Larry W4CSC Jun 1, 6:03 pm show options

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From: Larry W4CSC - Find messages by this author
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:03:30 -0400
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Subject: Has anybody done this yet?
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I guess from Nebraska on Road Runner this sounds pretty good. Ever
been to
sea? Ever see a 15' swell?
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Not too many 15 foot swells in Nebraska Larry. My only offshore
experiences have been on oil rigs and fishing trips. However I grew up
in Colorado and did some whitewater stuff when I was in my teens &
twenties. With the exception of one trip on a 30 foot Salmon fishing
charter it was always fair weather. On that one trip off the Fraser
River inlet there were three of us from Nebraska and Oklahoma plus the
skipper and a crewman. We were out a few miles and a sudden storm came
up. The skipper gave us life vests and told us to put them on. I was
having the time of my life going up and down those waves. I didn't
realize how much danger we were in until we got back to the dock and
some of the locals started talking to the skipper telling him what an
idiot he was for being out there. I guess ignorance is bliss but I had
a helluva good time.