I think my favorite reply was from a guide in Telegraph Cove. Several summers ago my wife and I wanted to go paddling in Johnstone Strait. When we got there the weather was really ugly and gale force winds were howling down the strait with gusts of 40kts plus. So we waited around Telegraph Cove for a couple of hours hoping the weather would subside so we could launch but that was not the case. The weather didn't subside at all, then later that morning we noticed two tour groups getting their gear together. We were amazed that the guides were going to take their clients out. With nothing else to do we wandered over to talk to them and ask if they were really serious about going out. They replied(and they were from two separate tour companies), "Keep quiet we don't want to scare the guests." We were both totally appalled at their response and just left it at that and walked away. I could mention the names of the tour companies but I won't on an open forum. We stayed around Telegraph Cove and Port McNeill for another day, there was no end in sight for the weather so we left and went paddling further down the island where the weather was better. When I got home I did contact a friend in Port McNeill, they mentioned that the gale lasted five days and we had got there just at the very beginning. Interesting isn't it? That episode made me think what contingency plans tour groups have when it comes to weather. Do they just go because that is what the clients have paid for or do they refund their money? Do you have an answer? Kirby -----Original Message----- From: Andree Hurley [SMTP:ahurley_at_viewit.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 11:36 PM To: PaddleWise Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] The Gotta Get Home Syndrome; Was: how dangerous [] kayaking? I think so. One of my favorites was in Baja - we arrived at our put-in on a nice day, and the next day a big storm began. After hiking everywhere and running out of things to do, on of the clients was so mad and said something like - I'm training to climb Mt. McKinely and if wind is the element in Baja, then we should be paddling in the wind. I'm sure anyone who has guided groups has had to be firm to make sure people didn't convince them to go into a situation that could be bad for someone's health.. Andree Hurley Viewit Dot Com - ICQ# 27469637 On Water Sports - http://www.onwatersports.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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