Re: [Paddlewise] Breathing tube

From: Karl Coplan <kcoplan_at_Genesis.law.pace.edu>
Date: Wed Nov 11 12:00:20 1998
Julio MacWilliams wrote:
> Then I started using a 1.5 foot piece of PVC pipe as a snorkel to
> breathe fresh air, and that worked very well. When a roll failed,
> I would just retrieve the pipe from the deck bungies, lean on
> the front deck towards the surface of the water, pinch my nose,
> blow the water out of the pipe, and breathe fresh air until I was
> calm enough to put the pipe back in the deck bungies and attempt another
> roll.
> 

Let's see -- one hand holding my nose . . . one hand holding the tube 
--- whoops, there goes my paddle.

Seriously, does this idea work in the kind of choppy conditions where 
you might need to roll?  Or might you get an unexpected lungful of 
water when a wave crest passed over your breathing tube?


Professor Karl S. Coplan
Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc.
78 North Broadway
White Plains, N.Y.  10603
kcoplan_at_genesis.law.pace.edu
(914) 422-4343
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