On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Morris, Giles wrote: >> >>It wasn't just the SEALs (although I was horrified at what I saw of >>them). As we were watching it, I said to my wife "If I'd organized the >>race, there's no way that I would have allowed this tape out". What were >>they thinking of when they encouraged novice kayakers out in those >>conditions? And with, effectively, no safety back-up. And, was it just >>that I didn't see them, or were there teams out there not wearing PFDs, >>and without even a PFD on deck? >> >>I hate to seem as if I'm carping about what should have been a great >>event, but it did seem as if the kayak leg had plenty of potential for >>disaster. >> >>Giles Morris there's been great conversation on this on the paddlewise list, including comments from the winner of '95 & '96 maybe he can enlighten us on this as well. mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark----- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Know what I hate most? Rhetorical questions. -- Henry N. Camp *************************************************************************** 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 23 1998 - 11:40:34 PDT
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