X-OldHeader: From Eyes4Hire@aol.com-DeleteThis.com Mon Aug 6 15:26:03 2001 Return-Path: <Eyes4Hire@aol.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id PAA18097 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 15:26:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Eyes4Hire@aol.com-DeleteThis.com Received: from msgbas1.sgp.agilent.com (msgbas1.sgp.agilent.com [141.183.101.235]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id PAA28029 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 15:26:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-r09.mx.aol.com (imo-r09.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.105]) by msgbas1.sgp.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D56419F for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 06:25:59 +0800 (SGP) Received: from Eyes4Hire@aol.com-DeleteThis.com by imo-r09.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31.9.) id v.cc.18e4036b (16789) for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 18:25:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <cc.18e4036b.28a0736d@aol.com-DeleteThis.com> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 18:25:49 EDT Subject: Re: Kiter at Sherman To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 40
In a message dated 8/6/2001 2:57:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
eeiseman@worldnet.att.net-DeleteThis.com writes:
> slammed directly down from the sky. He landed on the pavement behind my
car
> in the exiting lane, past the fee collection office, the other lane, the
> reeds and weeds, the rock shore, somehow over all the rocks and flags on
the
> point. An ambulance was called- he didn't move.
> Does anyone know what happened and what became of that guy?
Word is that he was injured on just about every part of his body. He was
treated on site and refused to be transported by the ambulance. Many of the
kiters up there are doing a good job of working into the pattern and keeping
their lines high, but I did notice beginner kiters launching upwind at the
access where a downwind trip taked you right into the play pen where the
beginners and the kids are. One beginner was having a friend wade behind them
and hold their harness to keep them under control. It seemed to me that you
should not be attached to a kite you can't control with your own weight,
period. I was told that there is a move to create a specific kite area
downwind of the Access. I'm not sure if this spot will work for the beginner
kiters or not.
Peter
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Jan 07 2002 - 02:10:18 PST