Its probably not a coincidence that this is not the first time a rescue operation has been launched due to the paddling activities of one of the more prominent participants in this tragedy. Going down the list of what they did and didn't do, it seems (to a sea kayaker) like safety was not given much thought at all. Maybe its unfair to say this as I'm sure they are all feeling awful and having many second thoughts in hindsight, but even the writeup they did on the incident seems to show complete unawareness of how this came to pass. There was little acknowledgment that they could have done this or that better, or that they did anything wrong, while most of those (many) things are glaringly obvious to safety minded folks in sea kayak culture. Hopefully I'm reading that wrong and behind their description they do recognize the multitude of mistakes that were made. Wayne *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Oct 30 2011 - 18:38:10 PDT
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