riverman wrote:


That being said, is it true that Vinnie is blind and using a voice
translation program?

I am not the person to make that kind of thing up... If you look at
RBP.WW, you'll notice a bunch of his posts in which he explains some of
that.

But you can ask him yourself, his e-mail address is in his post.

I took some blind rafters boating once, on the Hudson
River Gorge. Talk about some trusting individuals! I told them we could
skirt some of the more dangerous stuff with a margin of error, or cut the
edge of the hole closely. They insisted that they could tell if I skirted
something, so not to cut corners at all. They even pointed out to me several
times that I seemed to have missed that pourover by a bit much. They were
the most 'on the button' paddlers I ever had, as there was no sudden fear
factor when I called for a hard stroke. I still miss that crew; they were as
much fun as the deaf crew I took once.

Yeah, although I don't see too well without lenses (-9 diopter), I would
probably be scared running anything blind, trusting only the guide. Then
again, in nowadays world, it can be a good thing to be able to have
someone that you can trust blindly (no pun intended).

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