At 12:20 AM 7/14/00 -0700, Matt Broze wrote: >I don't think I can do that, unless, of course, Doug tows me ;-) > >This "weakest member decides" approach is fine on land. The timid or nervous >can just refuse to paddle and stay put. The group can then either split or >wait depending on the situation and available transportation, etc. Although, >a slower paddler should never be left behind, once on the water they should >not be in charge either. On the water this "weakest member decides" approach >runs into serious trouble unless the weakest member also happens to be the >most experienced and prudent. Rarely the case. I'm glad that Matt mentioned this because this was something that was bothering me with the "let the slowest paddler lead the trip" suggestions. More often than not the "weaker paddler" is the least experienced paddlers and there is the possibility that any decisions made by that person might be made out of ignorance of all the possible scenarios of their decision. Letting the "weaker paddller" set the pace is one thing, but paddlers with more knowledge and experience should always have veto power over decisions made. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 14 2000 - 08:25:20 PDT
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