Sad new this morning. Looks like a kayaker has been found dead off the west coast of Nootka Island, with the kayak showing damage. The other paddler is missing. The two men were on a five-day trip. They didn't show up for work yesterday. No other details yet. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Hello all I am going north of there tomorrow so I have been watching the weather up there. There were fully developed storm winds there three days ago. There are not a lot of places in that area to put in if they were paddling the outside of Nootka Island. A gale was predicted, quickly upgraded to a storm just before the system arrived. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lloyd" <dalloyd_at_telus.net> To: "paddlewise" <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:50 AM Subject: [Paddlewise] Possible double-fatality: Nootka Island > Sad new this morning. Looks like a kayaker has been found dead off the west > coast of Nootka Island, with the kayak showing damage. The other paddler is > missing. The two men were on a five-day trip. They didn't show up for work > yesterday. No other details yet. > > Doug Lloyd > Victoria BC > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~ > "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said > clearly should not be said at all." > Ludwig Wittgenstein > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~ > > > *************************************************************************** > 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/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
The latest news is that they have located the second body about 10 km away from the first body. They are giving the location as the North, outside part of Nootka Island. Dan was just saying that they showed some news footage of one of the paddlers being hauled off in a stretcher. The arm that was hanging off the stretcher had a latex cuff on it implying that the paddler was wearing a drysuit/top... One fellow was from Nanaimo and the other from Vancouver. Both were in their thirties and reported to be experienced paddlers. Nothing else to add right now... Steve Davis Victoria > Sad new this morning. Looks like a kayaker has been found dead off the west > coast of Nootka Island, with the kayak showing damage. The other paddler is > missing. The two men were on a five-day trip. They didn't show up for work > yesterday. No other details yet. > > Doug Lloyd > Victoria BC *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Dan said (snip): >There were fully developed storm winds there three days ago. There are not a lot of places in that area to put in if they were paddling the outside of Nootka Island. A gale was predicted, quickly upgraded to a storm just before the system arrived.< Here's the blurb from the news. The names have been released. Coast Guard indicated to me the bodies of the kayakers were found near Louie Bay if anyone is familiar with the area. I have to confirm that location, as other reports said the location was Southern Nootka. Rescue officials don't know the area that well maybe. Pretty rough on the outside too. I never screw around on the outside of Nootka -- reefs extend five miles out to see. Nothing else like it within hundreds and hundreds of miles. Mucho respecto. Paddlers have died in the area before. http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=bc_home&articleID=1335787 Doug L. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Pathology report is in on the paddlers who died off Nootka. The media report doesn't make full sense, but I will be investigating this to my fullest potential in the weeks to come if compelling enough facts emerge for some good lessons. http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=7a910255-612c-4655-b220-624110dc6917 Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirby Stevens" <K_Stevens_at_telus.net> Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Possible double-fatality: Nootka Island > I haven't heard anything, when you hear more let me know. > > Kirby *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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