I’ve had the luck and pleasure of fishing off the west coast of Costa Rica (out of Golfito) twice in my life. The northern and southern pacific currents collide just off shore this time of year and the sailfishing is just spectacular. On both trips, we averaged 5-7 sailfish per day. It is amazing fun. But it is grueling. I don’t think I’ve ever been as tired as I was at the end of each 8 hour day on the water. Luckily, all we had to do when we got back to camp was eat fresh caught fish for dinner, drink a few Imperials and pass out. Heaven.
“Coach said no 3s.” - Zion on The Block
No better place to die I guess?
In all seriousness, I hope you and Jason Evans and all the others stay safe over the next few weeks/months. Scary times and thinking good thoughts for y’all.
And of course continued best wishes to those in the NY/NJ area as they hit the apex. Yeesh. Scary times all around. Hopefully everyone on DBR stays safe.
I fish for koi when the neighbors are out of town. All I need is a car battery and jumper cables. Not a lot of hard work, really.
Interestingly, we took some pulmonary MD prescribed (not self prescribed ) acetazolamide (https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-6...e-oral/details) a couple decades ago before our first trip to Vail/Breckenridge for some skiing and all we ended up with were some oral and digital paresthesias and stopped it after about 3 doses without any altitude sickness-like symptoms (obviously, we had adjusted by that time). Since that time, we've planned our arrival the day before skiing is to begin and walk 30-60 minutes at a moderate pace to become acclimated that afternoon/evening. Staying hydrated with water and sport drinks is also quite important and I'll limit alcohol the first day or two.
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Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Just something to think about...we think it's bad in the US of A, with 400,000 cases and almost 13,000 dead...if the disease were at the same level as it is in Spain and Italy, we'd be at 100,000 dead. Hopefully we don't reach those levels.