I spoke with the Park Ranger this afternoon, and will be talking to him again tomorrow to get more details. He left me a message saying that there were 8 people in the group, 2 were, in his words, "novices". He said the capsize occurred on Sunday as they left Sand Island, and that the group then rafted up to rescue the victims. So I guess thats public info, and I will try to flesh out the details. Dickson, Dana A. wrote: > > Are Park Service or Coast Guard incident reports public information? If so > how does one get a copy? > > Chuck, I think an effort should be made to get good information on this > incident into local kayaking print, HUT, UMKTN and the TCSKA newsletter. I think thats a good idea, but why limit it to local? > What can I do to help? > > This incident should add some weight to the argument that a trip to Sand > Island requires a higher level of paddling skills than some in the Twin > Cities paddling community have felt necessary. I think that applies to any trip, anywhere on Lake Superior, and Twin Cities people arent the only ones who are guilty of it I'm sure. Having been in the middle of the lake when it was at it's worst, I have the ultimate respect (and yes, fear) for it. Thats hard to transmit to others but we have to try. Wayne *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 24 1998 - 18:33:30 PDT
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