> I have been speaking with Dave Winkworth, a friend of Andrew's in Australia, > who is as mystified as everyone about the circumstances, saying that Andrew > was extremely safety conscious, and would normally have had a 406 EPIRB, > found in the kayak, in a harness around his neck. Dave is arriving to stay > on Monday, so I will have a good chat then. This was what puzzled me until now - why there was no EPIRB signal. Apparently he was doing something that required taking EPIRB off for a second, and later didn't have a chance to grab it. Terrible... *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Feb 11 2007 - 20:03:37 PST
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