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L8R

Love, affection, gratitude and all that from Skip, much blessed by my
community of friends and family

From: "Skip Gundlach"
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Subject: 8 days a week...
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:34 AM

Watta way to go...

This morning was absolutely perfect. Totally flat water and flat light.
Lydia filmed my final runs from the dock at water level, and from a
neighbor's double-decker. If it hadn't been for no traffic, the water
wouldn't have been perfect, but nobody was out except us. The flat light
assured that the lighting was even, rather than backlit on some of it, with
no definition in the front. And the icing on the cake was that it felt
great. Mental and muscle memory will be of those last runs...

It will be the only film I have of me from other than a Trakker, and on
review, it was marvelous. Nice memento of my skiing days, now presumed
over. Better yet, for my grandchildren, I can show off my aged body doing
this kind of stuff as compared to whatever's in vogue in the next 20 years
:{))

I'm off to a nap, and then off to surgery. People keep asking me if I'm
scared or worried, and I'm not - at all, whatsoever. It will be what it
will be. I couldn't have asked for a better way to end my athletic
activities, either!

L8R

Skip

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Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig
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"And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a
clear night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize
that you are quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to
you that in the general scheme of things you are merely an
insignificant speck on the surface of the ocean; and are not nearly
so important or as self-sufficient as you thought you were. Which is
an exceedingly wholesome thought, and one that may effect a
permanent change in your deportment that will be greatly appreciated
by your friends." - James S. Pitkin

"Skip Gundlach"
skipgundlach.sez.remove.this.and.the.dots.to.mail wrote in
message ...
I lo ooo ooo ooove you (to paraphrase the Beatles)...

Not really 8 days in the week, but 8 skiing days. On the afternoon of the
15th, I go in for surgery on my shoulder. That, combined with my
anticipated lifestyle change, is quite likely the last ski run I'll have
in
my life.

It won't go on the boat, and I'm not coming back, once we shove off. I
don't anticipate having the opportunity to ski where we'll be sailing, so
even if I was willing to give up the precious space aboard for it, my
Sasquatch (72" Extreme HO XXL front/rears) wouldn't get used. My son will
get it...

Lest this sound like sour grapes, or anything else negative, I want to
emphasize that I'm thrilled to have skied each morning for the last 12
days.
Today's runs were really sweet, as I got back into the swing and tried to
put my shoulder in the water as I did my turns. Not quite, but pretty
close
(to actually do it would be to do a Mike Kjellander, something I've never
mastered)!

I have a posse of accomplices here who are enabling me to get every day in
before I go under the knife. A couple of them that I've worn out (they
have
to take turns recuperating!) have been alternating the last few days, and
another one has had to go back to work, his vacation having ended.
However,
two of them have volunteered to pull me, even if they're injured/worn out,
to make my target of skiing every day until I can't. Today, I taught the
SO
of one of the regulars how to drive on my sets (her first time driving a
boat), so she could drive for *him* when I'm unable.

I expect I'll still drive for others, as my shoulder's in rehab, once the
pain is manageable and the doc sez it's ok to take the occasional jarring
that driving would do. But my skiing days are definitely numbered.. As
quickly as I can take a punch in the arm (the equivalent of bouncing off
the
bulkhead or some other boat part in an unexpected movement) after rehab,
estimated to run not earlier than the end of January, we're outta here.
Ennyone wanta buy an inexpensive Supreme? :{))

L8R

Skip

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Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig
http://tinyurl.com/384p2

"And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a
clear night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize
that you are quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to
you that in the general scheme of things you are merely an
insignificant speck on the surface of the ocean; and are not nearly
so important or as self-sufficient as you thought you were. Which is
an exceedingly wholesome thought, and one that may effect a
permanent change in your deportment that will be greatly appreciated
by your friends." - James S. Pitkin