Well, 100 ft waves would be a challenge, even for you! Snowy hills maybe could be suitable substitutes to such waves - there are some nuts using WW kayaks in snow on YouTube, somewhere ... Check you life insurance first ... Tord ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lloyd" To: "Tord S. Eriksson" Cc: paddlewise Subject: Rouge waves Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 23:12:01 -0700 Having lost a bit with the last rogue wave that crashed down out of almost nowhere (hey, should have seen it coming), I wonder what the next one will be like to try and survive? Doug Lloyd (whose thinking about cashing in his dismal Asian market portfolio and just buying a new kayak where he can at least enjoy the waves... > Having spent some time at sea - sail boats, cruise liners > an semi-submersibles - and much in lakes rowing and sailing, > I think the existence of these rogue waves had been debated, > and after having reprogrammed some weather satellite to > scan a certain area for big waves over many months, they > have now been proved to exist! -- An Excellent Credit Score is 750 See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 03 2009 - 02:03:09 PDT
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