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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: Lost my sling to the Shenandoah (river) Jun 6^th, 2006 at 12:19am Sorry to hear that. I almost lost a sling like that before. You'll never know, may be if you just wait long enough it'll show up down stream!
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Lost my sling to the Shenandoah (river) Reply #1 - Jun 6^th, 2006 at 4:45am Just count that as an offering to the river gods for safe kayacking
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Re: Lost my sling to the Shenandoah (river)
Reply #2 - Jun 6^th, 2006 at 11:00am

I entrusted my slinging bag to my friends and brother one time because they were going to arrive at the slinging spot an hour or two before me. On arriving, I heard a story about one of them doing the same thing with one of my braided/woven slings, except he had managed to lodge it high up in a tree on the side of a bluff.
According to the story, they attempted to throw sticks at it to get it down, but were unsuccessful. The amazing part is this: legend has it my brother knocked the hapless sling out of the tree with a stone thrown from his own sling. All present corraborated this account, though it seems fantastical to me.

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Re: Lost my sling to the Shenandoah (river)
Reply #3 - Jun 6^th, 2006 at 1:30pm

Yikes,
You have my sympthaties.
Between my cats and their sling fetish and my youngest. I often have temporary moments like that.
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I should have taken a spare...and should have kept it closer to my person. Being a bit out of practice with my kayak, I lost my sling about 15 minutes into my 5 hour river trip this past weekend when I was the first person of our group (I think) to capsize his boat in class 2 rapids (baby rapids...we're talking babbling brook type stuff). The ONLY thing I lost of the loose stuff I had behind my seat that I grabbed quickly in the thankfully shallow water was...my sling. But not just my sling; I did have spare parts to repair my ole trusty sling (cordage and my spool of waxed nylon twine). I was quite unhappy about that. Ah well. Maybe next time. Undecided

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Re: Lost my sling to the Shenandoah (river)
Reply #4 - Jun 6^th, 2006 at 5:25pm

now THAT'S the reason why i love the simplest slings.

and yes, consider it an offering, because - uf you capsized in class 2 rapids, what would happen on more dangerous sections, if the gods weren't pleased?

some say that the glass is half empty.
others say thet the glass in half full.

i say - darn! mine one is broken! Tongue

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Castle7 Senior Member Offline I'm on fire today!! Posts: 453 GR, Michigan Gender:	Re: Lost my sling to the Shenandoah (river) Reply #5 - Jun 6^th, 2006 at 6:31pm Now that stinks. I just lost my sling in a river too. Only I was slinging rocks into the water and the leather snapped. Sent the pouch and release cord with the rock into the water!!! I haven't gotten around to making a new one since.
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3220 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Lost my sling to the Shenandoah (river) Reply #6 - Jun 7^th, 2006 at 10:26am Ah, well, just think of it this way, it will probaby drive future archeologists crazy.
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Altay Senior Member Offline Romans 8 Posts: 447 Gibsonia, PA (USA) Gender:	Re: Lost my sling to the Shenandoah (river) Reply #7 - Jun 11^th, 2006 at 4:57pm Quote: some say that the glass is half empty. others say thet the glass in half full. i say - darn! mine one is broken! Really? I say the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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SlingWolf Senior Member Offline Guns dont kill people... Magic missles do! Posts: 362 Kenmore, NY Gender:	Re: Lost my sling to the Shenandoah (river) Reply #8 - Jun 11^th, 2006 at 5:15pm I've only lost my sling to the Oreo (cat)
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