At 05:14 PM 07/13/2000 -0700, Rob MacDonald wrote: >As a hiker and paddler, and having been involved with Scouting for a looong >time, splitting up the group has always been an issue. >... It is also a good idea to set clear >landmarks as designated stopping points ... >It is the group leader's responsibility to set these conditions at the >beginning of the trip. ... >Rob. This is the point. The leader, or the group consensus, need to select a series of regrouping points and they must be clear. Generally you should have a leader at the front and a sweeper at the back. They can easily be reversed to be a scout at the front and the leader, sweeping ... so long as the front group knows where to stop, and there isn't any possibility of anyone being abandoned or forgotten. Lewis and Clark used this method, often splitting into 2 or 3 groups separated by up to a few hundred miles and never lost anyone, without electronics. When the instructions are clear, and the group has confidence in each other, the fast group can dash off and explore additional areas, returning to the meeting point at the appointed time. Set the regrouping points every hour for a distance the slower paddlers can do in 45 minutes, and most likely the fast people will have at least 1/2 hour to explore a mile off the path and back. Trying to make the rabbits sit and wait is futile and boring. jerry. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jul 17 2000 - 10:54:25 PDT
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