Behind the guarded walls I used to go
Upon a summer wind theres a certain melody
Takes me back to the place that I know
Down on the beach
– chris rea

There are times when I know I’m much more cautious than most when it comes to taking new paddlers on the water.  I realize too that people will  sometimes follow almost anyone, anywhere.  They trust that the guide is an “expert”.  Besides sometimes it’s hard for a new paddler to distinguish the danger levels between a bass boat on the local lake and a kayak on open water. Many in fact never really grasp the concept of risk in the natural world at all.  Not until they find themselves in deep, deep trouble anyway…

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