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Peter Klose: Row, row, row the boat

Kathy Kahn

Aug-03-09, 09:30 AM

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Topics: Sports & Fitness

When not in suit and tie, chances are good you'll find attorney Peter Klose rollin' down the river. No, not the Mississippi; Klose's river of choice is another famous waterway, the Hudson, where he meets up with 25 or more rowing regulars at Nyack's public pier six mornings a week, rowing under the shadow of the Tappan Zee and out into the waters of the broad river.  Klose got into rowing in college, where he excelled. But once he got his lawyer's shingle, he turned his attention to growing his practice. By 2003, however, all work and no play was making Klose feel he needed more in his life than just a pile of legal papers.

He re-discovered his rowing roots and in the process, discovered the River Rowing Association in Nyack.
Klose quickly got close to the action, making sure he is at the club's regular meeting spot at the pier at 5:30 a.m. "I really needed to find something that not just engaged me physically but kept my spirits up," said Klose.

"When you are rowing with your team, you focus on what you are doing and enjoying the scenery. It really does soothe the soul and for a little while, you are really able to disconnect from the 24/7 world we live in."  Klose and members of the River Rowers would like to bring the art of rowing back to the prominence it once held in the late 19th century when Nyack was home to a magnificent boathouse and rowing was a sport that both rich and famous and the guy next door could enjoy.

Today, the boats and equipment Klose and other rowers use is stored outside without a "home" to call their own. Their goal is not just to raise awareness, but to raise enough funds to put up a storage facility for the boats and the gear. The village has already agreed to give River Rowers a piece of property to build on. "Now, we just need to raise the money to do it," said Klose. Through the local YMCA in the village of Nyack, the River Rowing Association offers several programs for rowers, going from middle-schoolers to 55 and over. This year, the association introduced an eight-week course for rowers with disabilities.

"No one should be left out of the sport," said Klose. "There are ways to make it possible for people who have limitations to be able to row or kayak and enjoy it."

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