Rich Kulawiec wrote: > > 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. > >[snip] 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. Rich makes sense here. I wonder if anyone has good data on the accident RATE in the two sports? WW certainly "looks" dangerous to the uninitiated -- which may drive newbies to get some training. OTOH, sea kayaking often looks harmless, lulling folks into believing it's always benign. "Deep Trouble," the Broze/Gronseth book, is a good eye-opener for newbies to read. Goes a long ways towards emulating the accident summaries put out annually for climbers by the American Alpine Club. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 17 1998 - 20:10:12 PST
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