NYCkayaker Memory Paddle (Long Island Circumnavigation) Tech Help?

[David Gottlieb]

Erik,

Could you post the link to the Alzheimer's foundation where we can
contribute to support your effort. Thanks and good luck on your paddle.....

David


On 7/8/08 8:30 PM, "Erik Baard" <erikbaard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ahoy'all,
> 
> I'm gearing up for the Memory Paddle, which launches on August 13 and
> concludes on August 27. As many of you know, this is to benefit the Long
> Island Alzheimer's Foundation. I follow in the paddle strokes...or I raft in
> the wake of...some fantastic paddlers. It all started with a Brooklyn
> paddler, in fact.
> 
> I would be grateful to peopel who can help me on a few technical fronts:
> 
> 1) I plan to have a Wordpress blog at www.memorypaddle.org. Nextel has
> offered (though there are other options) to provide GPS tracking so that a
> live map can be made of my movements. Could anyone help me set that up on
> the homepage?
> 
> 2) I would like to have video from a camera mounted on my kayak or hat
> (helmet only for short and dorky intervals). Could anyone advise me on this?
> 
> 3) I'll need a partner to help maintain the blog and edit the video. I
> imagine I will come ashore, upload raw material and a paragraph or two, and
> then fall asleep. That partner would edit the video for a minute or so of
> highlights, or even less.
> 
> Donations will be made by simply linking to the Long Island Alzheimer's
> Foundation site itself.
> 
> Any help in promoting this cause and the site would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Some of you have asked to paddle this with me. I recognize that there are
> many superior paddlers on this list and in NYC. There are a few reasons that
> this won't be a group outing for the full length:
> 
> 1) Logistics: I am crashing at the home of family, friends, and LIAF
> supporters. A larger crew would eb hard to accommodate.
> 
> 2) Personalities: Hey, how many of you might strangle me after 10
> days-to-two weeks on the water with me?  :)  And many paddlers are faster. I
> wouldn't want to spend days saying, "Wait for me!"
> 
> 3) Narrative: This paddle is dedicated to a person in my life and it's an
> easier presentation to media to pitch it that way. I wouldn't want to
> disrespect the stories of other paddlers going the whole distance by
> subducting them.
> 
> 4) Continuation: Better that those egaer to make the trip lead in successive
> future years than the whole lot of us blow it in one year. I fear too many
> people will go on this outing and then in the future say, "I already did
> that one."
> 
> That said, we are going to invite people to join for individual days or a
> few days for a donation to the LIAF.
> 
> 
> Thanks again!
> Erik