At 08:09 PM 5/17/98 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote: >Robert C. Perkins wrote: >> >> We've had lots of discussion about safety, but I keep thinking about >> the question that John Winters raised some months ago. Paraphrasing >> roughly, does having gear and training lead kayakers to take risks that >> they would otherwise avoid. >Here is the critical phrase from Bob's post: "I have a pretty good >grasp of what conditions I can handle and what I can't." I think Bob is >the exception, not the rule. > >My bottom line: I see lots of folks paddling around on cold water, with >inadequate immersion protection, PFD on the deck, and I suspect >insufficient knowledge of how to deal with a capsize. Sometimes, to be >really honest about this, I am one of those people, as yesterday's >self-rescue practice on a cold lake proved once again: it was tougher >than I remember, I had forgotten some stuff I'd find important in a >"real" capsize, and I got colder than I should have. > >And so it goes ... >-- >Dave Kruger >Astoria, OR Dave and all Paddlewisers We know about risk in automobiles and hear about death and ingury all the time. We also know about the risk of kayaking but only once and a while hear about death and injury. So is more happening to people that is not getting reported or is it not as dangerous(most of the time)as some of us think? Dana *************************************************************************** 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 May 18 1998 - 05:49:30 PDT
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