Re: [Paddlewise] Skills

Quoting Peter Treby <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au>:

> Doug said "...the first two things we learned in that classroom that
> first day (those many years ago for me now), were the hard facts on
> drowning and hypothermia. First impressions can stick with you for a
> lifetime."
> Yet you have still been prepared to go out in high winds and marginal
> conditions and push the envelope. I'm still reeling after Andrew
> McAuley pushing his limits so far and failing. Leaves you wondering a
> lot. How do you comprehend your own mortality or anyone else's. What's
> a fair risk? If you take a risk and get away with it, you're a hero. If
> you fail and die, you were a reckless fool.
>

      Someone said "All's well that ends well". Must have been an outdoors
person.

BRC
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