Re: [Paddlewise] SSP-1 & SSP-1a

KiAyker_at_aol.com wrote:
	snip
> A smart paddler will ALWAYS be safer then a stupid paddler
> REGARDLESS of the equipment at hand

Ok.  So Scott's first postulate of safety is:

A smart paddler will always be safer then a stupid paddler, regardless
of the equipment at hand.

Nothing wrong with that.  I further prepose that hypothermia being the
single most important danger for a sea-kayaker to be knowledgable of and
given that rolling up is the fastest and surest way for the kayaker to
get out of, hypothermia inducing, cold water, and when stuff happens
that's where the kayaker is going to find himself, it therefore follows
(and I believe this is a valid syllogism) that Scott's first corallary
to Scott's first postulate of safety should be:

The smart paddler, who paddles a readily rollable, boat should learn to
roll.

I think with just these two rules alone, inspired by our devoted
minimalist Scott, that everything else, regarding safety, necessarily
follows of it's own accord.  Which is to say, that rolling being an
immersion activity, you will learn to dress for immersion.  Also you
will have everything you need to get back in the boat.  Mirrors,
whistles, vhf's: all this stuff the "smart paddler" will know when it is
applicable for adding it to the stuff in the boat.  The list of safetly
stuff will vary for expeditions crossings and other specific endeavors
but the primary laws of safety hearin demarcated for posterity: Scott's
Safety Postulate One (SSP-1), and Scott's Safety Postulate One,
Corallary A (SSP-1a) will (it is my hope) alway endure.

--
Mike
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