A small correction --- for those who have been on the list for a while and felt that I'd stolen a year of their lives. Tom "Rhino" Hancock died two years ago on Thanksgiving weekend, not three years ago. It was 28 November 98 --- capsized for reasons never discovered on a solo paddle on Lake Erie. His $800 Kokatat dry suit didn't protect him (1) because it was a warn day, and he hadn't had it zipped up and (2) even if he had the zippers up, his only insulation was a cut-off cotton sweatshirt and cotton shorts. Lesson: off-shore solos in 42 degree water can be harmful to your health, especially when you're only partially prepared. He was a friend, and I helped a big bunch of other friends bury him with full honors at Arlington, but I'm still angry with him for giving us that object lesson, Sorry about the date mess-up --- seem to have forgotten to take my ginkgo biloba this morning. That happens a lot. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Dec 18 2000 - 15:52:17 PST
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