NYCkayaker all that DANGEROUS water surrounding our island!!

[Chalu Kim]

I have been reading this to and fro.

Anyone who climbs down will qualify to be on the Darwin Awards.

http://www.darwinawards.com/

Nancy Brous wrote:
> thanks for the post about the (lack of) safety devices in hudson river 
> park, mike.
> the issue has been raised several times recently at HRPT Advisory 
> Council meetings by myself and others.
> the assertion that ladders which would provide egress from the water 
> cannot be installed as they would provide a way for people to get into 
> the water is absurd.
> we've also suggested life rings be installed at various points along 
> the (nearly impossible to scale) seawall in the park, and have been 
> told that they are too likely to be stolen, so the park doesnt want to 
> buy them.
> unbelievable.
> we are planning to form a working group within the Council to address 
> the issue and are interested in seeing examples of safety devices used 
> in other cities, and collecting other suggestions of ways to address 
> the problem.
> if you have any suggestions or photos of other cities' solutions, 
> please send them to me back channel.
> thanks.
> nancy
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