In a message dated 98-06-04 19:51:00 EDT, hairond_at_super.net.uk writes: << On a different note we split the group in two after half an hour consisting of the fast paddlers and slower ones. This worked wel as it ment people had already began to split into a rough difference in paddling speeds. >> I suggested doing this with a large group I was leading some years ago. I receieved objections from a senor paddler and kayak safety expert that the fast gruop was also the most expeienced and skilled gruop. The mix of skills would be unbalanced? I have found from later experience that the fast paddler can also is the be the lest reliable. I now tend to keep gruops to a max of four, that is all I can keep an eye at one time. *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jun 05 1998 - 10:08:48 PDT
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