Peter Chopelas wrote an Interesting story! Just having amassed a huge heap before going off on a paddle-tour around Skye, Scotland, I started to figure about just what could be left behind. Not much. The evident things I never have brought before is an electric bilge pump, a VHF, a GPS, a phone and some local written information. To charge the battery we have a solar panel, which might not be needed, to study the fauna a telescope and a tripod, a little digital recorder for sound bites, a digital camera and two binoculars (I can't use hers and she refuses to use mine). Two sets of fleece is necessary in cold waters, one dry to put on if the other get wet, two sets of Reed aquatherm garments - one for bad weather (dry-suit-like)and one lighter for nice weather (similar to the thin wetsuit windsurfers use), a comfy tent is a blessing, as a thermarests :-)! Still adds up into a huge heap on the floor in front of me! So all you out there, take care and paddle safe, Tord S Eriksson (that now have read "Deep Trouble" as someone recommended)! *************************************************************************** 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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