Kevin, thank you for mailing! I think that a lot of experience, practicing and good guides/teachers do make things safer, I believe you are sharing that opinion. Actually, I think that my teacher was one of those, who are skilled but unable to share their knowledge. Maybe writing and talks about safety do help to peopleTAKE things more seriously. I sincerelly do mean both whitewater and sea kayaking, even if I am not very well aware about regulations in the States... The reason I wrote about that article: Sea kayaking has been getting quite common here, around the capital. That means that from tens to hundreds of people are going to the sea full of traffic just after courses, sometimes without good guidance. The thought of it makes me very nervous, you know. "... The important aspect of how to recognize, and then avoid or safely deal with danger while kayaking has not been discussed..." Yes. That is surely true. Some of these things do really stay quite academic, unless one doesn´t have possibilities to practice a lot. How could we raise such a useful discussion? Best regards, 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 - 12:53:58 PST
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