[Paddlewise] What safety stories do you have?

Let's start a new safety thread. After reading the Safety column in Sea
Kayaker, and Deep Touble by Broze/Gronseth, I think the anecdotal story is
the best way for others to learn about sea kayaking related safety issues.

So let us hear about one of your stories! It doesn't have to involve a
death, or a near miss with death either. Just tell us about a mistake that
you or a paddling partner made, and how you would avoid repeating it in
the future. The story doesn't have to be a work of art either, just get it
down on electrons for others to read and file away in their memory banks!

I'll compile the results and turn it into a web page for Jackie's site.

Looking forward to your responses,
Kevin

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|Something there is that doesn't love a wall  |       Kevin Whilden        |
|That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it  | kwhilden_at_u.washington.edu  |
|And spills the upper boulders in the sun     | Dept. of Geologic Science  |
|And makes gaps that even two can pass abreast| University of Washington   |
|			-- Robert Frost	      |(206)543-1975(w) 632-5140(h)|
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