Scott wrote; (Large SNIP) >It's just not worth the energy to try and cram it down the >peoples throats. Fair enough but then let us quit kidding ourselves about being concerned about safety. If the reality has more to do with the bottom line for commercial interest let's cut the crap and admit it. I have read enough stuff here about always wearing life jackets, always having a GPS, always doing this, always doing that and why not doing it means I am an unsafe paddler and not setting a good example if I don't do it to fill a life time. But just mention something that may not be fun or something you can't buy and suddenly safety just doesn't matter much. No problem for me. I will just remember all this the next time some lifejacket, scuba knife, GPS, VHF, paddle float, radar reflector, bilge pump, sponson bedecked safety evangelist mounts the podium to tell me how important safety is and why I should do one thing or the other. If it ain't fun then why should anyone care? 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 Mon Dec 14 1998 - 09:42:55 PST
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