Re: [Paddlewise] Respecting the Sea - a Response to Chris' story

From: Wes Boyd <boydwe_at_dmci.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 13:00:40
At 09:34 AM 8/11/99 -0400, Chris & Ellen Kohut wrote:
>>" Chris wrote a good article on the power of surf.  However at the risk of
>>preaching, I think a better course of action would have been not to have
gone
>>out-even to test the current."
>
>    Rest assured that such actions will not be repeated.  At the risk of
falling
>to the sin of self-justification, clearly the point was to 'test the
waters', a

Sometimes I think we tend to be a little too critical around here, to pick
apart other's viewpoints or actions for the sake of picking them apart. The
bottom line to this story is that had Chris not explored the rip, he might
not have been aware of the potential dangers to be paying attention to the
swimmers. He was prepared and equipped to deal with it, and did adequately.
Then, when trouble broke loose, he moved quickly, used his head, and the
equipment he had available -- and did the right thing.

Good going, Chris. A cyber-pat on the back to you.

-- Wes

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