At 01:05 AM 9/27/00 +0000, Rex Roberton wrote: > >The same story keeps repeating, with slight variations, as it has with these >two college students. A double kayak, no emersion clothing, usually no VHF >radio, currents, wind, no sea sock, capsize, failed recovery, hypothermia, Just this morning, I extracted this from the National Park Service morning report: ---------------- 00-612 - Sleeping Bear Dunes NL (MI) - Rescue Two Ohio men were attempting to canoe the seven miles from Sleeping Bear Point to South Manitou Island on September 22nd when a large wave swamped their canoe (20-knot winds had blown up four-foot waves on the lake). The 44-year-old father and 19-year-old son spent four hours swimming in 61-degree water to the island, then hiked another mile and a half to the ranger station. They were treated for moderate hypothermia; since the father is legally blind and an insulin- dependent diabetic, they were both flown off the island that night. Both men were wearing lifejackets, which likely saved their lives. [Chris Johnson, DR, SLBE, 9/25] ---------------- They got lucky -- in a canoe, especially. -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 27 2000 - 10:21:42 PDT
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