>>I do have a question for you and other Paddlewisers... in a "group paddle" >>how do you deal with the "dawdlers', especially if it affects the safety of >>the group as a whole? My best advice is to choose your paddling companions with care. However, if you're leading a class or club trip, where you don't get to choose your mates, a stern pre-paddle speech is probably the best remedy. Maybe for longer trips, the last one to the beach has to empty the "boom box" (but anyone arriving far ahead of the group gets to help them!) or similar undesirable chore. If you had the luxury of multiple skilled leaders, it wouldn't be a bad idea to split a larger group into faster and slower sets. -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/ *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Sep 26 2000 - 20:08:18 PDT
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