Wicklow kayak rescue

Zuppy

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/kayaker-rescued-by-offduty-search-team-2528066.html

Another recent kayak rescue

adrianshanahan

Of which the facts are very wrong!

smokie2008

adrianshanahan wrote: »

Of which the facts are very wrong!

wanna elaborate??

Zuppy

I only posted the article as info. I have no first hand knowledge of the incident in question.

With that said, kayaking is a risk sport and two rescues, whatever the details, in one week proves that.

adrianshanahan

I know one of the guys involved and the story as reported in many of the papers is incorrect. If they want to make their story know to all they will do so themselves.

From the mountain rescue report

"[FONT=verdana,geneva]The Kayaker and his paddling partners were able to self-rescue without injury, and the Rescue teams were 'Stood down' at 12.30pm."[/FONT]

Zuppy

Thanks for the link

adrianshanahan

Most welcome.

Git101

"Quote from article"



It was pure luck that the rescue team, consisting of Mick McCarthy, Paul Ramsell and Glen Barton, happened to be passing by.
Mr McCarthy, who has been part of a volunteer rescue team since 1987, said they were happy to help.


Strange that Mr McCarthy said they were glad to help if the lads had sorted themselves out

Recon

Git101 wrote: »

"Quote from article"



It was pure luck that the rescue team, consisting of Mick McCarthy, Paul Ramsell and Glen Barton, happened to be passing by.
Mr McCarthy, who has been part of a volunteer rescue team since 1987, said they were happy to help.


Strange that Mr McCarthy said they were glad to help if the lads had sorted themselves out

I hate the way some of the papers do that, you'd wonder why they can't report what actually happened in what seems to be a fairly straight forward story.

Mark A

It's laziness. In almost every case whenever I see the paper report on an event that i have personal knowledge of, they always seem to get things wrong.