This guy's biggest error was in not bringing along his ski poles. If you don't own ski poles then you don't live far enough north!! He did choose the correct direction: downstream. You can see the lengths (or depths) we will go to get in a day of paddling. We could all probably last through three weeks. It's the three months that gets to us. I'm guessing that there aren't many Paddlewisers who haven't pushed their way through ice at some point in their paddling career. I've even used a kayak (a Loon) to rescue a dog stranded on a peninsula with thin ice all around. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:15 AM, James Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net>wrote: > No, no I wont be paddling today. I think I'll go for a crunch instead. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxo6mz3vQgU&feature=related > > We are in the middle of our three week winter here in the American South. > Ice > was just visible in the shadows. It is a rare enough event that I pointed > it > out to my kids. I hope I can last till February when I can change back into > shorts and a t-shirt. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jan 12 2010 - 09:22:19 PST
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