It should also be noted that once this "exact" knowledge is acquired, it could well be of substantial value, say if you were walking a dog during a tornado warning. Or moreover, in a chaos like situation, the only exactly known thing about ropes is, the less rope you give somebody, the less likely they are to hang themselves. Doug's(or chris's) idea of using strap would reduce the probability of the loose line forming a twisted loop and then another loop passing through the twisted loop (instant noose). On Wed 28 Mar 2001, Rick Sylvia wrote: > Well, she's got me beat, then. I've never even seen a 15' swell! Sounds > like the statement "...she knows exactly how the tether will behave..." is > really "... she knows exactly how the tether *usually/typically* behaves, > and practices in extreme conditions such that she can handle the odd-ball > behavior with speed and without panicking." Wish I could - I'm working on > it. > > Rick > > > > > > Her answer is that she has practiced wet exits and reentries under > > > > extremely challenging conditions so many times that she knows > > > > exactly how > > > > the tether will behave and how to deal with it. > > > > > > > > > >Hummm... I'm certainly no expert, and I may have missed the > > spirit of the > > >statement, but it sure sounds like a case of complacency, which is a > > >catalyst for an accident. As soon as she knows "exactly" > > how the tether > > >will perform, it may suddenly surprise her - at that point, > > will she have > > >the "wherewithall" to rapidly adjust and survive? -- Mike McNally mmcnally3_at_prodigy.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 30 2001 - 14:47:13 PST
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