[Paddlewise] Trips - hosts and leaders

on 7/7/05 01:56, Steve Holtzman at sh_at_actglobal.net wrote:

> That is why, on the advice
> of a prominent local attorney and club member, we use hosts and not leaders.
> We spell out explicitly, that the individual is responsible for assessing
> his/her skills and equipment for the suitability of a particular paddle.


I like this idea, could you expand on the explicit spelling?

While we haven't - yet - stumbled down the crazy path of litigation, the
walk has begun.

Last week a Coroner's Inquest into the death of a skier from California
heard calls from his family for someone to be held responsible. He was
skiing alone on a groomed field, and no-one saw what happened, but his body
was recovered from a small creek. The family asked that "all" hazards be
identified and marked.

It was pointed out that outdoor recreation involves a potentially hazardous,
changing, environment. Hopefully, common sense will win, but for how long?

Cheers

JKA

-- 
John Kirk-Anderson
Banks Peninsula
NEW ZEALAND
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