coldfeet
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Excuse me for sniffing but after 6 times of rolling over to practice wet exiting I still have water coming out of my nose, or I caught another cold....think it's probably both....
So I went to the club safety class at a college pool and I was sent to an instructor who talked to me and showed me what to do....I was wearing a Johnny suit and used my pdf, paddle and paddle float....got into his kayak and rolled over.....I let go of the paddle, waited app 3 sec while upside down, tapped on the bottom of the kayak and got my butt out and up to the surface....pretty good except I didn't have the paddle with me...tried again by holding the paddle but that screwed up my head and it was an ugly exit, but i guess the idea is to breathe so I must have been successful if i'm typing...I tried a few more times but it seems like the paddle was messing me up....but I did it correctly on my last try.
Then I inflated the float, slide it on to the paddle, got it into the bungi on the stern, hooked my foot on the paddle and slide my belly up, went in backwards and turned around....instructor told me that I need to work on my weight, my reply 'I lost app 20lbs since new years", his reply, not your physical weight, I need to learn not to move around so much because of the balance.....ok....next lesson, helping another kayaker right their boat.....
So my partner goes over, I paddle over, make the "t", start shimming his bow (front) onto my kayak, he pushes down while I lift and flip....presto, no water and I bring my kayak over to him and he slides in....very good, my turn....no problem.....now we do it a second time....uh oh....instead of me shimming his kayak on mine, I grab the stern, lean to the right, give a nice big pull, and oh crap, here i gooooooooo......roll and splash!.....so instead of helping him we both go for a swim......I had a great time!.....then i went to an afternoon canoe/kayak meeting at another college and took 4 workshops....first aid/hypothermia.....river otter program.....coast guard safety class and a rolling class verbal demo......overall a great and informative day......also heard sad news about a canoe fisherman dying last week in Long Island due to exposure...I gotta be careful.....
So I went to the club safety class at a college pool and I was sent to an instructor who talked to me and showed me what to do....I was wearing a Johnny suit and used my pdf, paddle and paddle float....got into his kayak and rolled over.....I let go of the paddle, waited app 3 sec while upside down, tapped on the bottom of the kayak and got my butt out and up to the surface....pretty good except I didn't have the paddle with me...tried again by holding the paddle but that screwed up my head and it was an ugly exit, but i guess the idea is to breathe so I must have been successful if i'm typing...I tried a few more times but it seems like the paddle was messing me up....but I did it correctly on my last try.
Then I inflated the float, slide it on to the paddle, got it into the bungi on the stern, hooked my foot on the paddle and slide my belly up, went in backwards and turned around....instructor told me that I need to work on my weight, my reply 'I lost app 20lbs since new years", his reply, not your physical weight, I need to learn not to move around so much because of the balance.....ok....next lesson, helping another kayaker right their boat.....
So my partner goes over, I paddle over, make the "t", start shimming his bow (front) onto my kayak, he pushes down while I lift and flip....presto, no water and I bring my kayak over to him and he slides in....very good, my turn....no problem.....now we do it a second time....uh oh....instead of me shimming his kayak on mine, I grab the stern, lean to the right, give a nice big pull, and oh crap, here i gooooooooo......roll and splash!.....so instead of helping him we both go for a swim......I had a great time!.....then i went to an afternoon canoe/kayak meeting at another college and took 4 workshops....first aid/hypothermia.....river otter program.....coast guard safety class and a rolling class verbal demo......overall a great and informative day......also heard sad news about a canoe fisherman dying last week in Long Island due to exposure...I gotta be careful.....
