Good News - Paddlewise members are still alive & kicking ;-) I have a couple of Alaska questions, please. Four years ago, Natasha & I had a wonderful paddle in our K2 - from Sitka to the McBride Glacier in Glacier Bay. We much enjoyed meeting Bob for a brief dockside chat, when the good ship Columbia paused for half an hour as we ferried north. We plan to go back in July 2015 - this time with 4 friends - to do it again. This time, a less-exposed trip from Hoonah. but spending a bit more time in Glacier Bay itself. We'll use our Feathercraft again and rent doubles (in Juneau) for the other two couples and then ferry to Hoonah and also ferry back to Juneau from Gustavus - or paddle back, if that Gustavus ferry has quit again. (1) Last trip, we bought, used and were very happy with three Bear Vault 500s. In 2015, we'll need many more bear-proof canisters for 6 people. Does anyone know if the Parks Service has a rent/borrow scheme anywhere other than at Bartlett Cove ? Perhaps something allowing return by post ? (2) Three of the group do not have drysuits - blame our warm NZ waters ;-) - so we'll rent those (probably in Seattle, from KA). We are all reasonably experienced paddlers - all qualified to lead open-ocean trips in our club, so we'll be focusing on 'staying away from the top of the cliff' - rather than the 'ambulance at the bottom'. That being said, with three boats and two existing PLBs, I'm tempted to get one of Delorme's inReach devices. I do love the concept of having a 2-way beacon; firstly for the obvious improvement in comms (in an emergency) but more for the ability to test that the device is still alive. (I don't know if any of you followed Stu Truman's round-Australia jaunt - where he had 2 or 3 PLBs die on him.) Anyway. does anyone have kayaking experience with the original or the newer SE inReach ? Best Regards Paul Hayward, Auckland, New Zealand On 5/29/2014 10:37 AM, Melissa Reese wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 9:45:10 AM PST, you wrote: > >> Fraud! Scam! Total BS! > Indeed. > > By the way -- how are you doing up in beautiful Alaska? Enjoying some > good paddling? :) > *************************************************************************** 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 May 29 2014 - 21:05:29 PDT
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