Hey, don't knock those bad charts. One of the more popular and useful charts for the Apostle Island area of Lake Superior are the laminated placemats available at gift shops. The fit perfectly on the deck, are tough, and cheap. Yes, of course they are stamped "Not to be used as a navigational aid" in big bright letters, and I always carry a real chart in my map case. The problem with the carts for the area is that the scale is so large that unless you have a big wide table to spread the thing out on, there is no way to get a good overview, much less a nice crossing route between islands. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, you can also eat off the placemat. -Patrick At 10:46 AM -0500 3/13/01, Charles Herriot wrote: > >On a more serious note, I've encountered many paddlers in the "Are They >nuts?" category who set out without the most basic provisions or safety >equipment. Last summer I met a pair of canoeists on the Dumoine River who >claimed to be lost. Their only map was a tourist travel brochure with a >stylized blue smear being the river. They were out of food, hadn't been able >to light a fire for two days, and intent on "saving time" by running a set >of rapids that ended in several rubble strewn ledges. > *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Mar 13 2001 - 13:31:06 PST
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