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Full Kite Kiter perdu sur la mer rouge...
Par URSS  
lundi 5 mars 2012 11h23
 
  Un kiter qui voulait traverser de l'Égypte à l'Arabie Saoudite s'est perdu en mer 2 nuits... ils l'ont retrouvé hier. Son récit:

You've left El Gouna on Friday morning with intention of covering a distance of 200 km and reaching Duba in Saudi Arabia. What had happened, that you send a SOS signal on 5 pm?

I've waited for a week in El Gouna near Hurghada for good conditions, for good wind. Such a forecast, for all day, was for 2nd of March. I started in wind of 4 in Bft scale, which has later reach 5 Bft. When there was around 60 km till destination, the wind has suddenly died, just like fire blown from a match. There was no wind, the kite collapsed. After 1,5 hours nothing indicated that the wind will come back. Waves have, however, started to build up. Sun was setting down, so I called SOS. After about 3 hours I called it again.

How did you spend the first night?
In comparison to the second night, this one was peaceful, even though I didn't think I would it in extreme conditions on the Red Sea. I've run out of beverage and I've had two liters of energy drink and water with glucose. I've earlier eaten two high caloric snack bars, so I had to keep a fast. I've drained a little air from tubes and made a raft with my board. During the night, the wind was back. I've drifted in the coast direction, but when the wind direction shifter, I was pushed back to the sea. It was like this all over again - one step forward, two steps back. In one moment I was about 30-40 km from shore. When I've seen fisherman's boats I've fired a rocket, but they must've not seen it, as they didn't react.

Then the second night...
At first I'll say that I owe surviving it to my brother Piotr, who forced me to take a knife. Maybe he had some kind of premonition. I was pushed by the wind to the worst place, a reef, where sharks have been preying. They were about 2,5 to 6 meters. They attacked me through my kite, which must've also attracted them because of its colour. I stabbed them in the eyes, nose and gills. The fight, which I've miraculously survived, took whole night. By the morning, they were gone. There were eleven of them. On Sunday another species have been looking for me. These sharks have circled near my already frayed raft, but they didn't attack.

Did you have any hope after the second night, that you'll be found before getting eaten by sharks?

Of course, because hope dies last. It built up in me on Saturday afternoon, when a helicopter flew above me. I was sure that the crew had seen me, because they were waving. I responded, but that was all of our contact. It was similar with a boat. I thought, that it would nearly ram me. Not even close though. Maybe when the sun was shining, in big waves, I couldn't be seen. In the end I've been collected by a military boat, with I think 6 people crew.

You are after tests in hospital in Duba. What are the results?

To doctors' surprise very good and there has been a lot of tests. My arrival has caused a lot of confusion, but personnel is great. I would like to thank our consul Igor Kaczmarczyk, who has organized everything here, from the morning when he had arrived, and all the people who have been involved in the rescue action. I've already drunk several liters of water and juice for their health.
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Par astuce  
lundi 5 mars 2012 15h15
 
  wow!
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Par Neil  
lundi 5 mars 2012 19h00
 
  Ouin il apas froid aux yeux, mais il aurait du etre escorte par un bateau ...
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Par Wave  
lundi 5 mars 2012 19h13
 
  Oui , pourquoi il avait pas de bateau et il été seul ? Pas mal malade dans tête.. Il parle de la deuxième nuits entouré de requins.. Criss de Cauchemar.

Il dit les avoir attaqués avec un couteau, mais s'il faisait nuit, comme il a réussit a voir qu'il en avait pogné un dans l'oeuil .. ah ah, j'viens de le démasquer, pas vrai son histoire.. smiley

Certain que Hollywood va reprendre cette histoire pour faire un vrai film américain, le héros survie, comme tous bon film Américain..

Bye Wave
Bon vent et un super été de vacances et de kite.. Oh yess.
  
Par URSS  
lundi 5 mars 2012 19h26
 
  Effectivement, son histoire de requins semble cousue de fil blanc. Je sais pas mais pris dans le noir à me faire attaquer par des requins, pas certain que c'est possible de les compter... surtout quand il y en a 11!!!

C'est ça les histoires avec des poissons! smiley smiley
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Par kitesurfing  
lundi 5 mars 2012 20h30
 
  Garde ton post pour le 1er avril!  
Par pietro  
lundi 5 mars 2012 21h11
 
  Thread qui vien de kiteforum.com
Société tout court ou société sociétal,..... une présence de plus ou une de trop. Ma version de Shakespeare.
  
Par URSS  
lundi 5 mars 2012 21h19
 
  Effectivement ça vient de kiteforum.com:
http://www.kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2374704

Je ne crois pas que ce soit un poisson d'avril, c'est juste que le survivant en question semble beurrer épais!
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Par storm_trooper  
mardi 20 mars 2012 12h29
 
  J'ai lu le récit sur le site du magazine Blade... http://www.blademag.com/profiles/blogs/ ... hark-fight


smiley it smell april fools!!!
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