I am Beth Thompson, 42, single, with an 8 yo daughter. I'm now an emerging
graphic designer and advertising business owner in the wilds of Sylva,
NC--only an hour from the Chattooga. I learned to paddle 3 years ago from
my deceased partner, Ed Green, who started me in a ducky and then put me
in his old Freefall. When he bought the Godzilla he died in, I got the
Gravity, and the Scott Shipley racing paddle (now if I could get the Scott
moves down....). I worked for the infamous Vladimir Vanha when he had Noah
boats in Bryson City in the early 80's, but since I was married at the
time to a redneck non-adventurer, I didn't try it.
Now I'm working back up to Class III-IV water, and want to make my
first Section IV trip this summer. I love to travel, write, and meet new
people--there's never enough time for all the stuff I want to do! Amy loves
whitewater too, but needs some work before I'll let her take the ducky
out alone.
Currently seeking out new worlds to explore...and boater dudes too...there's
a hole where my heart once was.
> Carpe ropum.
I thought that this meant "seize the rope" as "carpe diem" means "seize
the day."
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Live as though every day were the last, love as
though there will never be another moment together. Beth Thompson
