since this subject did come up... a couple weeks ago, i taught a beginning canoe class. on the 2nd day, we went down a local river. one couple went for a swim, and we ended up with the boat submerged and pinned. sort of no big deal. the water was fairly high, but still "class b" river. at the time, saving the boat was not an option, without risking inexperienced paddlers. my daughter gather the rest of the class to the opposite river bank. once gathered, I pulled out my "rescue box" -- a waterproof camera box. from there i pulled out my cell phone, and called my wife, asking her to round up a couple trucks to carry everyone back to their cars, and lunch!! and then i called the outfitter who we got the boats from. by the time we got to the next bridge, the shuttle vehicles were waiting, and almost immediately after taking all the boats out, and everyone else leaving, the outfitter showed up with truck & trailer. 3 of us shuttled back to a previous bridge, put in, and had the boat rescued in about an hour. everyone was fine, and only 2 painter lines and a paddle were lost. the cell phone saved the day... ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [_| [_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: Nothing pains some people more than having to think. --Martin Luther King, Jr. *************************************************************************** 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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