>If you are ever on a group paddle with a designated leader, and this >leader fails to keep control of the group, resign yourself to never >paddle with him/her again. Wow. If I followed your advice, I wouldn't be able to paddle with any of the experienced paddlers I know. I guess by your call all the folks on this list who have had a problem with a group are not fit to be leaders. Every local paddler I know who leads trips professionally or informally has had some problem at some point, including myself. Each one has tried to figure out why things went wrong and how to prevent it from ever happening again, as have many people on this list. Which I find pretty encouraging. I suspect that if you've never had a problem in twenty years of paddling you are a) practically perfect in every way, or b) have a leadership style similar to that of Slobodan Milosevic. Maybe instead of slamming people you could say something constructive about how you prevent problems???? Sarah Ohmann *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Apr 04 1999 - 11:15:38 PDT
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