Well, I think the ones who carry all the safety gear and backups are the ones which most likely don't need it. Those people know about the risks or our sport, the main reason why they carry VHF-radios. flares, etc., and made the decision to carry it with them just in case the "s.... hits the fan" Then there are the other people. Not even basic equipment and skills, and no or few skills. Those are the ones who get in situations beyond their limits, and quite a few of them die. The rest was just lucky in the past...... Off course their are enough paddlers belonging to group one, who don't carry all the gizmos. My 0.02$ Ulli (VHF-radio, GPS, flares, and all the "normal stuff") Ulli Hoeger Dept. Physiology and Biophysics Dalhousie University Halifax, B3H 4H7 Nova Scotia, Canada Phone: INT 902 494 2673 Fax: INT 902 494 1685 Phone 2: 902 497 4045 *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Sep 11 2002 - 10:12:42 PDT
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