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![]() "William R. Watt" wrote in message Bill Mason and Eric Morse never took a lesson. Neitehr did nayone in my family and some of them paddled for thir livlihood. I never had a paddling lesson. Not needed. Bill Mason did take lessons by learning from others. It's just that personal instruction did not exist at his time. If you are ignorant of that please read "Path of the Paddle" by Bill Mason, first edition, 1980, page 4: "The fastest way to learn to canoe is with personal instruction. Another is with the use of book. Film instruction is a third alternative. Probably the best way is a combination of all three". Bill Mason's son and daughter, Paul and Becky, are both very much involved in personal instruction. Paul Mason has also been greatly instrumental in establishing the standards for certifying canoeing instructors in Canada. The reasons these standards were set was because people were being harmed through ignorance. The reason the Ontario Recreational Canoeing Association (http://www.orca.on.ca/About-Us/index.html) was set up was because 12 kids died on Lake Tamiskaming due to ignorance of basic technique and safety. In the very precise sense of the word, in this regard at least, the kindest thing that I can think of is that you appear very ignorant, William. Parham. |
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