Re: [Paddlewise] Wreckhouse winds- Greenland

From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:20:05 -0700
Bradford R. Crain wrote:
> There was an article in Seakayaker Magazine a few years ago about a group
> of four people visiting Greenland, I believe two men and two women. They
> rented kayaks and went for a scenic tour in nice weather. Fierce winds 
> suddenly
> pushed them away from shore and toward open water. Three people barely
> made it to shore. One woman, the smallest member of the group, was blown
> out to sea and never found. I decided then I would never paddle in 
> Greenland.

I recall that, Brad.  I think it was west of Greenland, on the Canadian 
shoreline of the Arctic Ocean.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
***************************************************************************
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 Aug 12 2010 - 09:20:10 PDT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:43 PDT