Tord, that would be wonderful! I am now presuming that the guys were not actually well dressed for the water (which is obvious, because both were hypothermic when reaching the closest islet). Please, check specially the Aftonbladet (Swedish evening paper) interview! The other issue is that the Multisport people are probably using kayaks without waterproof compartments, so they were actually not very 'extra sea-safe' as the Multisport press file claims. The lake is biggest (or was it second biggest?) in Sweden, so the swells can be big, if the wind direction is right. Maybe the Multisport is afraid of bad publicity so they are actually a bit sweetening things for the press. The guys made some bad decisions. The club is part of the outdoor testosterone & adventure industry, according to my opinion. Sponsored by outdoor manufacturers, with a lot of press covering. I did contact the writer of Aftonbladet and the Karlstad Multisport by e-mail. I think we need more details about the clothing, kayaks, direction of wind and the temperatures. Unfortunately, no answers yet. I am sceptical, maybe cynical, but it was a tragedy nevertheless Ari ----- On 24. maalis 2007, at 08:10, Tord Eriksson wrote: > If there is interest > I'll do a full translation next week - > off on a recce for this summers > paddle adventure, > > Tord *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 25 2007 - 18:21:59 PDT
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