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From: Ray Dangman <rdangman_at_orofino-id.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] entrapment
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 10:04:52 -0800
{Whiffle balls (practice golf balls) work great - light and don't hold
water.  Unlike a 'biner, it won't bonk anything.  I attached one to
mine using a wire tie (those plastic loops used for gathering wires
together that only tighten and can't be undone without cutting).}

The good thing about using a biner is that it's weight has the effect of
"raising" the grab loop when you are inverted making it very easy to find.

Ray
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From: Carey Parks <cparks_at_fuse.net>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] entrapment
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:14:15 -0500
> {Whiffle balls (practice golf balls) work great - light and don't hold
> water.  Unlike a 'biner, it won't bonk anything.  I attached one to
> mine using a wire tie (those plastic loops used for gathering wires
> together that only tighten and can't be undone without cutting).}
>
> AND
>
> The good thing about using a biner is that it's weight has the effect of
> "raising" the grab loop when you are inverted making it very easy to find.
>
> Ray

Ray, I like the idea of the weight, as well as the shape that would permit a
finger or thumb to hook on the thing for a pull. Also, around camp etc.
biners come in more handy than a whiffle ball. Perhaps preparing for Murphy,
a locker should be used.

Carey
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