Dan wrote; - > I must have missed how this started----How can anybody break a bone >kayaking? I paddle in 6 to 8 ft seas frequently, and have yet to suffer a >"collision" with a wave that has the torque to sprain even the weakest >muscle, lot less break a bone. What are you guys doing :-) Landing in surf is a good way to break paddles and bones. Things don't always go as planned. Also you can break something climbing while waiting for the fog to lift. I don't take anything special for broken bones. Duct tape and most anything you find laying around works. The most useful splint material to my mind is my foam seat pad. Some one mentioned losing keys etc.. Don't know who told me about it but I drilled hole in my credit card (try to miss the black strip on the back) and thread a leather necklace through it. Then I tape my car key to the card. Make sure the leather necklace is just long enough to slip over your head and no more. Of course, it doesn't do any good if you are lost yourself. :-) Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 16 1998 - 03:47:21 PDT
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