Kinda sounds that way Richard. An experienced paddler heading out into specifically bad conditions ev'ning-time isn't necessarily suicidal or stupid if the paddler is up to the task. If trouble comes, anyone attempting such an outing would have a good survival attitude and backups in place such that failure wouldn't be an option - certainly not death. Or as Sheriff Wydell said to Officer Dobson in The Devil's Rejects, "Dying is not an option. Now you stick that back in that gray matter of yours and you make that stick. Cause any other thought is gonna get you cold slab, toe tag and mailed home to your mamma in a plastic bag. Are we crystal?" Doug Lloyd Rich said: Too bad the fellow died. Paddling offshore on Superior at night in mid-October in blowy weather is so risky as to be either stupid or suicidal. Since he was an experienced paddler, he knew the risks. That, combined with his giving cash away to a couple of relatives for no particular reason makes me suspect that his final paddle was a suicide. ****************** *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Oct 26 2009 - 18:06:55 PDT
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