On 23-Sep-2005, (Paul Tomblin) wrote:

And some of them are very badly run because they take whoever they can get
to volunteer.

Which pretty much explains why they don't necessarily teach the kids
good paddling skills. I've seen some pretty scary things being taught
to scouts on whitewater.

However, I've also seen a lot of incompetent WW paddlers who are adults
and _couldn't_ learn anything. Unless they establish enforcable standards
for WW paddling, you have to deal with the others on the river.

Mike