"Shawn W. Baker" wrote: > > Okay, I'll hedge my ignorance of Z-drags to say that I know at least > that the Z-drag is for removing a pinned boat from a sweeper, rock, or > snag, but that's about the extent of it. Anybody have a good link to a > website showing a Z-drag, or the ability to explain it in words? I tried to find one before, since I knew someone would ask :) Didn't find anything useful then, but I did these this morning: http://www.jps.net/lon/river_rescue/river_rescue.html#technical and also http://www.basarc.org/papers/roperescue/mechanical_advantage.html The first page has an animated drawing of how to tie a prusik loop. The second tells more about z-drags than most sea kayakers need to know. Actually, I've been trying to think of why a SK paddler would ever use a z-drag. The only thing I can come up with is to raise a heavy load (boat, injured paddler) up a cliff in an emergency exit. Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 19 2000 - 06:10:17 PDT
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