Re: [Paddlewise] Risk vs Natural Selection

being new to the sport of sea kayaking my self i appreciate the saftey tips in
this list.  im not a drone with a death wish.  that is why i like the saftey
tips.  not every one subscribed to this list is a vetran paddler.  i guess from
the first time you got in a boat you were an expert and nobody ever had to give
you any saftey tips.  everytime i get a saftey tip whether from this list or
from any other source i listen to it and do what i need to do to integrate that
saftey tip into my kayaking.  and thanx to all of you have given out saftey
tips.  it really helps this newbie.  

dave






>    We can postulate over the various risks and risk management issues 'til

>the cows come home but all of this will only serve, at best, to ease our 
>collective conscience. It will not keep the idiot who wants to explore 
>seakayaking by paddling straight into the ocean from danger. Nature limits

>the number of idiots in this world through the very efficient and 
>dispassionate mechanism of Natural Selection. 
>    It confuses me that we continue to obsess over the safety of the least

>intelligent of us that happen to find themselves in a kayak. I don't wish 

>anyone harm and I would like everyone the tries seakayaking to have a 
>wonderful and beautiful experience. Please remember the people the some of

>the postings are trying to protect from themselves probably don't subscribe

>to PaddleWise. Why would they? They don't care or want to know about reality

>or the possible dangers.
>    The people that subscribe to this list are, for the most part, 
>intelligent humans that want to learn, not brainless drones with a death 
>wish. Continue if you must to preach to the non-kayakers but I find that all

>the traffic serves to diminish the potential of this list. This issue seems

>to surface every three weeks or so, our elite paddlers can barely finish a

>story before the lawyers are lined up to paste in the disclaimers. I, for one

>am here because I have some vague concept of the dangers and the stories of

>others mishaps help refine my understanding of the possibilities. Mainly I'm

>here to find out about things like the Extreme Glow lights, boat repairs and

>equipment specifics.
>    Have we settled all of the kayaking issues so that all that's left is to

>warn each other that it is possible to die in a kayak? I sure hope we 
>haven't. I am a very safety conscious paddler, but I don't see the purpose
in 
>discussing, ad nauseum, the ability of some post-labotomy survivor to get 

>into a dicey situation in a kayak. Let nature do it's job, Paddlewise is for

>the rest of us.
>
>    Respectfully submitted for your consideration
>
>Jed Luby
>Goffstown, NH
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