At 12:21 PM 1/25/02 -0600, you wrote: >On day climbs or above treeline hikes, I am often the one in the group who >carries a stuffed pack....a headlamp....firstaid kit....extra clothing and >food... >hats and mittens in summer....blah blah woof woof. A while back on rec.boats.paddle there was a post from a whitewater paddler who carried in their boat "The ugly suit". This was a spare set of clothes that were given to someone who didn't bring their own and got cold at the takeout. The outfit was the ugliest clothes the person could find. Pink pants, orange plaid jacket etc. If someone opted to put on "the ugly suit" they were taken on the shuttle to get the vehicles and a stop would be made at a restaurant or bar so that the offender not only had to put on the ugly suit they got to wear it in public. According to the poster this was effective at getting people to bring their own gear in the future. I used to carry a spare bicycle helmet (heavy with minimal vents), in my car, when I mountain biked. If anyone showed up without a helmet they got to wear the "hanson brothers" helmet. We didn't let anyone ride without a helmet. I don't think anyone ever wore the spare helmet more than once. I paddle with a local outrigger canoe team. I don't, yet, have a plan for making them more safety conscious. Wearing pfds and wetsuits is unheard of. kirk *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 25 2002 - 11:03:05 PST
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