On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:56:56 -0400 Chris & Ellen Kohut <chriskayak_at_earthlink.net> writes: <<snip>> > Still, we who venture out into wilderness situations are shocked >to have >to continually learn the lesson that larger cranium capacity and >opposable >thumbs may not be the last word after all. > Perhaps this is what *wilderness* means: Disney didn't draw it. Fellow Paddlewisers ... I too am deeply saddened by the subject situation. My local river claimed a "careless", best friend in July, 1974 and it was late October before we got him out of the water. No whitewater here, just deep and wide. Earlier this week in the same river a "stupid" swimmer sans PFD went down for an extended fish count and has not been recovered yet. Point being, that WHENever and WHEREever carelessness or stupidity meets water ....things can go horribly wrong ...wrong ....WRONG ! I may care, but the river does not. Now, back to being my usual ir-reverent self .....What's the deal with some of ya'll talking about Viking pyrotechnic-burials, or cremation IN YOUR KAYAK, or dumping ashes into some river somewhere in a solemn ceremony ??? ......C'mon, now ! Some of us paddlers live DOWNSTREAM and need all the help we can get on river cleanliness. Hey ...what's this stuff stuck all over my paddleblade anyhow !! 8-) ...adieu .....Peyton (Louisiana) ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 16 1999 - 11:15:09 PDT
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