NYCkayaker A Trip Gone Wrong in Slovenia

Steve Landis s.landis at comcast.net
Sat Jul 5 11:25:26 EDT 2008


Tanya Elder wrote:
>  I dont' quite get why they were going over the damn, but it wasn't a good idea. The article says canoes and kayaks, btw.
> LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) -- Divers pulled six bodies out of
> the Sava River and fought strong currents Friday to search for five
> other people still missing after two canoes were crushed running over a
> dam in southeastern Slovenia.  
>   
<snip>

The trip ominously dubbed "Final Descent" was to mark the last trip 
before the dam went online.   There were pics included with the initial 
news coverage that showed 7 people in a large open canoe without pfd's.

Steve


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