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Keenan Wellar wrote in
: in article , Tinkerntom at wrote on 1/16/05 7:06 PM: Granted, and hopefully they listen to the advise, as Sparks apparent has. I am not saying avoid cold, but avoid stupid! To quote Forrest Gump, " Stupid is, as stupid does!" I love being a newbie, because as a newbie, I can't make any mistakes except not asking questions. The problem is that once I ask the questions, and then go out and get some experience, I am no longer just a newbie. At best I can be a wiser newbie, maybe a stupid newbie, and hopefully not a dead newbie! The worst scenario, is a bunch of newbies going off and doing the newbie thing, and getting a dose of reality altogether when they were altogether unprepared for that reality. TnT Questions: How many people die each year while sea kayaking? Define sea kayaking? What percentage of those are actually beginners? It seems that every year around March-April there are several stories posted here about beginners that have gone out when the air temperatures warm up but the water is still cold. Typically it's the same story...no PFD and/or appropriate clothing for immersion. Last year a couple of guys went out on our local lake in a canoe and capsized about 400' from shore. The water temperature on the lake at the time was in the low 40's. They didn't have PFDs and were wearing jeans and t-shirts. They, were, however fortunate that a cottage owner saw them go over, jumped in a power boat and went out to rescue them. I have no doubt whatsoever that they would have died if the cottage owner had not seen them capsize. |
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