Ralf wrote: ...<snip>... > But by the same token the invincibility that the Klepper owner has > because of his boat is also shared by the non-Klepper hardshell paddler > who is overly confident in his skills. Witness the Norwegian who was > just killed in Newfoundland. The autopsy showed that he died of a heart attack. I'm not sure what lesson we are supposed to draw by witnessing this event, except perhaps that middle-aged paddlers should not paddle without an EMT in tow. Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** 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 - 23:32:30 PDT
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