Ari, I enjoyed your story and photos. It is especially nice to read about kayaking on Paddlewise from areas other than North America. I also think your story provided some good examples about what can go wrong while sea kayaking. It sounded like the crossing shouldn't have started in what were already poor conditions. It also sounded like there were some paddlers (not you but the ones who capsized) who didn't have the skills for crossings but probably went because they felt the others could keep them out of trouble. Don't get me wrong, I am an advocate of hard-core paddling, but only when all of the paddlers are up to the challenge and have the right conditions, which was not the case here. While the story was well written, entertaining and educational, it was also a poor example of proper sea kayaking. I hope others learn from it that a group is only as strong as its weakest paddler and that one should never depend on a group to keep him or her out of trouble. Duane *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Nov 01 2001 - 08:23:21 PST
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