Dave Kruger wrote: > Doug's description of Bob's experience makes me wonder if the "Gotta Get Home" > syndrome is not a major cause of sea kayaking accidents. IIRC, Doug's Storm > Island incident could be attributable to this, and I remember a fatality case > out of Whittier in Alaska definitely due to the syndrome. > > Others have anecdotes in this direction? (I do not, thank heavens, though I > have sat on the beach watching it storm many times -- I paddle with chickens. > Hmmmmm. Maybe that should be the Paddlewise slogan? <g>) The Gotta Get There or Home Syndrome has accounted for a goodly number of kayaking fatalities and others as well. Witness JFK Jr's fateful flight last June. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Feb 29 2000 - 06:33:23 PST
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