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 *************************************************************************** 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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