I've learned that in whitewater, the term "responsibile" has it's own meeting. Because let's me honest...hucking yourself over a waterfall, or running a rapid in which people have died on....probably isn't concerned incredibly 'responsible' by the general public.... Yet boaters "responsibly" do it every day.
The same thing goes with safe... a whitewater paddlers definition of safe is way different than your average home-dweller. I mean... A Class V hairboaters definition of safe is way different than a Class III boaters definition...
Basically - I've learned that it's all about what you feel is 'safe' or maybe 'safe enough...your definition of what's safe is shaped by your paddling career'
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The ability to put fear on the backburner, allows oneself to push their own limits. Something that is a great feeling. Pushing what you were once not capable of doing, mentally and physically.
I'm curious to hear other Cboaters take on fear... go at it anyway u want