Dead Kayaker Is Identified Tuesday, March 27, 2001; Page B04 A kayaker found in the Potomac River on Saturday was identified yesterday as Michael J. Graber, 50, of Stafford, by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources police. He had set out from Colonial Beach, Va., a police spokesman said. Graber, clad in a life jacket and kayaking gear, was found near St. Clements Island, Md. His death was believed to be accidental but is under investigation, the spokesman added. © 2001 The Washington Post Company http://www.magnus.net *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 3/27/01 12:01:14 PM, ellis_at_magnus.net writes: << Graber, clad in a life jacket and kayaking gear, was found near St. Clements Island, Md. His death was believed to be accidental but is under investigation, the spokesman added. >> That hits close to home. We have paddled St. Clements many times and also Colonial Beach. The winds have been really strong this season. They were 15-20kt. this weekend. That is really open water. We decided to go up a creek rather than fight that wind. St. Clements is where I had my last encounter with a thunder storm. The storm shoved up some really big waves. I was actually happy when the rain came back because I knew it would flatten them back out. The lightening was really close, like less than a full count of one!, but only the noise reached us. For whatever reason this is the third year of this trip and the third time a storm has come up. I'm questioning going this year <G>. Joan Spinner *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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