At 12:52 PM -0400 4/27/01, ralph diaz wrote: > >Right then and there I pledged to myself never to come across that way for a >trip that was being advertised to a large group of people. Don't get me >wrong. Trips often do need qualifications but an open trip is an open trip. >If people show up who are less than qualified then the leader should be >ready to alter the dimensions of the entire trip (where is it written that >every trip must be challenging?) or split the group into two trips with one >within the ability of the weaker arrivals and the other offering a challenge >for the better paddlers. I understand how their attitude would put you off. But I also understand their desire to paddle where they want to and not want to compromise just because someone came who is not up to the trip. I could see that if this happened a few times they would just stop posting notifications about their plans. Maybe they felt it was better to let people know about their trip and come across as ornery than to keep their plans to themselves thus giving no one had the opportunity to join them. Besides if people know you will scale back the plans if a weaker paddler shows up, weaker paddlers are more likely to show up. Suddenly the guy who though he was going to have a fun, challenging paddle with like minded kayakers finds himself in the roll of shepherd. The whole idea was for "leaderless" trips. Nick -- Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 27 2001 - 11:56:51 PDT
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