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Books / Sea Kayaker's Deep Trouble: True Stories and Their Lessons from Sea Kayaker Magazine: True Stories and Their Lessons from "Sea Kayaker" Magazine
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Valuable lessons After my own near-death experience with a kayak I wanted an easier way to learn than the hard way each time. This book takes the lessons from problems that people got into. Some stories of people who died. If you can learn lessons and be better prepared their deaths werent totally in vain. I'm a better kayaker now and this book has helped with that. At least my mistakes aren't so stupid now
A must-read for every kayaker. This book is a must-read for every kayaker, not just sea kayakers. These true, white-knuckle accounts drive home the point that the unexpected can and does happen, often with tragic results. It's too bad the kayakers who perished or were on death's doorstep in these stories did not have the benefit of reading this book first. It certainly would have sharpened their judgement and kept them out of harm's way.
Cautionary Tales Hit Home I just can't let the first posted review stand alone. This is a book I read twice. Not because it wasn't well written. It was. It is so densely packed with stuff I needed to know that once through was not enough.
The narratives are well crafted: concise, gripping - I felt like I was right there in the cockpit battling the waves, shaking off the salt spray, and bracing for dear life. The savvy sidebars are packed with right-on-the-mark stay/get out of deep trouble pointers...just the antidote for an... more info
one of the worst designed books i have ever tried to read this book is produced by people who know nothing about books The format is so poorly designed that it is impossible to read. Very dissapointing. Hard to believe this book is distributed.
