Steve said: <snip> I personally take paddlers into challenging conditions on a weekly basis. Saturday we paddled near the mouth of the Columbia River. <snip> This is obviously blatant advertising from one of the staff of one of the top retail paddlesport stores in North America :-) Seriously Steve, sounds like you a running a great service for the small percentage of paddlers that want to go beyond the norm and develop some serious skills within the competency framework of a team effort. We have some folks in Victoria (reg. force/reservist army types) that ply the waters around Race Rocks in rougher weather. They do wet exits, re-entry rolls, and group rescues in some amazing stuff. Totally self sufficient too. Keep up the great work. And hey, next time you are out near the mouth of the Columbia, try it under a big _SW_ swell with no breakwater protection. Oh yeah, watch out for the metal rebar projections -- you don't want to test your "metal" that much! Doug *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jan 28 2002 - 16:42:17 PST
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