I find a Japanese site that translates it as "shower climbing."
A web search on the word finds that it is also a Japanese surname. I find a
movie director, a musician, an author, a cancer researcher, a web designer, etc.
with the name Sawanobori.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "acroorca2002" <orc@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:45 AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: eureka traditional japanese sawanobori
> http://images.google.com/images?q=sawanabori
> connects quite a full range of stream climbing experiences
> from flat waters thru vertical falls
> all under the single rubric of sawanobori
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> i wonder what the word means in japanese
> & about its origin & history
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
> <orc@o...> wrote:
> > have been seeking this confirmation for at least 10 years
> > yesss
> > http://www.geocities.co.jp/Outdoors/3063/mitani.htm
> > http://www.sam.hi-ho.ne.jp/hi-nishi/sawanobori.html
> > thanx to alternative spelling
> >
> > so it looks to be mainly or all about climbing cataracts
> >
> > yet sometimes apparently includes fishing
> > http://www2g.biglobe.ne.jp/~lilimaru/eng/e_nikki.htm
> > yikes
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> > i believe schultheis however spelled it sawanabori &
> suggested
> > reaching the source was essential to the sport or ritual
> > performance or whatever it is
> >
> > so perhaps there are several things going on here
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> >
> > todays thames sourcing adventure has gotten pushed back to
> > late afternoon at the earliest but is still looking real
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