Re: [Paddlewise] Swimming Under the Golden Gate Bridge

From: James Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:20:10 -0500
On Jan 12, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Dave Kruger wrote:

> Contrast Mark's account with Rob Gibbert's detailed, eloquent tale  
> (SK, August 2008; see below) of a trip gone bad in the San Juans.   
> Rob enumerates a completely different culture and practice of sea  
> kayaking trip-leading behavior, in which it is dog-plain the group  
> was tightly organized; had prepared for cold water rescues; was  
> able to execute alternate strategies; and, had a pre-planned,  
> agreed-on bailout agreement for group separation.  All were  
> important in overcoming an error in judgment made by the trip  
> leader (allowing an under-prepared participant to continue).

Snipped from the article in SKM, "Rob Gibbert is a hazardous location  
lighting consultant."

I bet his daily work keeps his mind tuned into what can go wrong.  
Interesting occupation Rob.

Jim et al
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