....you just *know* that surviving such an experience is going to be a mixed blessing. The temptation from the rest of the local kayaking pod to re-christen the chap 'Quasimoto' is going to be beyond anyone's ability to resist. .....damned good thing that it was just a bell buoy. Imagine if it had been a nun buoy! How'd that look on your resume.......spent a night clinging to a floating nun until dawn when you had to be plucked off by coast guard rescue choppers? Sulley wrote: > Jeez, an "experience kayaker clinging to a bell buoy all > night"............... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe Brzoza <joebr_at_burton.com> > To: <aburton1_at_maine.rr.com>; PaddleWise <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> > Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 2:19 PM > Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Here's the newspaper version of kayaker at sea > > > In my local paper, "The Burlington Free Press", the kayaker was described > as > > being an instructor. Go figure. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anne Burton [mailto:aburton1_at_maine.rr.com] > > Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 8:52 AM > > To: PaddleWise > > Subject: [Paddlewise] Here's the newspaper version of kayaker at sea > > > > > > Here's a link to the Kayaker Rescued story on the front page of the > > Portland, Maine newspaper: > > > > http://www.portland.com/news/kayak1105.shtml > > > > Seems relevant to the recent discussion on safety, etc. One wonders a > > little about the statement, "an experienced kayaker". > > > > > > > *************************************************************************** > > 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/ > > > *************************************************************************** > > > > > *************************************************************************** > > 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/ > > > *************************************************************************** > > *************************************************************************** > 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/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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