From: Dave Seng the safety nut in Juneau, Alaska > A situation like this is pretty clear-cut in my mind. Whether the group is formal or informal, whether I'm the leader or not, I would never abandon a paddling/hiking partner who decided that it was time to turn around and head for "home". ================= Dave, your response to Group Paddling 101. Case 1 seems correct to me. Informal and formal group paddling hopefully means helping each other and thinking through the circumstances. my decision not paddle back with the waterlogged fellow was somewhat affected by my not wanting to injure his pride... (he was an expert who had taken an unexpected swim.) i need to improve people skills so that he would welcome us paddling back for a change of clothes. we next saw him on the river doing the 10 miles solo. sometimes we got to think not as solo paddlers, but rather as leaders... and do the best that we can. bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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