<http://tinyurl.com/3z2xl> http://tinyurl.com/3z2xl Wilderness "Survivor race gone bad'. Is not Dave Martin the same gentleman who proposed the the race along the outside passage on Vancouver Island? Bill In North Bay *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Silver" <silver_at_onlink.net> > <http://tinyurl.com/3z2xl> > Wilderness "Survivor race gone bad'. I am perpetually amazed how Darwin's principles today no longer apply!!!! *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 9/29/2004 5:24:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, M.Silvius_at_worldnet.att.net writes: > http://tinyurl.com/3z2xl I loved the sentence: "One gentleman made it in 15 hours, he had real maps. We only had a photocopy with no elevation." Wow. Real maps. Imagine the stupidity of signing up for 24 hours in the wilderness and not bringing a "real map". Rob G *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Rcgibbert_at_aol.com wrote: >I loved the sentence: "One gentleman made it in 15 hours, he had real maps. >We only had a photocopy with no elevation." > >Wow. Real maps. Imagine the stupidity of signing up for 24 hours in the >wilderness and not bringing a "real map". > > In many of these types of adventure race events it is against the rules to bring your own maps, for a variety of reasons. There is a certain amount of trust that these race directors will do their job -- in this case they simply didn't. Of course the individuals need to take responsibility for themselves but if you want to participate in these types of events you are always putting some amount of faith in the directors. b *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> >I loved the sentence: "One gentleman made it in 15 hours, he had real maps. > >We only had a photocopy with no elevation." > > > >Wow. Real maps. Imagine the stupidity of signing up for 24 hours in the > >wilderness and not bringing a "real map". Just curious, what did they mean - a photocopy of topomap? Ok, it's black and white (probably) , but elevation lines are still there and normally are quite legible. I toyed with a regular and colour photocopies, copied 1:1 or enlarged (and subsequently laminated) of map album that I didn't want to bring along. Colour copies were less contrast, so I even hesitated for a while, then decided to go for colour, it was somehow better to read despite lower contrast. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Heck, ditch the entry fee and offer paint=ball guns to the participants and you would probably eliminate a large portion of the 15-22 year-old male population, too. Jackie > most unfit specimens of the population. I vote all participants are issued > cotton garments only and maps are entirely forbidden. No radios GPS or > rescue teams allowed. Hell don't even tell them were they are suposed to > go, let them figure it out. That should clean up at least a small percentage > of the straglers. Better yet make the prize iresistably large, that way we > should be able to do a good house cleaning job!!! > michael > the Darwin Nazi *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I would make a really bad search and rescue worker. These people should have known that they had no business trying this stunt w/o supplies and equipment. I would have let Darwin do his thing - if you do a really dumb thing, you should suffer the consequences whatever they are. Wow. Real maps. Imagine the stupidity of signing up for 24 hours in the wilderness and not bringing a "real map". *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Schoengold" <schoengold_at_earthlink.net> > I would have let Darwin do his thing - if you do a really dumb > thing, you should suffer the consequences whatever they are. > My point exactly, but in these times I guess we have even figured out how to circumvent the basic laws of nature and are now ensuring the survival of the most unfit specimens of the population. I vote all participants are issued cotton garments only and maps are entirely forbidden. No radios GPS or rescue teams allowed. Hell don't even tell them were they are suposed to go, let them figure it out. That should clean up at least a small percentage of the straglers. Better yet make the prize iresistably large, that way we should be able to do a good house cleaning job!!! michael the Darwin Nazi *************************************************************************** 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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