Sobering reading, ----------------- Sobering, indeed! Without laying blame or assessing the state of the industry, I can sympathize somewhat with the leader when one thing after another started occurring. A few years ago I was at a snowshoeing workshop sponsored by the Appalachian Mountain Club in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. One of our evening activities was to simulate an accident scenerio. We broke into groups of 6-8 and each person was given a role to play. Guess who got to be leader. :-( One person fell down and broke her shoulder, another sat down and became hypothermic, a self proclaimed 1st aid specialist laid the first victim on the ground for treatment so she became hypothermic too, one assertive, macho, but inexperienced person demanded he be allowed to go immediately for help, a second nitwit insisted he go along, another person was whining and complaining and everyone was yapping in my ear. I was pretty close to panic and just about freaked out. In the review, I lost one person to hypothermia (the broken shoulder) and had another hospitalized before we were done. That's probably why I paddle alone for the most part. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Dec 09 1998 - 10:48:13 PST
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