I still don't understand fully, nor can I comprehend the notion that anyone would consider the ocean as innocuos. Maybe temporarily doable for someone lacking the skills and backup but then these are the folks who are proped-up by those who poo-poo skills and equipment, rather trusting good judgment and common sense. At the end of the day, it takes all of the above -- or it just might be a very long day indeed, with a tragic outcome. Don't know the paddling environment out there, but it was still a relevant question Peter; it's just that the ocean is never safe where easily-accessed recreational activity intersects with an always potentially dangerous environment (ie, one subject to sudden or quickly worsing change). Doug Lloyd > Craig wrote: > >This link ( > http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=345006&sc=79 ) tells > >most of the story. A short paddle gone very wrong due to > weather and waves. > > G'day > > That's a sad story. Thirteen hours in and out of the water is a > remarkablestruggle. The Bai Verte Peninsula area from Google > Earth looks to have some > quite sheltered areas. Does anyone know if they were paddling > the kind of > location that seems deceptively innocuous and where one might > not normally > take comm.'s devices: flares, smokes, PLB, VHF? If its as remote and > 'mountainous as it looks perhaps only the PLB would have been > effective but > they could maybe have saved him and spared the rescue helicopter > such a long > search. > > All the best, Petero *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 06 2010 - 12:01:53 PDT
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