At 16:31 6/15/98 EDT, JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 98-06-15 15:32:24 EDT, David_at_wainet.com writes: > ><< The toughest case is probably the situation that you've described here, > Jack. A group of paddling buddies who all know each other and paddle > together informally and a new paddler joining in for the first time. > It's very difficult to approach this without putting the person "on the > spot". Don't have a good solution, and for me this situation is > probably the most common scenario. >> > >Dave caught what I <meant> and Mark hit the issue of trip leaders' >responsibilities very well. Certainly, as a leader/coordinator, I would also >always ask folks for medical data, and the idea of private feedback is >excellent. (And I would always want folks I was paddling with to know that I >have a severe allergy to penicillin, so that point's well taken, too.) But >the question I was trying to ask centers on a pick-up paddle with someone I >don't know --- and on whether to or how to ask if there are medical issues >when it's just two people out paddling for an afternoon? Still dunno! >Still wondering on that point. > >Jack > same thing holds joq, especially if you have something to share, i can say "i have RA, and take steroids, if an accident happens, tell whomever i am a steroid dependent" ... if that doesn't open up the other paddler ... well, then you're paddling with someone who isn't very responsible... i've found the most common thing i run into is diabetes... is that any better?? i have certainly run pick up trips, where i didn't know the other paddler, a story in itself, but we had a great time... good luck, mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page #-Fortune: Don't look back, the lemmings are gaining on you. *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 15 1998 - 13:54:23 PDT
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