Re: [Paddlewise] Yet another kayaking danger

From: Jochen Grikschat <grikschat_at_web.de>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:38:50 +0100
> Methane bubbles are sometimes suggested as a cause of the "Bermuda
> Triangle."

Realistic! There are large amounts of methane clathrates (chemical term),
like near south afrikas cape "of good hope", too and in the northern
atlantik (nearby he svalbard archipelago).
I remember docu-films, where drown ships had been shown, sunken without any
normal reason from one scond to another. Blubb!
Itīs the same effect - losing the buoyancy force - swimmers and paddlers
suffer from (also) in extreme airfilled waterrapids. Dangerous!



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