[Paddlewise] Another kayaker in trouble: Missing kayaker found after an hour in Wild Rice Lake

Again, paddling alone increases the risks:

"A kayaker was brought to safety after spending an hour in Wild Rice Lake 
Thursday evening", writes Duluth News tribune. 

A man from the fire department said the kayaker, a young man from the area, 
capsized and became entangled in reeds. Luckily, the man's empty kayak 
washed up on shore at the northest end of the lake, and the alarm was 
given.

Eventually the young man was found by a member of the volunteer fire 
department, who took to the lake in his personal boat. 
The kayakerbs condition was not known, when the paper wrote the report,
but it is reported that said the was alert and talking when pulled from the 
lake, though he may have been mildly hypothermic.

text from
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/?id=50195
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