Rick said: >If your intention is to have it available while >actually on the water either still in or hanging on to your kayak, then >how will you get to and read it, and what type of content are you >looking for? While I have been known to read a book while walking down the sidewalk, reading a book while hanging on to the side of a capsized kayak doesn't fit even my admittedly loose standards for where and when to read. It's true I would either be reading it before I launched or after I managed to get to shore. Perhaps your answer (which in the original indicated that the woodland book may be appropriate) actually answers my original question. After perusing a few pocket-size survival handbooks, the extra content I would appreciate in addition to the content provided in these books would include: -- VHF procedure refresher -- edibles that are found along shorelines -- special attention to first-aid situations that are likely to happen in an ocean setting -- hypothermia, seawater rashes, jellyfish stings, etc. The first aid sections seem to be covered in the standard survival manuals, sometimes, although usually in passing, except for hypothermia, which usually recieves good coverage (and is also likely to be the most serious condition for a kayaker). VHF and shoreline plants/other edibles usually aren't covered. To be sure, I'd want to know most of this before I ever put in, but I figure if I ever wash up on shore it might calm me down to have written directions to slow down and think about before I go dashing off doing one thing or another. Lisa W. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed May 14 2003 - 06:59:29 PDT
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