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Originally Posted by JoeBeck
My 1st launch at LJ. I didn't think about it at all I just woke up and went  . I'm sure you have swam in the ocean before, at least seen it. Put a life-jacket on and GO GO GO!!!! you only have to paddle out, if you are not comfortable turn around and paddle back, if you are paddle farther.
One of my favorite readings about the Sierra Mountain range, I think it is applicable to any outdoor adventure
“All of your life someone is pointing the way, directing you this way and that, determining for you which road is best traveled. Here is your chance to find your own way. Don’t ask me how to get to McGee Canyon or Lake Double Eleven. Go, on your own. Be adventuresome. Don’t forever seek the easiest way. Take the way you find. Don’t demand trail signs and sturdy bridges. Don’t demand we show you the mountains. Seek them an find them yourself… This is your birthright as an animal, most commonly denied you. Be free enough from intentions to find goodness wherever you are and in whatever is happening. Here for once in your life you needn’t do anything. Be anywhere at a determined time, walk in a certain direction. You can now live by whim. Here is your one chance to get lost, find a beautiful place.” quote from a park ranger. |
Funny how this is true....when you live 90.2 miles from the LJ launch you don't think about swells or current, or waves or whether or not the bite is on, you just go. I've made close to ten trips to LJ and have never arrived at the launch and said....'Ummmm, waves look spooky, think I'll turn around and go home.'
JUST DO IT!!!! With caution of course.