>> As if this isn't enough overkill, I carry a handpump under the deck. This is to slow down the effects of natural selection on paddlers of plastic pumpless boats I might meet. >> Likewise. I'm always amazed at people who don't carry a pump, but they're out there. In fact, I know two women who went on a week-long wilderness trip together (with two other people) who each depended on somebody else to provide a pump if they needed it. I can just see them going on a day trip together, capsizing, and saying to each other: "What? You don't have a pump either?" Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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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