At 05:59 PM 7/26/98 EDT, you wrote: >I'm writing an article on kayaking safety. The way I see things, kayaking casualties fall >into three broad categories, hypothermia, drowning and trauma. I don't see these as broad categories at all. Nor do I think there are an overwhelming number of casualties in sea kayaking. I do suspect though that there are numerous "incidents" in sea kayaking with potentially life threatening consequences. I'll also bet that most go undocumented. Barring someone running you over in the water or other such anomalies, I suspect the true "cause" falls into the category of inadequate paddling skills, poor planning and poor judgment. The first two being lack of preparedness which results in and magnifies the poor judgment. No doubt the government has someone keeping up with death statistics and the Coast Guard could probably point you in the right direction. Good luck! Robert Starling - Orlando ________________________________________________________ Robert Starling Member ASMP / PPA Starling Productions, Inc. Orlando, Florida Phone 800 361-0041 Fax 407 521-0031 http://www.starling.com NetGuide Magazine Internet Site Of The Day *************************************************************************** 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 26 1998 - 16:31:33 PDT
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