Miles --
He was safe and sound at home in Reston with no idea that there had been a 3-day search and rescue operation. According to a follow-up article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/kayaker-presumed-missing-in-potomac-river-was-actually-safe-at-home-in-reston/2014/06/15/0d2bcfee-f4ac-11e3-8f20-f3a5fed7f3c4_story.html), he was already on Craig's list looking for a replacement boat.
-- Greg
From: Miles <md@oppidi.net>
To: tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 9:30 AM
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: interest in a fishing safety class?
Well...--
I once put in at around 8' to paddle a spot called Dead Cow Hole. On the map in the article, the hole is in the channel behind the island where the guy stopped his boat. Normally it's stagnant, but above a certain level turns into moving water. When we were done, we paddled up the channel and out into the main flow -- a stretch I paddled a lot at 3' to 5'. It was almost unrecognizable -- just an amazing amount of water.
At that point, I had been paddling for several years, had up-to-date equipment in good condition, knew the river pretty well, and my buddy was a semi-pro boater. Whoever popped out of that red kayak probably had none of those things going for him. I hope they find him.
Miles
On Sunday, June 15, 2014 6:58:46 PM UTC-4, Rob Snowhite wrote:Found this article interesting via the Wash post. Still can't believe someone would put a boat in there with water like this (there was a woman who was stranded with her kayak in tree tops a few years ago during a flood)
http://www.tpfr.org/
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