On Fri, 5 Jun 1998 Tomckayak_at_aol.com wrote: > 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. I'd second that - a lot of fast paddlers just aren't interested in slowing down. From what I see of the people I paddle with, I'm also not sure that speed and rescue skills are particularly well correlated. Sometimes the fast people get that way because they spend their water time paddling, not practicing rescues. Joy Hecht Arlington VA *************************************************************************** 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 - 11:29:34 PDT
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