(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27901251)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27901404)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27901434)

what was ur pace? did u measure ur hr?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27901541)

Wow, I have never written this down before, and I am actually getting nervous symptoms just recollecting it mentally

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27901458)

I had a short-wave radio in case I needed to radio the coast guard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27901593)

i do 500+ miles on a routine basis in my boat. 50 miles takes me an hour tops.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27902321)

Your bitchboat would be swallowed up in those waters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27902700)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27903029)

The paddling? I knew it would be hard. I didn't do any training at all, and am not even sure when was the last time before this adventure that I was in the water. Nonetheless I am a solid athlete and the paddling was not killing me. In the 4.5 hours I did not take a single break.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27903058)

Do you mean that I don't delude myself regarding my own failures?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27903153)

This time i will bring a life raft along for confidence. If there is a storm, I can always inflate it (C02, so it inflates automatically) and ride out the storm on the life raft.

Then, reboard the kayak when conditions improve.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#27904059)

1. He went alone.

2. He left at around 5 PM and paddled into the night, which disoriented him and made him seasick.

3. He paddled east to west, into the wind.

4. He left even though wind was predicted.

5. He brought a cell phone and expected it to work all the way across a 50 - 80 mile wide section of lake. He put it in a ziploc bag, so it got wet and stopped working anyway.

6. He did it in a rental kayak that crunched his feet and was too tippy for him to rest. He had never paddled it before.

7. He brought an EPIRB rescue device that didn't work.

8. No VHF radio.

9. He brought a leaky spray skirt.

10. When he tipped over in the middle of the lake, he was so numb and exhausted that he couldn't get back in the boat. He was adrift in the middle of Lake Michigan.

Lucky for him, the water was 70 degrees and he actually wore a wet suit, the one smart thing he did. He was rescued by a ship who he thought was answering his EPIRB. In fact, it was dumb luck. Nobody heard his distress signal. It was a miracle that this guy survived.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2881811&forum_id=2#33752577)