Picked up a copy of Shelley Johnson's brand-new book, "A Ragged Mountain Press Woman's Guide: Sea Kayaking" [Ragged Mountain Press (McGraw-Hill), ISBN 0070329559, US$14.95] the other day. Very well-written and illustrated. I had no major quibbles with any of her advice, rare for sea kayaking guides. I'd recommend it highly for either gender as an introductory "how-to" book. Johnson is a longtime SK instructor and guide from Maine and is currently the SK editor for Canoe and Kayak Magazine. I thought its approach was clearer and more detailed than other guides I have read. Shelley on one of the differences between men and women: "In my experience, women often learn physical movements in a different fashion than men. I have observed that women request more verbal explanation and ask to see a move repeated more often than male students. Rather than trying a move unattended, women students often ask me to lead them through a move so they can "feel" what is expected." Hmmmmm ... that certainly rang some bells in my little brain -- probably explains some Mars/Venus stuff between my SO and me when I was "teaching" her the sculling draw stroke. But that's another story. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR male sea kayaker *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Aug 28 1998 - 05:35:10 PDT
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