Re: [Paddlewise] Double fatality

Kevin Whilden writes:
 > At 02:42 PM 9/24/00 -0700, ralph diaz wrote:
 > 
 > >Both of the kayakers who died were University of Washington students.
 > >Seattle being a thriving sea kayaking populated area probably tends to
 > >draw university students to the activity.  Here in the East, we don't
 > >have such sharply concentrated areas of sea kayaking that would have
 > >such spillover into the university community.
 > 
 > <snip>
 > safety conscious manner. We checked the UKC roster, and neither of the two 
 > missing kayakers was a UKC member.
 > 
 > Regarding the double fatality, I would say that the trip those two embarked 
 > upon was extremely ambitious. Many exposed crossings of more than three 
 > <snip>

Thanks Kevin for your comments on the areas they crossed.  Perhaps
ignorance of local conditions contributed to the accident.  Yes, I
know - its yet another generalization..

In the interest of non-generalization, has any new information come
out about the accident?

A few things I'd like to know.  How much experience did they have?
Where they dressed for immersion?  Did they have any signal/safety
devices on them?  Does anyone know if there was a pre-trip plan laid
out, and if so - how extensive was it.  Am I mising any really obvious 
questions?

For that matter - has anyone come up with an accident report check
list of things to find out to determine the possible cause(s) of a sea 
kayak accident?  I could see a check list like this being useful to
'cover the basis' when trying to put together an accident report to
share with kayak clubs, magazines and paddlewise.

Who would be the people to contact when an accident has occured in
order to get this information out to the paddling community?  What
protocol or etiquette would be used with the agencies/people involved?


Glen Acord - Eugene, OR
Member: WKCC, OKCC, UO/OP, OOPS
Boats: Neckie Rip (WW) and waiting on my SK.
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