Re: [Paddlewise] Danish dragon boat, some answers

Anyone is welcome to use this. Please be sure you correctly attribute the  
quote. In fact, go to the NRS site and read the article. The quote is 
reworked  from one about mountain climbing.
                    Pam in Washington State
 
 
In a message dated 2/24/2011 10:57:46 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
jackie_at_muddypuppies.com writes:

These  are great!  I need to talk to Kirk about putting them on the  
PaddleWise website somewhere (if you don't mind).  Perfect fit for  
PaddleWise :)

Jackie



Pamvetdr_at_aol.com  wrote:

>In a message dated 2/24/2011 9:11:46 A.M. Pacific Standard  Time,  
>nick_at_guillemot-kayaks.com writes:
>
>I   don't see much point in finding ways to keep other people from being  
>stupid. I  have enough trouble keeping myself from being  stupid.
>
>Does anyone have  any advice on how to overcome  our own   weaknesses?
>
>Nick
>...........................................................................
.
>.............
>I  try to keep in mind a quote publicized by NRS _www.nrsweb.com_  
>(http://www.nrsweb.com)     Click on  Boating  
>resources, click on Safety, click on Coming back.
>    The quote is "Going out is optional, coming back is  mandatory".   
>   The question is, are you determined to come back,  willing  to work to 
be 
>sure you will come back, and willing to  not go out if you are not  sure 
you 
>will come back?
>   If you can't answer yes to these questions, you  are not  determined to 
>come back. You are trusting the weather rather   than checking it, you are 
>trusting your boat though you haven't had it  out for  months, you are 
>trusting your drysuit gaskets even if  they are torn. You are  trusting 
your 
>companions even though you  have never paddled with them  before. You are 
trusting 
>people who  were up late last night drinking a lot  of beer. 
>    In  other words, you are trusting other people to be  smarter than you 
 
>are. That's a sad situation. (I was going to say the exception   is with a 
>qualified instructor, but these youngsters had a qualified  instructor-  
though 
>perhaps not qualified in these exact  circumstances). 
> 
>I have certainly failed to observe the quote.  Someone on this list who  
>shall remain nameless has twice put me  in a leaky boat and/or one with  
>insufficient floatation and no  bulkheads, and I let him do it. I hope I  
have 
>learned better  now. No crisis either time but at least once, some of that 
 was  
>luck.
> 
>     So, I have that quote on my  kayak instructor  business card, and it 
>has, on occasion, gotten  some laughs. Too bad  for them. If I have it in 
front 
>of me like  that, I can always just say no.  It isn't fun, but I don't 
have  
>to add to others mistakes. It's when I fail to  think that I  suffer the 
>consequences.
> 
>        I'm not sure this is what you have in  mind. However, if you are  
>going to walk the walk and talk the talk, it's a  starting  point.
>                   Pam in Washington  State
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