PRELIMINARY LISTING
FATAL WHITEWATER ACCIDENTS
Paddling
Date Boat Name Age River
State Diff Cause
Jan 20 Kayak
Paul ? ? Oyacacachi River-+ Ecuador IV
Mar 15 Canoe
Robert Versailles 19 Oswagachie
Eiver NY II No
Mar 24 Kayak
Gregg Wilson 33 Trinity River
TX VI Dam
April 5 Kayak
Ed Mohn 42 Sweetwater Creek TN IV+ Strainer
April 14 Raft Joseph Moore 25 Molalla
River OR V
April 16 Canoe William Peace 34 Hoosic River
NY "WW" No PFD
April 29 Kayak Ryan Palmer 19 Mill
Creek MT IV-V
Vertical
April 28 Kayak Richard Steffl 30 Shavers
Fork WV III
May 4 Raft
Edgar Mauss 42 Ocoee River TN IV+ High Water
May 10 Kayak
Denise Stone 43 Hinkson
Creek MO
III
May 12 Raft
Chad Schriebman 18 & Charlie Trizza 19
June 8 Kayak Paul Zirkelbach 50 South Boulder Creek CO V
Missed Move
June 19 Raft/Coml
?? Man 54 Middle
Fork Flathead MT Heart Attack
June 15 Raft Sandra
Schoeps 19 Cashe
CreekCA II-III Strainer
June 15 Kayak Liva Stoyke
32 Mistaya
RiverBC,Can III-IV
Flush Drowning
June 15 Kayak Joe Alteri 29 Summit Creek BC, Can IV-V Flush Drowning
June 27 Canoe
?? Boy 13 Floyd's
Fork KY I Strainer
June 27 Raft/Coml
Robert Scholer 55
Gallatin River MT IV Flush-Drowning
June 29 Canoe
?? Man 76 Mad
River OH I PFD Came off
June 30?Canoe Peter Krieg 65 Ohio River WV
? Unknown
TOTALS: 9 Kayak, 5 Canoe, 6 Raft
Charlie Walbridge
American Whitewater Safety Committee
Route 1, Box A43B; Bruceton Mills, WV 26525
email: ccwalbridge@cs.com; phone 304-379-9002