I've lost no close ones at sea, but a short handful to the mountains. All were young, talented, full of life and vigor. I see them that way when I think of them, not as they lay crushed or buried by rockfall, avalanche, or the long step. Deaths in the mountains are often violent and bloody, not peaceful. I think we paint a rosy picture of fatalities in places we enjoy as part of our process of neutralizing the reflected danger those fatalities throw on us. To allow the rose color to influence our relationship to the sea and its dangers is to invite exactly what we fear. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 15 2007 - 21:19:35 PDT
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