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 They were big open canoes. Seven people each, no PFD's... Looks like there are now 13 dead. Link to clip inside. New
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Re: Whitewater disaster in Slovenia - 8 dead Paddleman New
Date: Jul 04 2008, 17:10 GMT
From: Wilko
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Basically, they were having the last possible canoe trip since the Sava river is dammed. The dam isn't ready, so there is water flowing between the pillars.
They ignored the "Stop! stop! shouts of the other participants and just paddled down about 6 ft into a hydrolic between two concrete pylons. The two boats flipped and everyone fell into the water. Many of the people were immediately sucked into a turbine shaft and only two managed to swim to shore, one of whom died later one in the hospital.
They made many mistakes that lead to this tragedy, but just looking at the clip will explain a lot of those mistakes.
Look at the last (third) video link to see what happened (the bottom video):
www.rtvslo.si/modload.php
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 Wow. Is the largest Darwin Group Award ever? <NT> Carnage_Asada New -
 Bad form, man. People died. What if it were your family? GRITS New -
- yeah, I know something about personal flotation.....come on.... Carnage_Asada New
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 This had nothing to do with activism.... It was a celebration of the last possible trip on the river. Wilko New -
 Point taken. Sorry. <NT> Carnage_Asada New -
- don't apologize.dude... blokhead New
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- problem is swift water safety isn't common sense to the non boating public, lifeofloon New
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- hmmm... blokhead New
- Stop it wilko I keep agreeing with your posts DangerJudy New
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- No worries, Judy. Wilko New
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- Get a room, WTF I though you were doin deesh, now you are hittin on Judy <NT> Louie New
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 Hey Louie, make upo your mind, will you! Either I'm gay or I'm hitting on women, but not both... <NT> Wilko New
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