Anyone in the Washington metro area aware of any details on the WW kayaker who's missing near Great Falls? Apparently it was on the local radio, but it was too late to make the Post this morning. All I've heard --- second hand --- is that he was working the Great Falls area, one of four boaters, and disappeared. Anything on CPAKayaker? It was an incredibly beautiful day on the Potomac and in the Washington area yesterday, with temps in the lower 70s. Great day for a paddle, but, for some reason, the water thinks it's winter. It's 73 F on the St. Mary's River, just where it feeds into the Potomac --- but the water is now in the upper 40s to very low 50s throughout the area. Let's all use some winter caurtions, folks! Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
The name of the kayaker was Scott Bristow, as of last night his body was still not found. If you belong to any news groups rec.boats.paddle has several things about this. -----Original Message----- From: JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com> To: cpc_at_pressroom.com <cpc_at_pressroom.com>; paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 4:02 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] Potomac kayaker missing? >Anyone in the Washington metro area aware of any details on the WW kayaker >who's missing near Great Falls? Apparently it was on the local radio, but it >was too late to make the Post this morning. All I've heard --- second hand >--- is that he was working the Great Falls area, one of four boaters, and >disappeared. > >Anything on CPAKayaker? > >It was an incredibly beautiful day on the Potomac and in the Washington area >yesterday, with temps in the lower 70s. Great day for a paddle, but, for some >reason, the water thinks it's winter. It's 73 F on the St. Mary's River, just >where it feeds into the Potomac --- but the water is now in the upper 40s to >very low 50s throughout the area. > >Let's all use some winter caurtions, folks! > >Jack Martin >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: > > Anyone in the Washington metro area aware of any details on the WW kayaker > who's missing near Great Falls? Below is the AP report. The boater was Scott Bristow of Marietta Georgia. He was paddling a short (< 8') playboat, running Great Falls with 3 other boaters. At one point, he missed a line and ran the wrong way down a chute, backwards, ending up in a place called Charlie's Hole, a violent recirculating hydraulic. His boat, paddle, and PFD were recovered; he has not been as yet. Scott was a well-liked and capable boater. He will be greatly missed by many, many people. Steve Searchers Report No Signs of Missing Kayaker Associated Press Monday, November 30, 1998; Page B02 Searchers on land and in the air combed a section of the Potomac River for two hours yesterday at the request of the family of a lost kayaker. Once again, their search was futile. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Captain Jim Resnick said a wave known as a hydraulic pulled the 26-year-old man underwater Saturday after his craft overturned. The man, from Marietta, Ga., had been kayaking with four friends between Alger's Inn and Great Falls. Resnick said the rapids there are considered difficult and ranked Class 3 and 4 on a scale of one to five. -- Test Scoring & Reporting Services Sometimes, you never can University of Georgia always tell what you Athens, GA 30602-5593 least expect the most. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
It was Scott Bristow, a regular poster on Rec.boats.paddle. RBP has been full of firsthand accounts, newspaper articles, notes about his family, etc., for the past 3 days. BijiliE *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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