Robert Cline wrote: > Maybe I've not met enough 5 star paddlers in my life. But the 5 star > paddler Doug describes does not sound like any other 5 star > I've ever met or > even heard about. Five Star not only connotes competence in extreme > conditions, but it also connotes leadership skills. Learning leadership skills and passing tests aimed at leadership skills are one thing, exercising those same skills in "combat" can be an entirely different thing. Ask a grizzled veteran infantry sergeant about his green 2nd lieutenant - the one who studied leadership and passed all of his tests at West Point with flying colours(That's the US Army Military Academy - for the non-Yanks). Having said that I'll stop - Doug's account speaks strongly and eloquently it's lessons without "bystanders" dissecting it. Oh, and please don't take my comment above as any kind of view on BCU/ACA/ASPCA or any other kind of training - it's not meant in that light; it's just a comment that there really isn't any substitute for experience. Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 10 2000 - 16:59:08 PDT
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