Comments on: Q&A: Melissa Quinby on the Wild Adventures of Bowdoin Women http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2012/02/qa-melissa-quinby-on-the-wild-adventures-of-bowdoin-women/ A repository for Bowdoin news archives Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.11 By: alan n. hall http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2012/02/qa-melissa-quinby-on-the-wild-adventures-of-bowdoin-women/comment-page-1/#comment-50331 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:08:24 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=39377#comment-50331 What a great idea to give women the opportunity to learn, among other skills, two that may have long-range utility beyond the Pines of Bowdoin. One is learning how to roll a kayak safely. Kayaking is now a major sport, a social sport, a skill for year-round fun. Many women will kayak for years ahead, and their skill will assist younger siblings (male and female), then children, perhaps grandchildren to be taught this skill 20 years or more in the future. These days, rolling a kayak is like learning to ride a two-wheeler!

The chain saw is now a suburban tool; if you grow up with a summer camp or cottage, coping safely with a chain saw puts anyone in a special category of desirable weekend guest.

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