[Paddlewise] Chris Duff "rescued" by helicopter twice in NZ

Chris Duff finished his New Zealand trip with a presentation at the KASK
(Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers) forum/symposium, Easter, showing slides
of his circumnavigation of the South Island of New Zealand.

His final episode was to be "rescued" for a second time by helicopter.

The final session at the forum was a talk about hypothermia, the showing of
equipment and the helicopter by the WestPac Rescue helicopter group. After
that we all went down to the estuary and two members waded out. Mandy was
rescued twice and Cathye once before the three of the kayaks, checking the
effects of the downwash, rafted up. Chris lay across the three boats and
the strop was winched down to him, he secured it and was lifted off and
deposited on the jetty.

During the forum his boat was either on a car, the sea or on display, the
scars from the trip plainly visible.

NOTE: Chris's first "rescue" in Fiordland was technically a hire operation.

Alex
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Alex (Sandy) Ferguson
Chemistry Department
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
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