i kayak at the lake on weekends.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facing forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle to pull front-to-back on one side and then the other in rotation. Most kayaks have closed decks, although sit-on-top and inflatable kayaks are growing in popularity as well. Kayaks were created thousands of years ago by the Inuit, formerly known as Eskimos, of the northern Arctic regions. They used driftwood and sometimes the skeleton of whale, to construct the frame of the kayak, and animal skin, particularly seal skin was used to create the body. The main purpose for creating the kayak, which literally translates to \"hunter's boat\" was for hunting and fishing. The kayak's stealth capabilities, allowed for the hunter to sneak up behind animals on the shoreline, and successfully catch their prey. By the mid-1800s the kayak became increasingly popular and the Europeans became interested. German and French men began kayaking for sport. In 1931, a man named Adolf Anderle became the first person to kayak down the Salzachofen Gorge, this is where the birthplace of modern-day white-water kayaking is believed to have begun.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I've really never been kayaking but it looks like so much fun, even moreso than canoeing even though they're similar but distinguished."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I definitely love kayaking.  It is fun to do.  I am not sure why the crafts are so different"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Kayaking was actually created less for recreation and more for hunting and fishing."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is interesting.  Do we know who invented it"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yup, kayaks were invented by the Inuits or Eskimos in the northern Arctic."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is quite interesting.  I would imagine kayaking up there would be quite cold"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It probably was, it was probably hard to find materials so they used driftwood and sometimes whale skeletons."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I had no idea they used whale skeletons.  That is interesting!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Agreed, they also used animal skins to create the body of the kayak."}, {"role": "user", "content": "The animal skin part makes perfect sense!"}]