Just remembered my friend Marvine who was paddling the Texas Water Safari (240 mile sprint) with 2 or 3 sisters in a long canoe. An alligator gar was attracted to he headlamp during the night and t-boned her in the ribs, breaking a few. She didn't paddle much the rest of the race. Steve -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA http://www.savvypaddler.com *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jul 23 2009 - 12:04:25 PDT
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