Re: [Paddlewise] Andrew McAuley

That will be one of the first things I do when I get on the water again in a 
kayak. I have a picture of him on my screen saver now, and talked to my 
teens about his life and accomplishments.

Doug


>I have just returned from the Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers (KASK) 
>annual
> forum, where there was a tribute to Andrew.
>
> Before the keynote presentation by Nigel Foster and his wife, Kristin
> Nelson, on their Labrador expedition, Paul Caffyn gave a brief summary of
> Andrew's journey, including his courageous decision to return to Tasmania 
> on
> his first attempt. Paul was at Milford Sound waiting for Andrew to arrive
> and said he felt hollow when he learned of the upturned kayak.
>
> Dave Winkworth, a friend of Andrew's from Australia, then gave a very 
> moving
> description of Andrew as someone very special, but also very normal, who
> would have felt comfortable sitting in the audience of paddlers about to
> watch someone else's journey.
>
> Dave then asked, if when next paddling our favourite piece of water, we
> could pause and raise our water bottle to the memory of Andrew, a
> fellow-paddler.
>
> A fitting tribute.
>
>
> -- 
> John Kirk-Anderson
> Banks Peninsula
> NEW ZEALAND
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