I've had the opposite happen: I was all set to attempt a round trip of a 4-mile crossing. It was about 9:00am and would have made for a 10-mile day. Weather was beautiful, no waves, no tide (big lake), and no other boats in sight. I had a wedding to attend at 3:00 that afternoon. I had plenty of time to do all of the paddling and get back in time to shower before the wedding, but I decided to skip the crossing; if anything had gone wrong or not exactly as planned, I would have been late and could have caught the wrath of my wife! Risk Homeostasis: I am not comfortable with and was not willing to take the risk of getting in that kind of trouble! Shawn >Doug's description of Bob's experience makes me wonder if the "Gotta Get Home" >syndrome is not a major cause of sea kayaking accidents. IIRC, Doug's Storm >Island incident could be attributable to this, and I remember a fatality case >out of Whittier in Alaska definitely due to the syndrome. -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 2/29/00 11:04:05 PM, jhawkins_at_cisco.com writes: << "To thine own self be true." >> The sea is a spirited woman and we are but her guests in our little boats. Woe be the paddler that outstays their welcome! Jethro Bodine 1999 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Jed's enlightenment; ><< "To thine own self be true." >> > >The sea is a spirited woman and we are but her guests in our little boats. >Woe be the paddler that outstays their welcome! > >Jethro Bodine 1999 Our Mother The Sea The fatuous, she showers with humility. No fleshly form can match her force. Respect to her is breadth of vision. Beholden too her if to survive. Someone being grateful 2000 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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