: I've been playing with greenland paddles and stumbled across this.... Unless
: he is 3 feet tall that is one long paddle. I imagine this acted like a
: tightrope walkers pole, he probably never had to roll his boat using this
: paddle

That's really amazing! It must be around 10' long or more. It also looks like it is exactly twice his height. Were paddles traditionally based on some proportion of the users height? Is it possibly scarfed in the middle or something? Seems pretty long for a piece of driftwood.

Bill