<3. How much rescue recovery training should people get in general for an outing like this? we got none, and I don't know yet if my friends would have liked some or if ignorance was bliss?> Any commercial outfitter that knowingly puts first-timers in decked boats on open water without some comprehensive wet exit and group and individual rescue training does not, in my opinion, deserve to be in business. It's an accident waiting to happen, and the company is displaying unconscionable behavior. Your friends probably were in the same kayak culture-shock that all first timers experience in the challenge of open water, and could not be expected to know better, but you folks seem to have known enough to realize that something important was missing --- i.e., basic safety requirements on the part of the guide --- and should have spoken up on their behalf. A double, full of water, two newbies in cold water, and a guide of questionable value at best, might have given you something entirely different to describe in your report. Thanks for writing it, however. It's good to see kayaking from the perspective of newer paddlers, and puts a different set of questions in front of the list. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** 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 31 2000 - 05:16:06 PDT
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