Dana wrote; (SNIP) > >John I kind of agree with you , buuuut think it is the unfamiliar or >unknown that gets them. (SNIP) Absolutely. I would suggest that the unfamiliar by definition implies greater risk. Sometimes one perceives greater risk than exists (as in your example) but sometimes the risk it is quite real. I think the term novice kind of implies "unfamiliarity" or unknown. We have read here many times how some paddlers continually expand the envelope. In a manner of speaking they search for the unfamiliar and unknown. One has to ask if they would take this approach if they had to paddle without safety equipment, If not, then the premise that people take increased risk because of their equipment holds true and by extension one has to have concern for those paddlers who trust in their equipment etc. without having had sufficient experience to appropriately judge their safety. 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 Thu May 13 1999 - 05:40:59 PDT
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