At 04:46 PM 2/28/2005 -0500, Tim Gamble wrote: >I was attending the Sweetwater Kayak symposium about 100 miles south this >weekend and the weather was nasty. Windy and heavy rain. By Sunday the >organizers had to cancel all their morning on-water programs, and this was >in a sheltered area. Unfortunately this seems to have become a common occurance for the Sweetwater symposium. When I attended a couple of years ago most of the on-water programs ended up getting cancelled near the end of the weekend although it was nice to see that the rescues session still took place and that the weather actually provided more realistic conditions for practicing the self/assisted rescues. I believe I did the 3 star BCU training with you (and Steve Maynard) and the wind was just started to blow pretty good during our assessment. >The following is the tour company that organized the trip, with a >description of the remote camping they were planning. >http://www.orrtreks.com/index2.htm > >One can only assume they thought the motorized support vessel could handle >any problems. > >Finally the following link from December describes the paddling trail, but >its hard to read after learning of these kid's deaths. >http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/770278951.html?MAC=701c04070003417993fb64b74a14dd5b&did=770278951&FMT=FT&FMTS=FT&date=Dec+23%2C+2004&author=&printformat=&desc=Up+around+the+Bend+Series%3A+PADDLING+THE+TANNIC+SEA *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 02 2005 - 03:57:20 PST
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