Re: [Paddlewise] A followup

----- Original Message -----
From: ralph diaz <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
To: paddlewise <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Monday, 7 August 2000 04:40
Subject: [Paddlewise] A followup


> Now the struggle moved on to the woman.  (Remember that this race is
> short and has no specified cutoff times beyond good sense ones of a
> swimmer obviously in distress or disoriented.)  The motorboat escort
> crew, ever looking at their watches, continued to call out to her to
> leave the race.  She finally heard them and looked over to me.  I told
> them she looked just fine, was maintaining her fast stroke rate, one of
> the signals that a swimmer is losing it and should be pulled out.  They
> laid off for awhile.


Maybe difference between boaters and kayakers in this situation, was not so
much the money, but the fact that they have never known the rewards obtained
from pushing yourself to your limit to acheive a goal.  Kayakers do it just
about everytime the go out, but motor boaters? I admire the way you handled
the situation and pity the swimmer they did manage to catch.




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