Re: [Paddlewise] I knew better, but look what happened !

From: Brian Heath <bheath_at_televar.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 21:06:05 -0700
WILAX_at_aol.com wrote:

> Great trip report!
> So now folks, lets take a poll... How many of you go out alone?  I know I do.

Wouldn't kayak if I couldn't be alone much of the time.  But I also enjoy company
sometimes.  Risky?  Probably.  Had two water related tragedies here this past
week.  A fella was diving from a 150' cliff into 90 feet of water (intentionally
for fun).  They are still looking for the body.  In another accident a 17 yr old
girl was in her sleeping bag behind her tent pitched in the sage brush near a
remote boat launch.  Her 21 year old male friend in a pick-up ran over her.  Still
alive with shattered pelvis.  Getting out of bed is risky -- or staying in it.

But thanks to good trip reports and ideas from ya'all, I can reduce the risk in
some ways while taking more in areas I want to -- like finding solitude.

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