Re: [Paddlewise] Guide Training

From: <SGScorpio_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 12:58:48 EST
In a message dated 98-02-16 12:17:37 EST, CHUCK_at_multitech.com writes:

<< Does instructor training also equip one to be a guide,   or is that a
separate, if related, discipline that deserves its own   program? >>

IMHO seperate.  While instructor training emphasizes teaching technique in a
controlled environment, guiding usually involves leading people in a variety
of conditions.  The most challenging situations I have encountered have always
been in guiding, not instructing.  Students usually know what is to be
expected of them in a class.  Clients on a trip may be asked to handle
conditions that were unexpected.  (ie: weather, surf etc.)  We teach both.
The instructor is much easier to train than the guide.  
Steve Scherrer
President Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe
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