Ixnay the idea of carrying a paddle through Albuquerque, NM. My wife tried to bring her new 2-piece Werner Kaliste home at Christmas and was stopped by security. It was bubble wrapped in the original shipping box. Apparently since the local TSA guys hadn't dealt with a kayak paddle before and it wasn't on their list of approved sporting goods she wasn't allowed to pass through. They kept referring to it as an oar and said it could be used as a weapon onboard the plane. Yeah right! Like the kid that carried on the skateboard or the guy with the guitar wasn't any more of a threat. We might have just had an a-hole security boss that was not going to be convinced, but unless it's listed we didn't have a legal argument. I vowed to, yet never followed through, writing a letter to ACA and asking them to help get kayak gear listed as legitimate airline carry on luggage. We ended up almost missing our flight and having to ship the thing home through a friend. Chris Kuhlman Seabrook *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jan 29 2005 - 10:34:37 PST
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