I agree and don't with these analogies. I once had a ski instructor tell me to go ahead and fall down and get it over with, so i wouldn't worry about it. I got cold and wet, didn't enjoy it much. Also, selling you a lift ticket is in a different class of fish from taking you on a guided tour, perhaps. I would also caution Jim about laughing at things that aren't jokes when uttered by guys who get in knife fights at bars. Steve James Farrelly wrote: >> Ski areas let their customers choose where on the mountain they will >> ski without the requirement to prove they can do it safely. Shouldn't >> they require everyone pass a test before they start down a double >> black diamond? >> Nick > > Agreed on your comparison Nick. But just how are we perceived? Skiing is > very mainstream and well known. Kayaking is odd and unknown. Just look > at the sticks some of them use to make the boat go. Those guys are nuts. > Maybe we need to reel them in. A friend is a retired Army helicopter > pilot with three stab wound scars from a bar fight gone bad. He once > told me after a few beers that the fact that I take homemade boats out > into the ocean was a very risky thing to do. It makes me laugh in a good > way. -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA http://www.savvypaddler.com *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jun 15 2007 - 12:35:40 PDT
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