At 01:11 PM 4/4/99 -0500, Sarah Ohmann wrote: >>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 > > Sarah Some people only see back and white and can't see all the other shades out there. They are best ignored. Dana *************************************************************************** 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 - 12:19:53 PDT
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