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Originally posted by NotWal
If he was well prepared wouldn't he have an epirb, in which case he'd be found pretty quickly.
He had a lot more then an EPIRB Notwal, he was completely prepared. They dismissed the distorted radio distress call he made thinking that he would have activated his EPIRB.
Taken from his website....
the tally of equipment failure thus far... tracking beacon (carked it after first capsize 3 weeks ago); secondary sat phone (suffered same fate in same capsize); watch (no longer knows what time it is, so he's figuring if it's dark, it must be time to transmit his report!); broken pivot arm on Casper (apparently not affecting his performance);
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No matter how much gear you take when u are on the water that long things break.
I am not going to speculate what happened as most of it is media dribble. I do know that the cockpit of his kayak was seperated (he put it over his head when he slept). This really sucks though, the guy has just been kayaking for a month from Tasmania to NZ, sleeping in his kayak. He was within a days paddle and this **** happens. I am desperate to know he is ok and I pray to god that he is rescued. However it isnt looking good when all he had was a spray jacket
My thoughts and prays are with you Andrew, you have got bigger balls then I could ever dream of having mate. Hope your alright.
