Hi, A small group of us who have been doing a wide range of swim escorting with our kayaks are working now to come up with good guidelines for kayakers who are interested in doing this very important service for fellow water people. We have a closed listserve that will be the focal point of discussions and ideas. We are limiting participants in order to keep down the banter and not generate needless email traffic. Thusfar we have gathered about a dozen kayakers and swim organizers from the New York City and Washington DC areas. We are looking toward other regions for swim-escort experienced kayakers and swim organizers to broaden the perspectives going into what will develop. What will eventually emerge, we hope, are guidelines, training tips, gear needs, what-if scenarios, etc. All of these will be placed on a website and possibly be printed up as well as result in some articles for major paddling and swimming magazines, i.e. basically freely distributed. The website could also wind up listing swims around the country (and the world) in which swim organizers are looking for kayaker participation. If interested, please contact me via private email telling me something about where you have done such swim escorting, the kinds of swims, ideas you have come up with etc. We are trying to get a wide range of experience to come up with information with the widest application. I will then forward your name and email address to the person running the listserve and she will take it from there in setting you up for access to it. If you know some one who would be a good candidate, either kayaker or swim organizer, for this discussion group but is not likely to be on these listserves, please pass on to me their name and email address. thanks, ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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