RE: [Paddlewise] experience kayaker clinging

And I forgot to mention -- I always carry a cellular phone buckled behind my
seat in a dry bag!  I've used it successfully a number of occasions -- one
time from Horn Island, at least 8 miles out in the Gulf due south of
Pascagoula MS.  [Though not for a rescue, thank God!  Just sharing a moment
of awesome beauty with a friend!]

Jim Tynan
Pike Road AL

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
>[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Jim Tynan
>Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 11:16 AM
>To: Tomckayak_at_aol.com; paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
>Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] experience kayaker clinging
>
>
>Chill out, Tom!  I believe, after more than a year of monitoring this list,
>the majority of people here don't base their paddling skills on
>certification that hangs from the wall.  [Though I suspect many have a few
>hanging proudly!]  And to blatantly claim that anyone who criticizes this
>young man is merely hiding behind their computer screen while others [like
>you, perhaps] are out paddling in the real world is insulting.  Just maybe
>the criticism on this list, read by hundreds across the world, could result
>in someone else not spending an entire night clinging to a bell buoy, or
>worse, perishing at sea.  Seems possible to me! How about you?


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