Re: [Paddlewise] don't paddle, just roll

You did your best, Niels, and you did exactly what needed to be done.
Some people just won't be told.

Steve

"Blaauw, Niels" wrote:
> 
> Just have to get this off my chest...
> 
> Last week a new member joined our club, ......
> I suggested that she would cancel her rolling lesson, and instead ask for a
> beginners course on kayakking. Not an option, in her opinion, since she had
> signed up for a one week white-water camping trip in the Alps, this June,
> and having a roll was the only skill she had to have to join the trip. I
> told her that in my opinion, rolling is a safety measure, not a skill to
> rely on in every rapid you encounter. First things to learn, before paddling
> white water, is paddling straight, steering, leaning, bracing, entering and
> exiting eddies... Basically, I told her that in June she would NOT be ready
> to paddle white water.
> 
> Am I such a jerk? I thought I was trying to save her life. ...... 
> Well, I have tried, there is not much more I can do. I can only hope she
> will have time to learn what paddling is about. If not, she will probably
> get a nomination for a Darwin-award.
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