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From: Doug Lloyd <dougl_at_islandnet.com> subject: [Paddlewise] Incidents in Brief Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 22:11:16 -0700 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:33:22 PDT

While I was in Oregon, a couple things came up off Vancouver Island.

First incident occurred off Ladysmith last week during a sudden squall
(we are still getting some good spring squalls with the passing of each
cold front). There were a group of three or four newer paddlers together
when it hit. One fellow went over and was in the water some time, due to
the fact that every time the cockpit was emptied, it would re-flood due
to wind waves. The paddler made it back eventually, and was kept in
hospital overnight for observation. The male paddler realized he needed
more rescue practice, and signed up with a local paddleshop foe a
course. he was wearing a wetsuit at the time, which doesn't explain the
hypothermia.

In another incident, a paddler off the coast of the island hurt himself
while landing (shoulder injury), and wrote "HELP" in the sand. He was
spotted eventually and picked up for medical care. I didn't get any
other details.

In the news today, Hyoichi Kohno is still missing in the Canadian
arctic. He was still a few years away from Stage Three of his trip which
would involve crossing the Bearing Sea to rRssia by kayak and then
paddling down to his home country of Japan. He was not paddling on the
stage of the trip where he went missing. Details at:

<http://www2.mybc.com/news/fs.cfm?id=851881>

His web site:

<http://www.reachinghome.org/e-route/index.html>

doug

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