Some of you may have noted a tragic accident that happened yesterday afternoon at the Philadelphia Canoe Club. A 57-yr-old woman club member, long-time white water paddler, skilled at rolling, was practicing rolling in a new ww kayak near the club dock on the Schuylkill River. It appears that no one was watching her until someone noticed she was upside down in the river. She was pulled out of the river by club members and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Speculation was that she had accidently folded the skirt release strap inside the boat and was subsequently unable to get the skirt loose to bail out. Medical problems are not known at this time. No details are available at this time. Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 29 2008 - 13:11:10 PDT
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