> So, in reality I'm curious what actions you more experienced PWers out > there believe could bring this guy home at the end of the night? I think what Nick is asking here is just how much can you educate an inexperienced individual with a three minute attention span. Not really very much, I'm afraid. Certainly there are ways for someone to extract themselves from the situation, but they all rely on a certain amount of preparation, knowledge and experience. In other words, our hapless victim in up the creek. Education is the key. Just how to distribute the lessons is the question. Certification? I really don't think so. One is required to go through fairly extensive training and testing in order to receive a drivers license. Does that eliminate the idiot drivers who speed, drive while intoxicated, and try to beat the red lights? Hardly. But at least drivers are somewhat aware of the risks. The problem with sea kayaking is that a large number of people get into it without any idea of what can happen - like Nick's fisherman. You can't save them all. The best we can do is to try to make them aware of the risks involved. How to do this in a manner that is practical is the dilemma. If you want to really want reach the masses then how about turning "Deep Trouble" into a movie :-)) Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Apr 17 2003 - 17:34:55 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:06 PDT