to set up our tents GOD for 25 pound boats. Lake Lila turned out to before dark and saw some really interesting be all it was claimed to be and the swim after the bodies of water. paddle cooled us off before the carry back to the car. You’ll recall my mentioning having an almost Back to the details of some of our adventure. empty gas tank in the Jeep. Needless to say While driving to Round Lake and Little Tupper travel back to the main road was a nerve Lake as David has not previously paddled Round wracking experience. As we pulled into the gas Lake and I hadn’t paddled Little Tupper, we saw station in Long Lake my gas gauge was on a sign that we read as saying “Lake Lila access empty. I have no clue how many miles we brother, uncle, cousin and his uncles friend Pete paddled that day but it was pretty much dawn to at Tioga Point campground on Raquette Lake. dusk paddling. Half of the clan being from the western Adirondacks area. Since Tioga Point campground The next part of our adventure that may be of is a paddle/boat in campground with no road interest to you was the Little Clear Lake paddle. access David and I put in at the Golden Beach As I had paddled Little Clear Lake in the past I campground before making the roughly five (5) thought that David would enjoy it since were in mile paddle to the campground. To say the the area when paddling Osgood Lake and paddle was not fun would be an understatement. Mountain Pond. Little Clear Lake is a manmade David and I decided to purchase wood to bring to lake that adjoins the DEC fish hatchery. When the campground and I’d estimate with all the paddling the lake it is interesting to see the roots gear David brings with him he had 100 pounds of of the trees which were cut down prior to the gear and wood combined in his boat. Packing land being flooded. Visibility in the lake allows lighter then David I had somewhere in the area of you to see the bottom in what appears to be 20 70 pounds in my boat on the paddle over. It feet of water and the lake is known for the might have been easier to just float the firewood number of loons that inhabit it. After paddling the over to the campground. Saturday morning lake and walking the canoe carry to the adjoining started out with a planned paddle by the eight of lake we toured the fish hatchery. Four large 40- us up the Marion River to the carry. Roughly half 50 foot diameter tanks are available for public way to the carry six of the eight decided to stop viewing at no charge. I named the tanks poppa at a campsite and go fishing while David and I fish, momma fish, brother fish and little baby fish. pushed on up the river crossing one beaver dam Poppa fish tank contained land locked salmon before reaching the carry. that were 18 to 24 inches long, momma fish tank had salmon in the 15 to 18 inch size, while the fish in brother fish tank were in the 12 inch range, baby fish tank held fish around 3 to 4 inches long but contained so many fish you couldn’t see the bottom of the tank unless the fish moved to get the food pellets David bought to feed them. It was well worth the side trip to the hatchery to just see the size of the land locked salmon. By the time we returned out of the river the others had headed back to the Tioga Point campground for a round trip by David and me of around eleven miles.
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