I think the show may have been given by a "paddlewiser" - at least one of the group you are talking about was in touch with me through paddlewise after we returned from our trip last year. We were the last people to see Brian Grant that July 19th afternoon. There is a news article (with a few errors - there were 3 of us and he did not talk to us..) http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/voices/story.html?id=65bdb9a5-65d7-42a8-ab24-bc68ac626c86 Our trip report can be found on my blog at: http://www.islandnet.com/~mjackson/pblog/2006/07/trip-journal-july-17-to-27.html The conditions that Brian Grant was setting off in that afternoon were nasty - we had chosen not to paddle that day due to the conditions and forecast - and getting worse. We were experienced and reasonably skilled paddlers (Paddle Canada Level 4) and felt that conditions were not safe enough to go around the "cape of storms" in a gale... we stayed put in camp. I have heard that Brian Grant did not have a VHF or weather radio, though I cannot confirm this. I think Doug Lloyd is working on an article about this event. I think your point about knowing limitations is key - there are lots of conditions that we should not be in, especially if there is no back up. Having paddled over 550 km of the west coast of Vancouver Island in the past two summers, I can attest that it is beautiful, still wild in many places and an amazing paddling area. You do need to be willing to work around weather windows. Last summer we had 3 weather days and this summer we had two. This summer's trip is described at: http://www.islandnet.com/~mjackson/pblog/2007/07/july-20th-to-28th-nootka-sound-to-port.html At 10:12 PM 30/11/2007, you wrote: > Went to a slide show on Wednesday evening. Program was about a kayak >trip around Vancouver Island, British Columbia. I went for the scenary >and sense of adventure and exploration. What I got was a cold shock. SNIP *************************************************************************** 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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