Keith Kaste wrote: > First of all, my most sincere apologies to Craig Olson. I mistakenly > thought he published his private response to my trip report out to the > list. As a private response it was completely appropriate. However, I > thought he had made it public (still relatively new to the internet), > and as such I got overly defensive. <big snip> Apology accepted (my feelings weren't hurt anyway!) It certainly isn't my intention to intimidate anyone. We have an excellent list with lots of insightful contributors. I welcome thoughts & input from them all. 'guess my own bias came through a little too much in hammering about proper wildlife etiquette. A few years back I was a kayak guide for a couple of summers. Before every trip I'd include the speech about protecting marine wildlife, being respectful, keeping our distance, etc. Invariably someone would get too close or otherwise disturb the wildlife, so I got rather blunt at times. :-) As others here have pointed out, it's been well documented that kayaks are in fact often more disruptive to wildlife than motorized craft. It's hard to get people to understand this because most of us kayakers are pretty eco-friendly by nature, and wouldn't intentionally harm seals or whales or any other creatures for that matter. I like Dave Kruger's idea about education. The more we understand the needs of our watery friends, the better equipped we will be to help protect them. Craig Olson Bellingham, Washington *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 08 1998 - 22:45:56 PDT
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