Michael Daly wrote: >I paddled on Jan 1 1998 with some folks in Windsor ON on >the Detroit river. This was an annual event for them and some >paddlers had considerable experience with paddling in ice >infested waters. One fellow had a pair of Philips screwdrivers >under the bungies on his fore deck. He had drilled holes in the >tops of the handles and ran lines through them. The other end >of the line was tied to a snap hook that was hooked to the bungies. Last year, a group of us built some of these using wooden dowels drilled wil a hole and filled with a penny nail. Throw on a metal eyelet on the end and attach some cord and you have essentially the same thing with even more 'biting power'. I would stick some cork on the nails to keep the nails from puncturing clothing. Using these, you can drag yourself up an ice shelf after a dunking during backcountry skiing or kayaking.. -Patrick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Maun pmaun_at_bitstream.net *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jan 06 1999 - 12:47:51 PST
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