Rick Sylvia said: <<Pardon my ignorance... I just signed up on Paddlewise a couple days ago.... There have been a few messages this morning regarding Doug Lloyd's trip this weekend to the Storm Islands, with references to the first trip that apparently didn't go so well. Curiosity is killing me! If it's not too personal for Doug, could we get a Readers Digest version of what took place on the prior trip, and the significance to this second trip? >> I'd rather not say anything too much right now, other than "Three guys attempted to paddle from Bella Bella to Port Hardy on a pre season trip in early April of '99. SE gales, difficult seas, and freezing snow caused the men to make a poor decision to cross early from Cape Caution, rather than continue down the exposed coast with the older paddler Andrew who was ill-equipped -- when a nice morning sprang up. It didn't stay nice, and an unknown net ebb along with a 35 knot SE gale turned a two hour crossing to the mid-point Storm Islands into an 8-hour ordeal complete with air-sea rescue and post-traumatic stress, and BC wide embarrassment." My heart has been racing "back and forth" this week, and I'd rather leave for Port hardy with some peace of mind, rather than dredging up the incident much more. The first post in April 2000 should not have gone to PW in the first place, as Sea Kayaker Magazine has rights to the story. Dave is still dealing with things, and he reads this list, so I don't want to get things rocking again. Dave may attempt the Deserter Group crossing in the fall. He still has "unfinished business" up there too. I offered to go with him back to try the Storm crossing this coming week, but I don't think Dave wants any where near that Island. I still have great respect for Dave, despite all that happened, and don't want to cause his heart to "race back and forth" either. I have the hardest time finding strong, adventurous paddling partners, and hope Dave and his new Jubilee and me can do some paddling together in the future. Peace to you all, and prosperity in spirit. Cheerio! Doug, the BC guy *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Aug 05 2000 - 00:08:21 PDT
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