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Kyle K
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  Quote Kyle K Replybullet Posted: 01 Apr 2011 at 6:43pm
I was lucky as parents started a rafting company when I was 13 and I was pro guiding by 14. In the winters I surfed and backpacked (grew up on CA coast). Wrestled freshman year in high school but quit to surf more (oh yeah, and wouldn't cut my long hair - coach didn't like it). Did some low grade rock climbing too.
 
Started kayaking in high school because lots of other raft guides were doing it. Quit at 18 (kayaking, not rafting) because I moved to Grand Canyon and there isn't much kayaking in the off season there. Started kayaking again in early 40's. Now 53 and never plan on giving it up. Still rafting too occasionally.
 
Other sports/activities as an adult: skiing, snowboarding, martial arts, along with yoga and (very) recently weight lifting.
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  Quote martha Replybullet Posted: 05 Apr 2011 at 1:31pm
HS: 4 years of both soccer and softball.  3 years of volleyball.  
College: Div III both soccer and softball all 4 years.  
Knee surgeries from soccer made me look into other sports and happily found kayaking although that seem to require me having surgeries too. 
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  Quote mokelumnekid Replybullet Posted: 05 Apr 2011 at 2:18pm
Life-long backpacker, also rock climbing and mountaineering for about fifteen years but then stopped that for the most part, HS football, swimming. Pretty much have exercised in some form or another for all my adult life. Oh yeah- worked hard construction and mining for about a decade. That should count for something. 
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