Just an observation I thought I'd pass along. In addition to having paddled for many of years, I also race a sports car with the SCCA. I was very startled to read a recent post on Paddlewise that there had been 18, and it would appear now, 19 kayaking fatalities this year. Believe me, if there had been 18 fatalities in motorsports in the same half-season, I suspect that there would be an incredible outcry about the auto racing being a blood sport with complaints that it ought to be outlawed etc. I quipped on a list that I belong to that my wife was encouraging me to sell the race car and get a new tandem kayak. I figured that she was delighted with our two new puppies and was content to sit back and collect the insurance. In either endeavor, accidents can happen and those that are prepared have the best chance of walking away to play another day. John MacKechnie Ironically, I suspect that I have occasionally taken greater risks in my kayak than I have in my racecar. Racers prepare for the big off obsessively. Do most kayakers prepare for the big catastrophe with the same thoroughness? *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jul 22 2002 - 09:47:47 PDT
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