At 01:36 PM 5/26/98 -0400, Sisler, Clyde wrote: >> What lessons did I learn and relearn? Paddle with your group. >> There's safety in numbers. Bring a chart-always. It's hard to see >> when your're standing 3 feet tall in a mud flat. Be aware of your >> surroundings. Go home before the tide drops. And I hope you enjoyed >> that, Clyde. > Mud? I thought the west coast was all sandy beaches and rain >forests. > > But wasn't that much more interesting than a dreary old trip >with water all over the place? You got a nice workout AND you got to >entertain your buds. You didn't fall down though so that invalidates >much of the agony. > > I'm heading out for a 4 day paddling weekend in Maine on >Thursday. If I don't get to my island at a reasonable time, I'm gonna >run into (sink into) about 100+ feet of ankle deep ooze. I, however, >have a plan. > For Muddy situations we use a product called Mudders, I think Cabalas has them. They allow you to walk on mud that you would not usually be able to . You lash them to your foot wear and away you go. I got mine at a local fishing store. Could not find them on the web , but found some interesting stuff.No Fla. doen't have mud but we go to Ga. and it is nothing but a red muddy state. Dana *************************************************************************** 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 Tue May 26 1998 - 12:07:55 PDT
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