Woody wrote; (Large SNIP) --- >With all the interest in paddling gear and safety, why almost no focus on >the paddling 'experience'? In a typical week we see 100 messages or more on >safety or gear. If we are very very lucky, we might see one trip >report...but probably not. Possibly because the topic was beaten to death some time back. For a discussion on gear related safety versus experience and attitude related safety you might find my web pages at http://home.ican.net/~735769/safety.htm worth a read. Particularly Dr. Wilde's paper. Even experience has its drawbacks. As my tennis instructor told me many years ago "Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. Repeating the same old mistakes just reinforces the same old mistakes. " The attitude towards risk often determines the experience. 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 Wed Mar 31 1999 - 04:11:45 PST
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