Tom Hanks new movie "Cast Away" (as opposed to castaway ???) is a fine yarn, but I saw a scene which got me thinking (there were some great shots of his raft on some big swell - wish I could have been there in the kayak). Anyway, he has an aweful time getting off the island through the surf. I know from experience how tiring and difficult it can be to exit surf some days. The second to last Sea Kayaker Mag issue had a good story about kayaking the Southern Coast of Australia. The story included an accout of the trip participants trying to exit the large surf. In the end, the fellows try swimming the kayaks out through the mayham. I've heard of doing this in reverse, but not as depicted in the story. Anyone got a clue if this is normal practice down there? DL *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jan 03 2001 - 23:33:31 PST
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