I wouldn't want to downplay the importance of a person taking personal responsibility for their actions, but defining "risky behavior" is extremely subjective. Some people consider paddling a kayak at all too risky to even try. Others surf launching and landing, rock gardening, long crossings, etc. One thing that is objectively true is that the riskier your behavior on the sliding scale, the less likely it is that someone would even be able to rescue you in time to - as Duane puts it - circumvent the natural process. Steve Brown -----Original Message----- ....... If some one chooses to engage in risky behavior for the sake satisfying some personal ego trip about being more extreme than the next, I say let them figure out how to get out of the bind they got themselves in to on their own. .......... Michael *************************************************************************** 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 Dec 01 2004 - 06:19:18 PST
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