Re: [Paddlewise] Sad news of kayaker death near Homer, Alaska

A friend forwarded this to me earlier today. If it is the same article 
I saw I was curious, of course, about how prepared they were for 
immersion and if the really were experience as the article stated 
(stating they were experienced having paddled 9 miles in the past).


A tragedy as well.

I have been reading a book this past week which is a collection of 
stories from Climbing magazine from the past 30 years. As It really 
strikes me how common climbing deaths are among the "hardcore" or 
"elite" of the sport, at least compared to sea kayaking. All in all,
I do believe that the awareness and respect most paddlers bring 
to the sport account for a better-than-average safety record.

-Patrick

At Wednesday, 23 January 2002, "Bob Hume" <bobh_at_lbblawyers.com> wrote:

>Front page newspaper report in yesterday's Anchorage Daily News 
of a kayaker 
>death near Homer, Alaska.  See report at
>
>http://www.adn.com/front/story/753477p-803506c.html
>
>Comments?
>







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