A discussion on a recent tragedy. http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php? p=1669997#post1669997 Jim et al *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
James Farrelly wrote: > A discussion on a recent tragedy. > > http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?p=1669997#post1669997 Been a lot of buzz on this out here, a good bit of on West Coast Paddler. Look here: http://www.westcoastpaddler.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=1443 In particular, if you have a high-speed connection, select the 17-minute debriefing of one of the paddlers (this link is down a ways -- go to the second page). It is riveting. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Tony Olsen wrote: > Yeah, I've been following that one. Sounds like the 'elite' can make > mistakes too. Probably worse ones than we would. I'm guessing we > respect our limitations a little more than they do theirs. Tony, that last sentence is what I would have thought before checking out the debriefing video referred to in my posting. I came away with respect for those folks and humility about my own talents. They do play it a little closer to the edge than most of us do, but they also understand the risks pretty well. They got nailed, partly by the conditions, and partly by the mindset of their way of tackling paddling. The interview is worth watching. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Thanks for pointing out the video link...some how i missed it. Would you be so kind as to re-post it. Thank you. john Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote: Tony Olsen wrote: > Yeah, I've been following that one. Sounds like the 'elite' can make > mistakes too. Probably worse ones than we would. I'm guessing we > respect our limitations a little more than they do theirs. Tony, that last sentence is what I would have thought before checking out the debriefing video referred to in my posting. I came away with respect for those folks and humility about my own talents. They do play it a little closer to the edge than most of us do, but they also understand the risks pretty well. They got nailed, partly by the conditions, and partly by the mindset of their way of tackling paddling. The interview is worth watching. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR --------------------------------- Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a reality with Yahoo! Autos. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
John H wrote: > Thanks for pointing out the video link...some how i missed it. Would you > be so kind as to re-post it. Thank you. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/10/09/bc-adventureracers.html -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Dave K. Thank you for the link. Much appreciated. john Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote: John H wrote: > Thanks for pointing out the video link...some how i missed it. Would you > be so kind as to re-post it. Thank you. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/10/09/bc-adventureracers.html -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
It sounds like in retrospect that they should have put the hypothermic guy in the middle hatch and then have the two double stay rafted together for stability with two people (one in each double) hanging on to the other boat and two people paddling perhaps canoe like to bring the raft to shore. The decision making was complicated by the people thinking at the time that the highest priority was to get help for the woman who they did not know had managed to get back to shore. So they wanted to get someone to shore fast to get help. They acknowledged that rafting made a stable platform but they were desperate to help woman who they knew to be in the water. Whole scenario a nightmare. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Too bad the link is in a proprietary format (Windows). Craig Jungers Royal City, WA On 10/10/07, John H <seajohnkayak_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > > Dave K. > Thank you for the link. Much appreciated. > john > > Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote: > John H wrote: > > Thanks for pointing out the video link...some how i missed it. Would you > > be so kind as to re-post it. Thank you. > > > http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/10/09/bc-adventureracers.html > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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