Doug Lloyd wrote: > check lists, or if I should add mine to any ongoing lists. My list is > more specific, as I keep it for insurance purposes along with a video > tape kept at a relatives (only way I get replacement value with my > underwriter) and as a final check before leaving on a trip. Hope it > might be useful! BTW, this is not a completely current list - some > deletions additions have been made. Not all items are always taken, > either. It is cut and pasted, so may look odd. > > CHECK LIST - Doug Lloyd <SNIPPED: ABOUT 7 SCREENSFUL OF ITEMS> A very impressive list. Good thing you are not a gear-head! :-) Seriously though, just a few comments/questions: --Notice that Doug puts his Thermarest in a dry bag. Some paddlers thinking that the pad is covered with waterproof fabric, don't give it that extra measure of protection. They sometimes wind up sleeping on a wet surface. Tents, tent poles, and tarps should also be similarly protected even though the fabrics are largely waterproof and the poles of aluminum. Tent poles can corrode in saltwater as some paddlers have found out. Protect everything. --Doug, what is the weight of everything not including the kayak and paddles? Better stated, do you have the weight for ordinary day paddle gear and the weight for camping gear and food? --When you speak of keeping a careful record for insurance purposes is it just to document lost gear for insurance coverage? Or is it also to cover your own possible demise (something I pray will never happen to such a nice and noble person such as you who I have grown to like even though not having met) to underscore that you were not recklessly unprepared for whatever conditions did you in and therefore your beneficiaries are entitled to file a claim for benefits under your life insurance policy? I don't mean to be morbid or blunt but it is possible that some recalcitrant insurance claims adjuster might see your paddling style as reckless and risky (even suicidal); such obvious preparedness in gear (and vastly tested experience) would prove otherwise. Again, thanks for such a complete list with lots of food for thought. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Aug 15 2000 - 06:21:09 PDT
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