Re: [Paddlewise] Caveman - John Gray

From: John Winters <jdwinters_at_eastlink.ca>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:39:35 -0400
Jackie wrote;

>Just to tweak a few memories... Caveman (John Gray) participated
>in a few of the kayaking threads but I think mostly on WaveLength.
>The last thread he participated in was the discussion on making
>lifevests mandatory for *all* kayaking trips.  For a guy that
>spends probably most of his waking life on or in the water, he
>couldn't see the logic in an expert waterman wearing a lifevest
>in familiar waters and listed surfers, snorkelers, free divers,
>etc. as examples.  Diehards clung to the 100% rule and
>Caveman decided to... well, logoff and go sea kayaking :-).

I liked and miss John. He and I saw eye to eye on this and we took a lot of 
flack from those who clung to the 100% rule and didn't logoff and go sea 
kayaking.

Cheers

John Winters
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