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Fish hook in some part of your body
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Attacked by hordes of mosquitoes
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Sunburn from medications that make you super sensitive to sun
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Rescue someone with a throw rope
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Drag your boat through shallow water for hundreds of yards
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Boat punctured by rocks
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Boat gets wrapped around a boulder or obstruction
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Falling out of boat and foot gets caught in rocks in bottom of river
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hallucinate from exhaustion or other cause
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Paddle breaks while approaching a waterfall
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Windbound
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Have to call for emergency rescue by helicopter
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A cut or puncture wound gets infected
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Run out of food on long trip
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PFD gets caught on a sweeper
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Forget to bring sleeping bag on a winter overnight
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Capsize while getting out of boat
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Caught in thunderstorm in open water
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Left behind by group during paddle
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Sick from drinking too much water and not enough electrolytes
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Need to find hospital immediately after paddle
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Food stolen or destroyed by raccoons /animals overnight
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Left behind at take-out
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Capsize in winter with no dry clothes or towels
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Get lost during side hike
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Get rescued from drowning
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Drop phone or camera in water, ruining it
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swimming snake that wants in your boat
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Rescue someone from drowning
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Bitten by a tick
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Diarrhea during paddle
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Drop boat onto ankle and break it while portaging
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Poison oak or poison ivy
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Getting lost on drive to the launch site, or shuttle
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Cows, horses or other animals disturb tent overnight
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Loss of food or supplies during the paddle
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Alligator bites your boat
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Suddenly ill during paddle
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Self-rescue in rough/windy water
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Lightning all around
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Falling and breaking a bone
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Run into large wasp nest
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Didn’t wear a hat
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Didn’t wear a helmet going through rapids
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Missing Fore and aft painters
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Overturn while going through rapids or falls
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Caught in the backwash at bottom of a low-head dam
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Forgot toothbrush and toothpaste
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Pitched tent at edge of river and then river rose 4 feet
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Too drunk to stand up, let alone, paddle
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Get threatened by landowner
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Want another boat besides the 3 you already own
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Forgot bailers and sponges to empty boat after capsize
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Run Headfirst into a tree limb over the water.
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Sunburn from no sunscreen
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Forgot First Aid Kit
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Get burned by campfire at night
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Forgot to bring water filter or tablets
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Water bottle sprang a leak and lost all water.
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Forgot to bring tent, fly, or poles.
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Left behind at take-out
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Paddling the Brazos rapids at midnight with no Moon
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Log Jam!
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Arrive at launch destination to discover National Guard evacuating the town due to massive flooding.
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No Dry bag
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Tornado or waterspout passing through within 50 yards
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Capsize while getting into boat
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Forget to tie down boat until you get on highway
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Boat gets carried away by tide or rising river
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Lose a paddle when capsize in rapids
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Dehydrated by not drinking enough water during paddle
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Middle of a long trip and your government gets overthrown and you lose your citizenship and are unable to return home.
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