Jennifer wrote; >(I will spare y'all my ire on having my private mail posted to the list, >I guess I should just stick to writing those people I know. The >Internet world has changed, and sometimes I forget that.) But >since this has been put out there I want to correct something: > It was rude but it is good to get this kind of thing out in the air. If more paddlers would speak up we could put an end to paddler abuse. Paddler abuse has reached epidemic proportions. It has gotten to the point where if one sees a woman wearing a pants suit you can be pretty sure its a paddler covering her bruises. Many people think paddler abuse is restricted to women but men too have emerged from boats badly bruised or even bleeding. Of course, being macho men, they don't complain and the abusers go unpunished. >(I went to kayak school and got groovy bruises) I bet the instructor blamed you too. I am glad to see that Jennifer recognises that it was not her fault. Too many assume that they are to blame either because they bought a non British boat or failed to install their own form fitting pads. I'm sorry. Just could not resist. :-) Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Oct 15 1998 - 05:47:10 PDT
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