Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA04823; Thu, 16 Jun 1994 18:36:20 -0700 Return-Path: <robertn@corsair.esd.sgi.com-DeleteThis> Received: from sgigate.SGI.COM by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA04736; Thu, 16 Jun 1994 18:38:18 -0700 Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay.sgi.com [192.26.51.36]) by sgigate.sgi.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) with SMTP id SAA01819; Thu, 16 Jun 1994 18:32:32 -0700 Received: from corsair.esd.sgi.com by relay.sgi.com via SMTP (920330.SGI/920502.SGI) for @sgigate.sgi.com:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis id AA05906; Thu, 16 Jun 94 18:32:28 -0700 Received: by corsair.esd.sgi.com (931110.SGI/930416.SGI.AUTO.esd) for @relay.sgi.com:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis id AA08305; Thu, 16 Jun 94 18:32:22 -0700 From: "Robert Novak" <robertn@corsair.esd.sgi.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9406161832.ZM8303@corsair.esd.sgi.com-DeleteThis> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 18:32:21 -0700 In-Reply-To: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis> "Re: lucky to be alive today" (Jun 16, 5:51pm) References: <9406170031.AA02485@usc.com-DeleteThis> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.1.0 22feb94 MediaMail) To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: lucky to be alive today Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Jun 16, 5:51pm, Will Estes wrote:
> Subject: Re: lucky to be alive today
> 'Robert Novak says:'
> > I was on the far side of the channel and the wind and waves were forcing me
to
> > the east side of the bridge.
> >
> > I wasn't sure how far the mud flats were east of my position. Actually I
was
> > in no position to fight the waves anyway. As it was the waves were capping
on
> > me. Any attempt swim sideways to the wave would have taken a lot of
energy.
> >
> > I was also thinking about how long I would last in the water. My wetsuit
was
> > only 2mm. I'm not sure how long I would last before I was too cramped up
to
> > keep swimming or tread water.
> >
> > I was lining up one of the power towers behind the bridge with the bridge
to
> > get an indication of wether or not I was making forward progress or if the
tide
> > had started to ebb and was pulling me back into the channel. If I was
getting
> > pulled out I would see no other alternative but to head for the mud flats
on
> > the east side of the bay.
>
> If there had not been any boat there, was there any way to climb to the top
> of the bridge?
Not that I could see from my vantage point. From where the pilings start I
didn't see any way to get up.
The strange thing was that at that point the bridge is so close to the water at
high tide that I could see the drivers in trucks.(I could see the whites of
their eyes). I wonder if I waved my arms if they could see me.
Plan B, if I couldn't climb the bolts on the maint. tower was to try to swim to
one of the power powers just South of the Bridge. They might have a ladder or
something.
>
> Can you describe what the pilings look like/spacing/etc.?
The are very close together, about 4 ft, 15 per row. Each row is separated by
about 15 ft.
>
> This is just an incredible story. You ought to consider turning this into
> an article and submitting it to Windsurfing or maybe one of the West Coast
> magazines.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Will Estes Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis
> U.S. Computer Saratoga, CA 95070
>
>
>-- End of excerpt from Will Estes
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