Re: [Paddlewise] Crossings in Fog

I think that John has made his point clear! I do agree with you: 
safety is merely  a matter of  a t t i t u d e,  not an emergency 
situation you probably handle with some  learnt  technical skills...

> If one looks back through the past few months one will see lots of
> discussion on what to do after trouble strikes but very little on how to
> avoid it. Avoiding danger is the first priority of water safety. No matter
> how good one is at navigating in fog one is still safer if one isn't out
> there in it.
> 
> One of the reasons I do these little surveys is to find out how many people
> know how to avoid danger. I am accumulating a nice body of information on
> attitudes etc...

I am very interested in seeing the article...but how about the 
novices  - how do one teach an attitude?  A good part of the rescue 
stories I´ve read is about what  people  d i d   after the  trouble 
stroke, which leads again stressing the technical side of matters.

Some  weeks (probably a month?)  ago we were asked about to tell  
"close-call" stories, which was definitely a clear safety issue.  I 
think that we got from three to four stories, if I do recall 
correctly.  And the matter was about  e s t i m a t i n g   the 
risks.  Three stories is not very much, and at the same time the 
amount of mail I have been receiving about technical stuff is much 
much larger ;-)  

[Putting aside my soap-box and ducking fast  :-p]
Cheers,

Ari Saarto
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