Re: [Paddlewise] Entrapment

>>What is different in whitewater situations vs sea-kayaking that would make
Eskimo rescues useful in one and not the other?  I have no whitewater
experience and have not done any Eskimo rescues in my sea-kayak so I am
asking to better try to understand limits of this rescue.




   I believe that in whitewater paddling paddlers generally are in closer 
proximity to each other since they are pretty much confined within the width of 
the river. Whitewater paddlers also commonly rely on "spotters" to quickly come 
to their rescue if they should get into trouble. This and the fact that the 
Eskimo rescues are much more often applied in the whatewater scenario then they 
generally are in sea kayaking means that the whitewater paddler will be more 
inclined to be expecting it then their ocean counterparts. Of course this is 
merely speculation on my part as I don't do whitewater rivers either. I simply 
assume that the Eskimo rescues work better in river paddling based on the 
numbers of whitewater paddlers who always chime in with stories of Eskimo rescues 
every time this topic comes up.

Scott
So.Cal.
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