Re: [Paddlewise] The Gotta Get Home Syndrome; Was: howdangerous [] kayaking?

Aren't the lion's share of fatalities in mountaineering on the way down?  Something
similar at work there:  the difference between intermediate and expert isn't skill
level but judgment.

ralph diaz wrote:

> 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
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