Does anyone know about (or know of a source of information) concerning the several fatalities that occurred near Punta Pulpita (south of Mulege) during an Outward Bound trip back in, I believe, 1978? I can't seem to find anything about it searching on the web. We heard some of the details, of this ill fated trip. As I recall there is a write-up in the Baja Adventure book. I read about it in one of the Baja books hopefully my memory is correct. Our trip leader seemed to know a fair amount of the details. That can be a rough section of water and I think they were blown out into the sea of Cortez. -- MZ visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Trudi Angell of Paddling South, or NOLS, might have some information. I was leading 10 self-supported trips there in the late eighties and it was a big deal; I met one of the locals who went out for the rescue and he was very affected by it. I had to see the area before leading trips there so I did a three day solo around the point. I was winded in a few times with 10 - 12 person groups between Punta Antonio and Punta Pulpita (or Pulpito? if you say it wrong it means baby octopus instead of pulpit so locals laugh) and it's knarly. Lots of clapitus in every direction and a reef in the middle to boot. If a norte came up we would land and then stand in the water to help the clients while guiding them with hand signals. Actually, I love thinking about that solo - first I couldn't find my water bottle at the ranch and someone said "Andrea, so cabesa es en une otre monde (spelling?) - your head is in another world!" (I think my friends would say that is true). I set off in my Dawn Treader by Derek Hutchinson (which is grey on top, white on bottom) and immediately a weird and unusual fog came in. I paddled in a halo-like rainbow about two feet from shore until I rounded Antonio. Then the fog cleared, blue footed boobies flew over me while three dolphins swam next to me (I've always thought the boat looked like a marine mammal!). I camped in the bay and paddled south to see if Trudi was there with a group and she rewarded me with an extra lobster given to her by a local fisherman. So I paddled back and over-cooked it. The next night I stayed at a fish camp and saw no one, but in the morning, after I had paddled off, I turned around to look at the beach and there was someone on horseback, like an aparition. (sp?) Anyway, it was very cool. Anddree On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Mary Zuschlag wrote: > Does anyone know about (or know of a source of information) concerning the > several fatalities that occurred near Punta Pulpita (south of Mulege) during > an Outward Bound trip back in, I believe, 1978? I can't seem to find > anything about it searching on the web. > > We heard some of the details, of this ill fated trip. As I recall there is > a write-up in the Baja Adventure book. I read about it in one of the Baja > books hopefully my memory is correct. Our trip leader seemed to know a fair > amount of the details. That can be a rough section of water and I think > they were blown out into the sea of Cortez. -- MZ *************************************************************************** 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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