Bikers know that if they ram their heads into the ground, they can donate their organs to folks that need them. It is their knowing choice freely made. Novice paddlers going out in shirt sleeves on cold water and without PFDs etc. are guilty of ignorance. They bought their gear or rented same and were told nothing. The unwashed American public believes that cold water is lots of fun- they have seen the polarbear swimmers doing it in the NEW YORK TIMES--- It MUST BE OK !! Standard boating courses for the Public run by Coast Guard Aux. or Power Squadrons don't ram these cold water lessons home. They don't believe it themselves. So, again, address the question. Do we who are experts give the novices our expertise? Chuck Sutherland http://www.enter.net/~skimmer *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Nov 02 1999 - 17:14:53 PST
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