Kayaking! As Long as You Can Float, You Can Kayak!

Kayaks! Ancient boat style that's still used today, but in more diverse locations. Sort of a cross between a canoe and a surfboard. And, if you are in one, you have a good chance of getting wet!

The native Alaskans and others from the North Seas of North America - Eskimos, perhaps? -- from prehistoric times were probably the first to devise a boat like a kayak. It probably had a frame of whalebone, with whale or walrus skins to provide the hull and covering. These boats were "workboats" and used for fishing and capturing and harvesting small marine mammals such as seals, small sea lions, small walruses, and even small whales, which would then be brought back to camp to provide food. Obviously, for the bigger marine mammals, the hunt would be a group effort of many in kayaks to help corner, kill, and bring back the catch. The whole village would participate in preparing the catch for later meals.

Now, however, most kayakers are recreational kayakers--either down slow-moving rivers or white-water rapids or in the open ocean. Kayakers can be found seemingly wherever there may be water deep enough for them to float through--and that isn't much--maybe a foot of water is sufficient for a kayaker to manuever in.

This Squidoo lens will give you more information and links on this interesting new sport and way to find adventure.