Re: [Paddlewise] are beginners allowed?

In a message dated 11/28/00 2:48:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, timbre_at_best.com 
writes:

<< scott,
 
 read your post re a trip with dwayne strosaker and the newbies.
 
 my overwhelming reaction to your post is, why paddle with the 
 "excruciatingly slow" newbies if you hate it (it being their low skill 
 level) so much?
 
 i am (like) one of those people....everyone has to start somewhere.  when i 
 get good at kayaking, though, maybe in a year or so, i hope i don't have 
 contempt for people who go slow, who don't have much of a clue, or who have 
 few skills.  i hope i will encourage them and respect their willingness to 
 learn and their courage to look like an idiot until they get it right.
 
 so don't come paddle up here with me, ok?  you'll hate it!
 
 kcd
 
 ps   if i found an instructor or someone else taking bets over whether or 
 not i'd be one of the ones to capsize (in surf or not) i'd get my money 
 back, and have some sever words for the "instructor"  if it were a paid 
 guided paddle.  sorry, i teach professionally, and  to me, that's  (don't 
 want to offend you here but i can't help it) bullshit.   i hate belittling 
 almost as much as you seem to hate newbies!
 
 
 kathleen comalli dillon~friend, mom, wife, musician, violinist, writer, 
 ailurophile extraordinaire

Kathleen, 

If I recall correctly, Scott's point was, at least in part, that this was not 
a trip for newbies, but for intermediate kayakers.  I certainly agree with 
him that newbies should not go on intermediate trips.  This has nothing to do 
with showing disrespect to newbies.

Hank

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