Hello,

A few years back, a forum user suggested to put the Water Police phone number in your mobile, so that you can easily find it in case of emergency.

9442 8600 for Perth.

Fred

dbabicwa said...

There are so many helicopter rescues in the Alps everywhere around the world. Millions of $ spent on a poor tourists caught unprepared...

Of avalanche, I think 3 young Aussies died when I was at Hakuba, Japan, some year's ago.
Man, I've witnessed 2 heli rescues in 3 days last winter over there...That's life, sh.t happens.

to dbabicwa: Very true, just go on wintersport in any place in the world (I've been to austria and france numerous times) you will see helicopters pretty much daily. It is a part of the game.

to everyone: I would like to give our rescue teams a big thank you for all your effords. It is great to know that there are people that you can rely on when you are in trouble. Also great work Sci I think the man ows his life to you, the man in the kayak and of course the rescue workers.

I would like to say one thing though. Even though this guy is obviously a tool for going back the 2nd day and almost making the same mistake. Is it really fair to always be baggin 'euro's'? It might be the case that europeans have caused issues but that doesn't mean you can talk about ALL 'euro's' in general. This guy being so stupid doesn't have anything to do with him being German, he's just a freakin idiot.

A majority of the instructors out there are from europe? being from europe doesn;t mean you are a bad kiter. Being stupid however is a different thing. Would the commotion be the same if this guy was aussie? I am also refferring to the Bondi idiot where people tell the bloke to F off back to his own country. Bit drastic sometimes if you ask me.

As dbabicwa said: three Ausies died in Japan. Don;t think as a tourist you would like it if you read on a japanese forum (imagin it to be english) that the locals are cursing the Oz's for coming there and using their slopes for snowboarding. Telling them to F off back to where they came from.

(in fact the japanese would probably highly apologize to the families and try and get their tourism back on track by inviting more people over)

**** happen sometimes, good on kayaker for the rescue. With commentary like here though, no wonder if they were a euro/overseas visitor they are cautious about even talking to locals for help after reading **** like this, it just makes things worse.

Get a sign for woodies, NOT IN LAW but advice by kiters for kiters. We got them here and they work and don't cost a huge amount.

Hey - I'm new to kites - but been windsurfing 19years.

this has me confused - how do you get blown out to sea on a SWer?

If you did nothing you'd eventually end up on the beach wouldn't you? OK you'd have a long walk back south, But.......?

I guess if kite deflated you've got a problem. but there's talk of this guy trying to re-launch. So was he trying to launch on port tack and simply sailing out further all the time? Please respond as I've always assumed that if the wind dropped I could just haul the kite in and let the wind get me back (self rescue).

This talk of dumping kites and swimming home has me worried.