I've had this experience too. Try to position oneself at the peak of the wave whereby when you make contact, the wave begins to recede. As the wave recedes, scramble up to get out of the way of the next wave. I often wore the old army poplin shirts,thin but sufficient to protect against barnacles that would eat bare skin alive.. together with cotton gloves and bluejeans. If you are not at the peak of the wave when it makes contact with the rocks, you can get slammed pretty good. The first time I tried it, I was amazed at how much protection even poplin provided against the barnacles. Phillip T. wrote: > (I've found you can actually swim ashore on some very brutal-looking >cliffs if you position yourself in the wave so that you are just behind >the main impact - the wave hits the rock and bounces off, forming a >"cushion" of water for you.) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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