At 11:51 AM 10/27/99 -0400, Mustash wrote: >>Spent 8 hours paddling through tree tops decorated with decaying wild pigs, >>only to have the group forgotten by the "outfitter". Truly the paddle from >>hell. My SO will not even look at a boat now. .... Yup pay close attention >>to the water level. >>Ed >>Atlanta Kayakers Website >>http://atlkayakers.home.mindspring.com/kayak >> >> > >Well you got to see the other side of the paddle, tree top paddling, >strainers galore and no telling what you would find in the trees after high >water. > >Dana > >Sure, >Just remember your nose clips, rubber gloves, drybag everything, remove your >rudder and maybe a space blanket & Valium for your hypothermic anxious >honey. :-) Oh and bring your won shuttle. > Dana Wrote: It just occurred what trip you were talking about. Is it the one for all the clubs to get together last year? If so yall were the ones forgotten and missed dinner if I remember right. I learned a lot participating in that paddle , like the people organizing needed to keep count on how many people were put on the river, how many were taken off the river, no matter what, if the water is to high and dangerous cancel the event. I hope the outfitter at Hidden river ( Barbara) learned the lesson cause the trip was a accident waiting to happen and she was lucky no one got hurt or died. Dana Well I wasn't going to name names as the woman was as humiliated as I was furious and I would hope she got it together. I have to say one of the pissyest moments that after walking for GA to FL to find a phone (was only about a mile) I was told (not by Barbara) that "well gee we're in the middle of dinner and everybody's been drinking, we'll get to you when we can" Turns out that Brad Manley from PaddleFlorida & some guy from the Silent Otters brought a flatbed & a trailer down to rescue us. The women were terrified. I thought it was about the best ride I'd had in a loooong time. Ed Atlanta Kayakers Website http://atlkayakers.home.mindspring.com/kayak *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 15:11:24 PDT
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