Re: [Paddlewise] equipment caveats a variation

From: Product Information Department <pid_at_mec.ca>
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 09:08:20 -0800
At 10:34 PM 12/8/98 EST, Tom wrote:
>
>A variation of the "equipment caveat" could be a fill in the blank question.
>"The Kayakers death could have been avoided if he had " ...
>
>You fill in the blank.

"The kayaker's death could have been avoided if he had had . . . sturdy
"roll bars" above the cockpit.

(A kayaker was killed by a belly-flopping sea lion several years ago in
Alaska.)

Cheers,

Philip T.



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