Richard wrote; > >> Happens all the time. People plan poorly. When I cancel a trip it stays >> cancelled even if I am going myself. The deadline for notifying me is in >> our club newsletter(s) and I assume one can read if you call at all. >> >> Anyone who wants a last minute paddle can do their own. They don't need me >> and probably wouldn't enjoy paddling with some one who expects people to >> pay attention and honour commitments. > >And thus speaks the only person on record for having to cancel a well attended >trip at the put-in due to the canoes being too broad to fit through the manhole >cover. > It was the only reasonable thing to do. We could have forced the boats through but the boats would have been damaged and I do not think a leaky boat is suitable on a dangerous piece of water like the Bloor sewer. The WCA Sewer Surfers have an exceptional safety record and that is mostly do (in my opinion) to our strict requirement that all equipment be suitable for sewer surfing. Besides, the trip would have been a failure anyway since the Tim Hortons at Queen and Dundas was closed for renovations. Incidentally, the drought we are experiencing here in Ontario has severely curtailed sewer surfing. Three spring trips had to be cancelled or shortened and all summer trips have been cancelled. The Sewer Surfers gathered at High Park last week for a prayer meeting a vigil for rain. Three virgins were sacrificed to Cloacina but the skies remain clear. Maybe they weren't virgins after all. Is this a sign of declining morals in Toronto? Perhaps we can sacrifice the Spice Girls. 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 Sun Jul 12 1998 - 10:06:58 PDT
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