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 > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
And, oh yeah -- anyone read "Into Thin Air?" >> 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 >> -- *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Oh yeah! And I've got a climb coming up this weekend, too. I'll have to drive all night to get home in time for a physical and then go to work. Sound like a set up? :-) Anybody know how the Guadalupe's running? Alice > And, oh yeah -- anyone read "Into Thin Air?" *************************************************************************** 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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