Don's wife B rode with me for one training trip and I remember getting in a humdinger of a fight with her because I was exactly where I wanted to be and she was convinced that I was in totally the wrong place and flirting with suicide. We never reconciled it but she wanted me banned from the Chattooga because I would not bow down to her opinion of the situation. Then, or now, I trust my own instincts and senses more than I trust hers. I think that to be a decent guide, you need to know better than your trainers what you are doing. Even if you don't....you just need that cockiness.