Interesseting point! > Do Leashes, tethers, epirbs, strobes, paddlefloats etc make a safer paddler? > Or quite the opposite, does making the informed choice NOT to carry these > items make a safer paddler? Thats a question I ask myself several times. If you are a self-consciousness type of man, you paddle as safe with all the equipment, as with nothing of it. But you could be the best paddler on earth, it might come up the day everything went wrong. Then it is better you got something of the heavy equipment. On the other hand whatīs going on if you are not so self-consciousness? The all-time thinking on what-might-happen type of man, will get in trouble by his/her forst chance without the safety equipment and would still keep alive with the equipment. This is a point everybody has to check out for himself7herself. Thatīs what Iīm praying, you could paddle in the best group of all, in last consequence you will be responsible for your live. Nobody else. And with Paddlewise you could check out, all different kinds of material, choices a.s. Thatīs what a would whish for our own head seakayak-organisation, but the "headquarters" like to discuss more "sensitive" topics what wonīt help anybody at all.... Okay, 10 minutes to go and I might be the new owner of almost unused Globalstar phone. Keep fingers crossed... bye Jochen *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 02 2001 - 08:58:49 PDT
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