PrairieWind
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badly timed lull, poorly placed tree
This was posted on one of the "fairly" local facebook thingys.
It's at Spray Lakes near Canmore, Alberta. Thought you guys might like it. I haven't kited at Spray yet (it's a 4 hour drive for me, but one day...
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Whoops. Bad luck indeed! hehehe.....That's Jeff from Soulsession down in Calgary.
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PrairieWind
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He did apparently get towed back by another kiter for part of the slog back, but the camera was off for that portion...
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i dont quite get it? did he break something that stopped him from relaunching?
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What broke that made you walk back?
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damn trees
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It wasn't me,...
Apparently one line snapped after the snag on the tree, at least he broke the tree too.
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This is 20 mins from me... Hopefuy next year I'll keep bones intact and be a regular there,,
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Ehhhhhhhh
Some duct tape will fix that snapped line right up 
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Trees are overrated , there are some places they just dont belong!
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What a crappy place to put a tree. couldn't just do a square knot and limp it back huh? The ultamate walk of shame.
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DH - Where you at?
In such a situation couldn't you just re-tie the snap, accommodate with a loop or two in the other line and hobble yourself back?
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hey mac, I'm located right in downtown canmore. have seen guys out on spray, but as mentioned have been unable to fly much ( static a little on light
wind days ) need a De-power this season.
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Jeff is one of our local IKO instructors. Nice to see that everyone snags a tree once in a while. Lucky it was a short one and only a line or two
snapped. I usually get the kite in the mix too. Also lucky he had a buddy - could have been 4-8 miles from his staging point on the lake depending on
where he started out from.
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