Re: [Paddlewise] Landing a victim through surf

At 11:14 05-11-98 -0800, Julio MacWilliams <juliom_at_cisco.com> wrote:
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> rescuer at sea---line---~~~victim in surf~~~---line---rescuer in beach

boat --- rope --- neck --- rope --- boat

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>Comments, please?
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strangulation, waiting to happen. guy tips over boat fills, and rolls, spinning the
rope that was yanked out of the other's hands, and wrapping it around the victim's 
neck, and he either gets a broken neck, or strangles??

ropes are dangerous around moving water...

mark

[sorry, no solutions off the top of my head, this doesn't happen where i sea kayak!!]

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