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Re: Open, cold water concerns

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Hayden

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Date Posted: 19:25:13 05/19/04 Wed
In reply to: Brian 's message, "Open, cold water concerns" on 16:49:38 05/14/04 Fri

Hey Brian,

Wapiti isn't always checking the forum, so I will give you a quick answer.

The Training day is going to be Tuesday June 1st. It is basic open water rescue, strokes, and time to ask questions. The training day is very basic kayak rescue. It will not qualify someone to go out and roll a kayak or rescue in big rough water, but at least it will teach the basics. It will also probably be cold, the lake is an old gravel pit.

Wet suits or dry suits for the trip. I have a top and bottom from Galyans, nothing special, but it does the job. We don't expect to be more than 1/4 to 1/2 mile form shore the whole trip with an occasional bay crossing.

You may also be interested in a possible weekend easy adventure expedition locally. Think of it as a very easy adventure race style expedition. Just a ton of different activities thrown together. Participants should be active individuals who can hike, bike, kayak, etc for about 10 hours per day at an easy pace. Mostly, it will be at expedition pace (pretty slow) you don't have to be a superstar or anything. We expect to have it sometime in the late summer. It will be local.

Hope that helps. Wapiti should be sending more info on the training session (s) later tonight.

Hayden

>Hello Wapiti et al. I'm new to the group & haven't
>been out w/ Fortune Bay on any trips as yet, However,
>the Soo Locks trip sounds awesome. Please keep me in
>the loop for the training day(s). I will at least
>attend those. I'm a little intimidated at the thought
>of getting onto the big water, especially the COLD big
>water. But maybe it's a healthy respect that has grown
>from my prior experiences. I had always presumed that
>wet suits were a necessity on a trip like this, but I
>have no first hand experience to confirm this notion.
>
>A little background: I've been on, or led, 5 trips
>through the BWCA and Slyvania Lakes (all 5-8 days), at
>least 5 or 6 inland river canoe trips (3-6 days, all
>in Wisconsin), and I've backpacked more days than I
>could possibly remember. I have a Dagger Crossover
>(12.5 ft), that I'm adding a front bulkhead to. I'm
>comfortable paddling 25+ miles/day @ a brisk pace, but
>I'm not sure what to make of large waves & cold, open
>water. I have not learned the eskimo roll or proper
>bracing technique.
>
>The trip (and group) sounds great. Feel free to
>discuss it here, or we can chat once you've seen me on
>the water.
>
>Brian in Lansing

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Open, cold water concerns	Wapiti	23:03:22 05/20/04 Thu
June 1? That's TONIGHT -- brian, 14:29:53 06/01/04 Tue