>> [Major snip] I believe strongly that groups need leaders and if they need leaders, they also need followers (or at least active participants). If a person wants to paddle as though they are by themselves when with a group then they should not be in a group. John Winskill >> ************************************************************************** * Well said. I think anyone who paddles in a group should understand that they are responsible to and for every other person in the group. No one, especially the slowest paddler, should be ever be left to paddle alone. The flip side of this is that each trip participant must be honest about his or her capabilities. It is possible to ruin a trip for the entire group by abusing the "no group paddles faster than its slowest member" rule. I remember one trip in which we had to change our destination because one person with a poor forward stroke was unable to keep up with the rest of the group and because another, who (unknown to me) was suffering from flu, pooped out about two-thirds of the way to our destination. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 23 1998 - 07:03:20 PST
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