On 19 May 2004 at 15:50, John Fereira wrote: > Whitewater kayaker have rescue option that might not be available to > sea kayakers and sea kayakers have self rescue options that are > typically not appropriate in whitewater conditions. Those differences > are generally dictated by the conditions in which each in paddling. > > Assuming someone capsizes while paddling class II-III whitewater, > doesn't roll, and comes out of their boat. In that case, the swimmer > basically floats/swims until they reach a spot on the river where it > is safe to stand up and can pull their boat out (and collect the rest > of their gear). This represents a pretty dangerous activity. A swimmer in WW is at a greater risk than someone in a boat. Rocks, keepers, leg and arm entrapment and a whole assortment of other risks are real and should be avoided. > an assisted t-rescue just takes too long and would be very difficult in > pretty much anything class II and above. I haven't done much WW, but I've never exited the kayak. On the few rolls I missed, I got a T-rescue. This in class III. (In fact, one roll I missed was because someone came in to do a T and plowed into my paddle as I tried coming up). I wouldn't downplay the role of the T-rescue in a group of decent WW paddlers. Unlike sea kayakers, they tend to stick together. > It's also worth noting that the majority of sea kayakers are not going > to be paddling in conditions as potentially dangerous as soon as > whitewater paddlers might. We've discussed this in the past. Sea kayakers may not plan on rough conditions, but that doesn't prevent them from happening. I've had to deal with terrified paddlers just because of a little wind and wave action. If they knew how to roll, it goes without saying they'd have learned to deal with this - their fear, after all, was that they'd tip over. Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 19 2004 - 17:21:26 PDT
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