gringorio
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More delta shots
Finally had time to edit more photos from this trip... 
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Natalie Ann
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Beautiful photos, Greg. Must have been a fabulous trip.
Nena
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David K
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Great shots Greg... and we are enjoying Nena's Delta photo contribution to the Baja Calendar all this month!
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oladulce
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These are great adventure photos gringorio, but I have a love/hate reaction to some of them.
Your "where is this?" muddy water kayak-perspectives gave me a brief palpitation. I've never been farther than a mile off shore and have never taken
my sit-on-top out anywhere where I couldn't see any land. Your water-level shots made me feel like I was there with nothing but water around me- a
little unnerving for this casual-paddler.
A little voice told me to look carefully at all your photos. Someday the wind could come up and my Scupper and I could go on an unscheduled journey.
Sort of a survival training exercise. gulp...
And you do that for fun?  Plus, that looks like a lot of work!
Great photos of what it was like to be there.
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Natalie Ann
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omigoodness Greg - It took me awhile to realize that the last photo is your footprints in the mud. Excellent!
Nena
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Skipjack Joe
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Wonderful shots Greg. I like #2, #3, and #4 the most. And the best of those to my thinking is number 2.
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DianaT
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Really enjoyed ALL of them, but my favorite is number 3.
Thanks---just love pictures
Diane
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gringorio
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Thanks everyone!
In response to oladulce’s comments, I have to address the easy part first, that it looks like a lot of work. Luckily I have a background in endurance
athletics’ (trail running and cycling). If it was not for this 25+ year experience of learning how to push myself, doing long coastal paddles without
training would be really really difficult. It’s mostly a learned mind-thing to keep pushing after hours have gone by and the fatigue has set in.
But, just like you mention, it is at times very unnerving! And in fact is often the reason you have to keep paddling. For example, the muddy water
photo was taken when I was at my most anxious – even if we had decided to turn around at that point we would have been 3 or more hours before landing
(and in a bad spot at that), so it made sense to keep going to Isla Montague even if we were internally struggling with doubt and fear. There is a
certain amount of commitment that comes with distance coastal paddling and often that commitment occurs on the spot because you have no other choice –
you’ve worked yourself into a corner that you have to get out of. On that Delta trip I was as anxious, if not more so, than when I attempted my solo
paddle of the coast a few years back. I literally had knots in my stomach and for the last two days was on the edge of panic. But, both my brother
and I kept a game face and did our best to make good choices. It was only after we made it to Sonora did we admit how scared we were…
http://www.bajatrekker.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=566
greg
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oladulce
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Thanks for the insight Greg- makes the pictures even better. Sounds like going right to the edge mentally and physically makes the experience even
more rewarding for you.
The last photo is my favorite. Shew! I (i mean you) could finally relax.
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Roberto
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I like this one - gives me a feeling of remoteness, with your stuff spread out on the beach like that.
Can you give us an idea of the route you took on this trip? Three days to Montague - from where?
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gringorio
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hey Roberto,
Thanks! Attached is a draft copy of the map (Courtesy Sea Kayaker magazine) that shows our route. The whole trip took 5 days...
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