Lano to Wedge downwinder, interested?

Running a couple minutes late, meet at lano or wedge?

I've a few jobs to do but think i should be done by Tues all well.
Keep eye on forecast
Will be in touch gruzitski

hanging out - (no wind this side)
Did U make it?
That wild place just beside civilisation sounds great 4 a d/winder.
(Having a beer for U already)

Pics too please

Have to arrange something locally - got Joneses syndrome real bad

cheers
AP

say it ain't so please.....it wouldn't be the first time....

Haha, hope you had a fun trip.

Unreal at horrocks today, 7m winds , heaps of swell and 3 other kiters to share it with.
Fantastic.
Dave

check the caravan park he loves hanging around them

Mate, she was great it in beach breaks. Fastest board I have ever ridden.

I am spending today giving her a good sand back and paint for next weekend.

That's just a baby bird.

When is the next trip boys?

Anybody missing a board?

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/Western-Australia/found-board-lancelin-beach/

All fun and games. Until someone has a gear failure...

I heard a dude crashed his kite not even half want to Wedge today and ripped it, had to walk 3 hours back to Lancelin carrying everything and none of his mates stayed with him. Despite the sea breeze it was stinking hot all day.

Stoked he made it back ok but I have to ask how much collective thought and planning went into it?

Andy this thread started regarding organising a DW and quickly evolved into discussing the safety and planning side of it. I see nothing wrong with livening up this one and pointing out that stuff will and has gone wrong and there aren't many options available when it does. I figure its a better option than clogging up the forum with a new thread. I looked for a more relevant thread for this particular trip but couldn't see one, and still can't find it.

I want to play... let me know when the next one is.

I agree with Chris. A half decent injury where you could not walk out and it is 10-15km north of Lano and a 4WD can't get in... what's the plan?
Everyone dismissed that one. In fact most people laughed it off as "nobody would ever have a problem"

An 8km walk in sand with not quite enough water would not be much fun and could be fatal.

Lano to Wedge is NOT Leighton to City Beach. All we said is "organised downwinders" in the sticks need to be organised. IE whats the plan for extracting somebody or even knowing they need to be.

I did the run with this group a couple of weeks back.
We had 3 x 4wds parked at the point and no not Honda CRV's on that day i saw numerous vehicles doing the beach run from narrowneck all the way to wedge, so the beach run is accessible for that stretch, Lano to Diedy Bay may not be.

I was carrying 2 litres of water and a couple of the other guys had camel packs plus we had a pump and anytime someone stopped the whole group stopped until that person got going again.

I agree that you need to be prepared & know what to do if it all goes to SCHIZER but really some of you nanny's need to get out more.

Organsised to a point is very questionable,


Similar common scenario, Had this bloke broken down on a section of road with Telco no coverage.... and decided to walk 10km to the nearest farm house, he's be classed as an idiot for not taking a phone with in case he came across some telco signal, and again be classed as a bloody idiot for venturing off the road down a track. Any situation where a group splits up to leave one person to fend for them selves is lunacy, EVEN if they go in hero mode and insist to left behind.

How many offroad biker carry EPRIBS or flares?
Injuries happen all the time, just ask the royal flying doctors or any medical rescue helicopter.... one/several person stays with injured the OTHERS go to get help. this is not rocket science.

People do multiday cayon walks all the time, almsot always out of teclo signal & yes many take EPIRBS, but most don't. Basic equipment & water and a good group is by far the best 101 risk management strategy.

Flares.... people assume that you pull out a flare and a fleet of rescue vehicles come charging over the horizon to your aid....
Here is pic of a boat pulling a flare in rivervale, I'm 400m away from an elevated position...


Its simple;
- go with a group you trust and that will be their to support you when things go wrong.
- Take a phone, at very least you get an awesome GPS track and some pics. kitetracker.com/gps/tracking?r=andyhansen_8
- Its 3hours, take a 3lt camel pack, and again if people have to stay behind, the kiters going for help would surely leave theirs for the, injured, injuried minders or group walking out.

Flares, PDFs, EPRIBS, satellite phones, first aid kits, complete toolboxes, maps, compasses, thongs, meal packs, ... yes, all risk avoidance measures, but the same level of risk that would suggest you wear a helmet and safety harness in a soapy shower. There is a level of practical and impractical risk management for every sceanrio, and by god im sure the keyboard jockies if challenged would be more than happy to explain with an example of what impractical risk management would be for even a task such as driving your car to the shop to buy milk.

I will say this, CPR should be a key consideration, very many bad situations could require CPR. drowing, A severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) to sea & land based cause.

fact is you could scratch your arm with your own nail and die within a week due to a flesh eating bacteria that lives on every single persons skin, very rare case, one in WA recently actually.

End end of the day, have fun, be safe and by using some common sense!