At 10:17 PM 4/5/02 -0800, Niels Blaauw wrote: >I think Kirby didn't really made a decision to part from the group: The >group parted from him. If I were in his shoes (boat) I would NOT have >tried to catch up. I would have been steaming with anger. I would have >told them on the first chance that I would NEVER paddle with them again. Second the motion. We have a very active fairly local group that I used to paddle with on occasion. However, they don't stay together and don't designate or believe in a sweep. I was with this group one day -- it was not the nicest of conditions -- and had to land for an urgent call of nature. It took a while. Just as I was getting in the boat, way behind but knowing I could catch up, here was this brand new guy on his first trip in this rec boat that had started with the group just coming around the bend, struggling to keep up, way out of touch with the group. I stayed with him to the takeout, got out, and very loudly told him to not consider paddling with the group again, and that I wouldn't either. And I haven't. I doubt if they got the message, though. -- Wes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Boyd's Kayak Place http://www2.dmci.net/wesboyd/kayak.htm Kayaks for Big Guys (And Gals) | Trip Reports | Places To Go | Boats & Gear --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 05 2002 - 17:54:11 PST
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