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New Years Safety Reminder
By:Brad Shook
Date: 1/3/2008, 7:50 pm
In Response To: Other: New Years Safety Reminder *LINK* (Robert N Pruden)

Robert,

Thank you once again for bringing this topic to hand. And for those people that think that hypothermia is the biggest killer of kayakers, please read the article in this months Sea Kayaker Magazine on COLD SHOCK and SWIMMING FAILURE, the real killers. It is an excellent article that helps us to understand why "dressing for the water temps and not for the air" should be so mandatory.

Having made many bad decisions on rivers and lakes (like flipping over a river dory while rowing over a low head dam rapid and almost killing my daughter in the process...way stupid on my part!) I should know and have learned from experience (as a professional river guide).

IF THERE IS ONLY ONE MESSAGE THAT EVERYONE TAKES AWAY FROM ROBERTS ESSAY LET IT BE THIS: Go out there and paddle confidently but remember one thought: a live weenie is a weenie who is the first to back out of a dangerous situation and gets to paddle for at least one more season - the machoistic I'm-not-backing-down-first kind of paddlers are the ones I speak of today.

Regards,
Brad Shook
Holland, Michigan

Messages In This Thread

Other: New Years Safety Reminder *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- 1/2/2008, 10:16 pm
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John Monroe -- 1/6/2008, 2:39 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/7/2008, 7:37 pm
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John Monroe -- 1/9/2008, 5:21 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/9/2008, 6:34 pm
Pemmiean--survival food. *LINK*
John Monroe -- 1/10/2008, 4:33 am
That's PemmiCan
Robert N Pruden -- 1/10/2008, 6:37 pm
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Aaron H -- 1/10/2008, 7:23 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/10/2008, 8:01 pm
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Aaron H -- 1/10/2008, 8:42 pm
Weeee Hooo! Just landed my first trip sponsor
Robert N Pruden -- 1/11/2008, 5:00 pm
sounds yummy :^( *NM*
TOM RAYMOND -- 1/10/2008, 1:23 pm
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David, Tasmania -- 1/4/2008, 4:08 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/7/2008, 7:29 pm
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Bris Paul -- 1/3/2008, 11:55 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/7/2008, 7:45 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/4/2008, 11:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/7/2008, 2:11 am
New Years Safety Reminder
Brad Shook -- 1/3/2008, 7:50 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/4/2008, 12:57 pm
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Mike Savage -- 1/4/2008, 3:18 pm
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Doug S -- 1/4/2008, 2:02 pm
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Mike Scarborough -- 1/4/2008, 2:13 pm
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george jung -- 1/3/2008, 4:02 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/3/2008, 8:36 pm
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george jung -- 1/4/2008, 10:45 am
Did I just read the Forward.......
TOM RAYMOND -- 1/3/2008, 1:10 pm
Hmmm!
Robert N Pruden -- 1/3/2008, 8:23 pm
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John Van Buren -- 1/3/2008, 7:50 am