Re: [Paddlewise] Was Frostbite - now brush with infamy

That's why I'm my best buddy.

Good on you for showing some leadership.

Sounds like all good learning.

Have to get out with you sometime.

I got a feeling there's gonna be some good storms come early spring.

DL

> Doug wrote>
>
>> PS Re you're brush with fame on CHEK TV with Igor the seal: were you 
>> aware there was a storm-sewer warning for the coast due to the heavy 
>> rains?
>>
>> Or have you had military training? "Crap is my friend!"
>>
>> DL
>
> Missed that but it only makes sense. However since we were off the Toney 
> part of town, 10 Mile Point,  only gold nuggets would have washed out of 
> the storm sewers.  We could have used you as there was some silliness 
> going on. Your experience would have been welcomed.  I suggested that if 
> anyone lost their boat that we regroup on Jemmey Jones Island if we were 
> fortunate to catch up with the kayak, only to be told you can't land 
> there.
>
> Odd that; as I've stood on top of Jemmey Jones in a 45 knot Gale after 
> landing with five other kayakers.  I know this for a fact as Mike Jackson 
> was standing next to me when he measured the wind speed with his nifty 
> wind gauge.  I also had one Paddler say she didn't want to paddle in the 
> tide race but only on the edge, then watched her and her "Buddy" paddle 
> strait into the race.  I thought that very odd as well. I concluded either 
> she has a short term memory problem or more likely does not understand the 
> affects of current.
>
> I wanted everyone to pay close attention to the group dynamics and to be 
> on the lookout for anyone in trouble but got over ruled by this woman and 
> her close friend who insisted the buddy system was better.  At the end of 
> the day I initiated an impromptu rescue session by coming out of my boat 
> next to the buoy.  There were four kayakers in the immediate area, two 
> came to assist while the "buddies" never looked around and paddled off to 
> the put in sight.  When we got back they didn't Evan know that a rescue 
> had taken place.  If things had gone badly we could have been in a bit of 
> a spot.
>
> The Buddy system should be the beginning of your group awareness not the 
> end of it.
>
> Gordin Warner 
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