Re: [Paddlewise] Fwd: Near Miss Report 1997

From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk_at_gsp.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 22:31:49 -0500
On Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 07:16:28PM -0500, dldecker_at_mediaone.net wrote:
> Boy , that white water report make Sea Kayaking seem like a safe Sport.

Why?  The reporting of a handful of near-miss events gives absolutely
no indication of the relative safety of whitewater as compared to
sea kayaking.  If you want to try to compare them, you'll need to
look at accident rates in terms of (say) injuries/paddler-hour or
some other statistical measure that lends itself to comparisons.

But please don't leap to unfounded conclusions based on anecdotal
evidence, which is all that Charlie was reporting.

---Rsk
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