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RIP Joe

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mcsweem

06/16/2019 07:53AM

It was 18 yrs ago this morning that I had my worst bwca experience. One of my best friends drowned on knife lake. RIP Joe Corbin. Please wear your PFDs

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missmolly

06/16/2019 08:27AM

Thanks for the reminder. He looks like a great guy.

I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.

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x2jmorris

06/16/2019 09:05AM

Day of remembrance. Sorry you lost him.

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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walllee

06/16/2019 09:21AM

So sad, wishing you peace...

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Northwoodsman

06/16/2019 11:51AM

Tragic loss.

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PatrickE

06/16/2019 02:03PM

Headed in for a trip in a week. I keep reminding my trip partners that PFDs at all times is the way to go, and keep getting the "relax we know how to swim" response. Sorry for your loss.

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TomP

06/16/2019 02:10PM

I am also sorry for your loss. I am also so thankful that you have shared this story many times over the years. I share this story when I am preparing for a trip.

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mjmkjun

06/16/2019 05:34PM

Very sad you lost your friend. Joe looked like he could handle just about anything life throws his way. Which drives the point home...cold water kills.

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton

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DeanL

06/16/2019 06:04PM

I still think of you and your story every time I'm near that area of Knife. Sorry for your loss.

Just on my way home from a trip and I'm still amazed how few PFD's I see.

"Leave it as it is.....The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." Theodore Roosevelt

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wrestlencanoe

06/16/2019 06:28PM

I was having my son Ryan 1st birthday party 18 years ago when you you called and told me the tragic news. Thinking about you, Joe and what a hard day it must be for his father. RIP Joe.

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Zwater

06/16/2019 06:49PM

So sorry for the loss of your friend. God bless.

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carmike

06/16/2019 07:20PM

Did you (or someone else in your party) write up a story of this event in the BWJ?

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mcsweem

06/16/2019 07:38PM

carmike: "Did you (or someone else in your party) write up a story of this event in the BWJ? "

I wrote the story

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MN_Lindsey

06/16/2019 07:43PM

I'm sorry for your loss, and thank you for the reminder.

“The Wilderness holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask.” - Nancy Newhall

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andym

06/16/2019 08:43PM

Thank you for continuing to share his story to help others avoid the same fate. I’m so sorry that you’ve had to deal with this tragedy.

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boonie

06/16/2019 08:57PM

andym: "Thank you for continuing to share his story to help others avoid the same fate. I’m so sorry that you’ve had to deal with this tragedy. "

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drnatus

06/17/2019 06:44AM

rough. Thanks for the reminder.

Never criticize someone until you walk a mile in their shoes....by then you'll be a mile away and they will be shoeless!

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GSP

06/17/2019 08:22AM

RIP Joe. Mike sharing the story will save other lives and probably has since the time it was shared.

German Shorthair Pointers Rule Serenity is found in your mind, not somewhere you seek.

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mcsweem

06/17/2019 03:43PM

GSP: "RIP Joe. Mike sharing the story will save other lives and probably has since the time it was shared."

Thanks GSP

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Zwater

06/17/2019 04:16PM

Do you have a link to the story? Good reminder about pfd's.

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dicecupmaker

06/17/2019 08:55PM

Sorry, for your loss. Raise a toast to Joe! Peace my paddling brother!

Joy is a great teacher, but so is dispair. Wonder is a great teacher, but so is confusion. Hope is a great teacher, but so is disillusionment. And life is a great teacher, but so is death. To deny yourself any of those in any aspect is not experiencing life totally.

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