At 21:00 26-01-99 -0800, "Nick Gill" <nicholas.gill_at_adfa.edu.au> wrote: > >teach them to roll > >If conditons are nasty and cold, and you have trouble in a POOL, what hope >is there for various rescues and swimming. > >or is rolling included in your 'self rescue'. some folks will never be able to roll. i am handicapped, not much chance of ever rolling, but i have a darn solid brace ;-) but i also don't go out in conditions that are over my head, i paddle class III or less in my sea kayak [inflatables for class IV+]. i have no intentions of going for a swim. but i also agree, you must rely on yourself, to rescue yourself. if the conditions are bad, you may not want another boat slamming into you. take with a grain of salt... i only paddle large lakes and whitewater ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Feb 28 1999 - 18:22:49 PST
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