> From: David Seales <aieae_at_ntplx.com> > >Rather judgemental, wouldn't you say? > > Judgmental?...me? I'm just surprised that people who have the skills, the > equipment the experience and who are at home in the water would not do more > then just toss a paddle float to a drowning person. What people with skills, equipment and experience are you referring to? I saw discussions on rescue scenarios covering a variety of "what if's?" Highly trained rescue personnel are taught not to put themselves in a situation in which they, too, become a rescue victim. These are the people with *the* highest level of rescue skills. I also read honest discussion about the comfort level or lack thereof with some folks in a particular rescue scenario attempting to cover all the possible complications that may arise (which is anyone's guess because I would imagine all rescue situations could have different results). I've also heard paddlers "talk" about what they would do when faced with a particular situation, only to have that "talk" go straight out the window in a real crisis, some reacting in ways that they did not anticipate about themselves. Real life makes real heroes... or not. > In the scenario Ralph > presented the victims were close to shore and it was likely help would be > called to the scene very soon. Getting out of the boat and getting wet for > what would probably be just a few minutes seems to me a small price to pay > for possibly saving 2 lives. Sounds simple enough. Sounds and looks real simple in ascii posted to a list written while comfortably sitting behind a bright screen. However, since Ralph and no one else here was actually witness to the scene, several folks looked at and evaluated the situation with a series of what-ifs and expanded on that with open and honest observation and input based on their own experiences and knowledge. I appreciate their frank and honest opinions. > My guess is when faced with this situation in real life most would do more > then they say here. I think a lot of folks expressed a good deal of desire to help and were discussing different ways to make that possible. Did you miss that? Jackie *************************************************************************** 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 Aug 18 2000 - 05:59:13 PDT
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