albaz1369

The problem with notifying 911 of a potential problem is you have cast the liability on them, they are required now to respond immediately or as soon as resources are available and not terminate until a resolution is meet. Now you have taken a rescue squad out of service to sit until the paddler is back on shore. This rescue squad is now unable to respond to any other emergency that may arise. What you ultimately did was correct, wait for here to return. even though it was an inconvience to you, you felt a sense of responsibility and acted on it. Somewhere in heaven a star was placed next to your name.

I am a new member, probably novice level 1 experience, (as low as you can be rated) this is my first year at kayaking and enjoy it. I go to deer island and spend about an hour on the water about 3 times a week, basically I am building endurance and try to stay out longer each time and go out further each time. I am fairly confident in my kayak but have gotten concerned when I was hit with some unexpected swells. I would like some more practice in wet exits and unassisted reentries. I tried rolling and all I got was exhausted. I was successful a couple of times but was not consistent. learning to roll would be good but I am not going to be a fanatic about it. I think its more important to try and stay upright in the first place. (especially now that they found a shark in the area I kayak) I was at the lake tuesday Aug2 but only met a couple of other newbies. we were thinking we were in the wrong place. I will return next week. Hope to see you all there. Be safe Al Baz

I am new to NSPN and would like to attend a few sessions at the Mystic lakes, I am assuming that is mystic lakes in Medford. can anyone clue me into an exact location thanks. Al Baz