Strosaker_at_aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 2/8/00 7:02:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, > michaeldaly_at_home.com writes: > > << They started with ten sleds made of carbon- Kevlar weave. They ended with > three. A couple or three were lost through open leads in the ice. The others > disintegrated from the pounding of being hauled across the ice by the men on skis. >> > > I saw a special about 3 guys who crossed Greenland. Two of them towed > plastic white water kayaks full of gear over the ice and snow all the way > across the country. These kayaks were later used to descend a river at the > end of their journey. The third guy in this group had an expedition sled > that was made of fiberglass. The sled was shattered to pieces, while the > kayaks held up fine. > [...] > Sometimes the best material is the simplest. A plastic sled would almost be right for the Yugoslavs, but I doubt I would trust it at the lowest temperatures they faced. Even tupperwave would become brittle at those temperatures. The warmest (above 0C) would have been ok. I don't know what the paddlers were hauling across Greenland, but the Yugoslavs had a couple of hundred pounds of gear in each sled! Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 09 2000 - 16:57:57 PST
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