RE: [Paddlewise] Ecco-Challenge Morroco

Yes, I watched it.  In fact I was on the phone to Ralph at one point and I
kept saying "Kayak in the surf; Oh! They're broaching; Oh! They're over; Oh!
They're out!  Ralph, let me apologize now for seeming somewhat distracted.
That was some surf too.  None for me, thank you. 

I was wondering about the clothing.  Everyone who came in had the same
set-up; PFD underneath the Eco Challenge t-shirt.  I wonder if the event
limited anyone from putting anything over their numbered t-shirt.  I started
to get pissed off.  I know the med tent was quite busy trying to rewarm, but
some people were totally ignored, shaking so bad they could barely move;
looking dazed and stunned; in total shock.  I was really yelling at the TV
then.  I also saw activities being performed in the Med Tent that I have
always been told not to do, like vigorously rubbing the arms and legs; not
putting hats on the victims, etc.  Makes me wonder.  I'm no doctor, but . .
.

Debs

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> From: 	Hal Levine[SMTP:hlevin_at_jlc.net]
> Reply To: 	hlevin_at_jlc.net
> Sent: 	Monday, April 12, 1999 2:28 PM
> To: 	Whiterabbit
> Cc: 	paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: 	[Paddlewise] Ecco-Challenge  Morroco
> 
> I can only assume that many of you were glued to your TV last night
> watching the
> Ecco-Challenge Morocco "HOW NOT TO sea kayak" race on the Discovery
> Channel.
> Although I have many observations about what I saw, the most stunning is
> that I
> saw no one properly dressed for 62 degree water.  I was watching so many
> paddlers chatter and suffer from hypothermia that I had to build a fire in
> my
> wood stove to keep from getting hypothermia at home.
> I also found myself hollering "brace you fools" every time a boat went
> over in
> the surf.
> Did anyone else watch it and what were your thoughts?
> 
>     Hal
>     Wilton, NH
> 
>     Power your boat with carbohydrates,
>     not hydrocarbons.
>     http://www.jlc.net/~hlevin
> 
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