Jennifer Pivovar wrote: >Mike, > >One thing you may have forgot - > >If you're teaching the wet exit up front, better teach >a few reentry techniques as well, no?? :) > >Jennifer >(Who has survived a day of dodging thunderstorms on >the (cold) waters of NH without swimming) > >> Rick Sylvia's post on safety reminded me of one more thing to add to the list. It would be a good idea to have a handout listing all of the commonly used safety equipment with a description of each. Perhaps some discussion on the use strengths and drawbacks of each as well. The handout would be a reference to inform the student as to what they might want to get. The students can decide for themselves what they feel comfortable bringing or leaving behind. For example having a marine radio is a nice idea, but if you only paddle inland lakes and streams there wouldn't be many people listening for your distress call. (Yes, I have three of them, but I don't bring them along when I paddle on Squam Lake.) Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** 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 19 2002 - 15:27:26 PDT
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