Near Tragedy at Point-No-Point 1/31/11

Yeah your right Allan . you're ridiculous and fueling the fire of ignorance. just read the "I'm not a kayaker I'm an outdoorsman" comment.

Really?  You're going to call me ridiculous?

Your kayak might be longer than mine, but mine is wider.

-Allen

Nanook let's take a few steps back from this thread. Take a breather and remember the rules, no personal attacks.

This is a good thread and I don't want to see it on lockdown.

Z

I'm getting personally attacked here. No matter what I say, anytime, anywhere, Allan will take the other side. I'm trying to help by offering a free safety clinci, not waist all my time going back and forth with argument.

Still not telling you how to learn. Just suggesting an alternative that anyone with any common sense would agree with.

Now you're suggesting that I don't have common sense?  Really?

-Allen

I'm going back over to the Nor Cal site where everyone just tells everybody else they did an awesome job and way to go ......

If you could take driving lessons (safety & rescue) from Mario (BCU coach) for free, why wouldn't you? wouldn't you say that would be better, more beneficial instruction than what your drivers ed teacher (kayak angler) gave you? Or maybe you wouldn't because he's elite and that would make you feel like you don't know as much as someone else?

I wouldn't.  Because the conditions I drive in and the manner in which I drive and not what Mario does.

Can anyone hop in a kayak and paddle? yes. Does that mean they are safe/competent/skilled? no.

Just because anyone can hop in a kayak and paddle doesn't mean they are all equal.  For the same reason why there are many different styles of paddle craft, there are many different levels of knowledge.

For the record, I don't dislike what your are recommending.  I just don't believe it is the only way (and that's how it's coming across).

-Allen

I'm going back over to the Nor Cal site where everyone just tells everybody else they did an awesome job and way to go ......

FG you're such a sissy!

Thread locked!

Z