On Jan 12, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Dave Kruger wrote: > Contrast Mark's account with Rob Gibbert's detailed, eloquent tale > (SK, August 2008; see below) of a trip gone bad in the San Juans. > Rob enumerates a completely different culture and practice of sea > kayaking trip-leading behavior, in which it is dog-plain the group > was tightly organized; had prepared for cold water rescues; was > able to execute alternate strategies; and, had a pre-planned, > agreed-on bailout agreement for group separation. All were > important in overcoming an error in judgment made by the trip > leader (allowing an under-prepared participant to continue). Snipped from the article in SKM, "Rob Gibbert is a hazardous location lighting consultant." I bet his daily work keeps his mind tuned into what can go wrong. Interesting occupation Rob. Jim et al *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jan 12 2009 - 07:20:18 PST
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