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Re: Other: New Years Safety Reminder
By:David, Tasmania
Date: 1/4/2008, 4:08 pm
In Response To: Other: New Years Safety Reminder *LINK* (Robert N Pruden)

Thanks Rob(more)Pruden(t) now
a very timely reminder.
I did 25 years of fairly intense rock-climbing. The adage I used for climbing was 'never climb beyond the standard of the day'...which meant before you roped up, you considered your skill level, your buddies skill level, the rock conditions, the weather conditions and forecast, if your brain was switched on, whether you had a hangover or an injury and so on. Always stood me in good stead provided I made a genuine assessment rather than a macho one. Having kayaked for a while now my thoughts are sea kayaking is POTENTIALLY way more dangerous than rockclimbing, although it may look to be the other way around. Remember too what we think of as experience getting us out of trouble on some occasions was actually just dumb luck, which does not work every time.
cheers
David

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Other: New Years Safety Reminder *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- 1/2/2008, 10:16 pm
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John Monroe -- 1/6/2008, 2:39 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/7/2008, 7:37 pm
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John Monroe -- 1/9/2008, 5:21 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/9/2008, 6:34 pm
Pemmiean--survival food. *LINK*
John Monroe -- 1/10/2008, 4:33 am
That's PemmiCan
Robert N Pruden -- 1/10/2008, 6:37 pm
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Aaron H -- 1/10/2008, 7:23 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/10/2008, 8:01 pm
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Aaron H -- 1/10/2008, 8:42 pm
Weeee Hooo! Just landed my first trip sponsor
Robert N Pruden -- 1/11/2008, 5:00 pm
sounds yummy :^( *NM*
TOM RAYMOND -- 1/10/2008, 1:23 pm
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David, Tasmania -- 1/4/2008, 4:08 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/7/2008, 7:29 pm
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Bris Paul -- 1/3/2008, 11:55 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/7/2008, 7:45 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/4/2008, 11:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/7/2008, 2:11 am
New Years Safety Reminder
Brad Shook -- 1/3/2008, 7:50 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/4/2008, 12:57 pm
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Mike Savage -- 1/4/2008, 3:18 pm
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Doug S -- 1/4/2008, 2:02 pm
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Mike Scarborough -- 1/4/2008, 2:13 pm
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george jung -- 1/3/2008, 4:02 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/3/2008, 8:36 pm
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george jung -- 1/4/2008, 10:45 am
Did I just read the Forward.......
TOM RAYMOND -- 1/3/2008, 1:10 pm
Hmmm!
Robert N Pruden -- 1/3/2008, 8:23 pm
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John Van Buren -- 1/3/2008, 7:50 am