Rob wrote: > But the rub is we often don't know what we don't know. Judgement is > critical > but we don't often know everything we need to know, particularly while > paddling someplace new. This was brought home to me in March of this year. I wrote an article that appears in the current issue of SK about the death of a friend of mine. He had been paddling for over 20 years and IN THE PAST he had fairly decent self-rescue skills. As Wayne Horodowich pointed out to me, the only way to know when you don't have a skill is to try it and fail. IMHO, it's imperative to practice all of your self and assisted rescues as well as determining if your immersion gear is sufficient to keep you functioning in the water you usually paddle. Steve Holtzman Southern California *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 09 2007 - 14:26:35 PST
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