Hi Chuck! The club I´m in does mostly private trips, so it is not expected to have any special requirements. Anyway, the lawyers do not have so much to win as in the States, the laws do not allow very large claims. Now: the safety regulations are reconsidered, and during last few years a nation-wide training programme for trip leaders has been constructed. It does include examinations, so not all skilled and experienced paddlers are considered suiteble for the leadership. Personally, I do know a few of them, taking irrational risks with newcomers... BTW: the name of our club "Melaveikot" means something I am not really able and willing to translate... something about comparing a paddle to masculine genitals: "the guys with THE B#LLS". The folks in the thirties were not able to see to the future, what kind of secondary meanings would the slang bring :-) Ari Saarto "Think about your hips - a good sea kayaker is also a worthy partner in samba..." Kannaksenkatu 22 / P.O. 92 15141 Lahti - Finland - Europe GSM +358 - 50 - 526 5892 fax. +358 - 3 - 828 2815 e-mail: asaarto_at_lpt.fi *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 19 1998 - 00:21:46 PST
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